Clinician

Kevin Cerovich is a Latin Grammy nominated trombonist originally from Overland Park, Kansas. He began playing trombone at the age of ten, and by high school, was excelling on jazz trombone under the tutelage of his band director, Kim Harrison at Shawnee Mission East High School. Cerovich continued his studies at the University of Missouri Kansas City where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Trombone. While studying there with Bobby Watson and Paul McKee, he won numerous awards including the 2007 International Trombone Association’s JJ Johnson Jazz Competition and the Eastern Trombone Workshop’s Solo Jazz Competition.

Cerovich moved to New York City in 2008 to further his music career and was quickly hired by jazz piano icon Eric Lewis with whom he toured internationally and recorded on the 2009 Sony Pictures soundtrack, "Dark Country." From there, he recorded and toured for several years with French music legend Charlelie Couture in Europe and Canada. Cerovich was also a member of the Charlie Persip Big Band and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem All Stars.

In 2012, Cerovich won the jazz trombone chair with the famed Airmen of Note, USAF Band, Washington, D.C. Since joining the Air Force, he has performed and arranged on numerous albums with the Airmen of Note and toured extensively with the band. In addition to the United States, Cerovich has performed in Indonesia, Scotland, Canada, Jordan, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Qatar. As part of the Airmen of Note, he has performed with Christian McBride, Peter Erskine, Steve Turre, James Taylor, among others. His work with Andres Salguero was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2015. In 2022, Cerovich released his latest critically acclaimed album, "Aging Millennial." Cerovich plays Rath trombones exclusively.