Bio-Bob “Double B”Button

Bob “Double B” Button-Trumpet,Vocals,Songwriter,Arranger,(retired) Music Educator, devoted Husband and Dog Dad

For me, it all started in the summer before I entered Grade 4 (1964). That year the TV was rife with Trumpet Players. It seemed like Al Hirt, Herb Alpert and Louis Armstrong were eveywhere. So, when aksed, I chose the Trumpet, and as they say, the rest is history. 

I played throughout School and when Senior year rolled around, I decided to become a famous Trumpet player. As it turned out, I became a band Teacher and played countless gigs on the side. I played in several unknown groups throughout High school and College and finally landed in a 7pc horn band called The Sharks,who, incidentally, were inducted in The Eddie’s Hall of Fame in Spring 2025. The Sharks released 7 records, played with Little Feat, Nick Lowe, NRBQ, Marshall Crenshaw, Graham Parker, Stevie Ray and countless others. I left the band in 1990 to pursue my “dream gig” as the Director of a College Jazz Program at RPI in Troy, NY . I worked at RPI for over 25 years until I retired due to Covid. All during this period I also worked at Troy(NY) High School as a Band Teacher. It is there that I met Boot. After figuring out that we were exactly the same age, had similar tastes and history’s in music, we became “fast” friends.

So, now we have decided, in our retirements, to put together a creative outlet for us and our many colleagues, mostly retired Teachers, ALL stellar musicians who we feel, deserve to be heard.

The COMMUNIKAT Records philosophy is simple, all we are trying to do is…

Build Community Two Ears at a Time. Enjoy the Music

By the way, my nickname “Double B” was bestowed on me by Jazzmaster Wynton Marsalis during one of his many visits to RPI while working on his Pulitzer Prize winning composition

“Congo Square”

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