Groove Fusion

Rod's Bio

Rod Trevino is from a small farming community in the Deep South. He grew up in a small town population 13,000.  At age 14 his family moved to the West Coast where he was introduced to jazz music. He immediately fell in love with the music and started playing jazz saxophone in High School. Rod’s School band was exceptional and eventually embarked on a 10 day tour of U.S. States such as Washington, Oregon with a stop at the Worlds Fair in British Columbia Canada.

Rod currently heads "Groove Fusion, The Bay Area's Live Music Band" and credits his band leading skills to the examples he saw growing up.  He thanks musical directors DC Chamber, Frank Sumarez, Bernie Berk and the Aleman brothers from southern Texas for impacting him musically.

Rod’s Goal for his band is to continually grow musically and produce the cleanest, tightest sound possible for there given talent level. His goal is also to impact others positively through his music and be a good example of how to be a great musician, have fun and live responsibly. 

Rod is a family man.  He is in love with Gina his wife of 13 years and together they have two beautiful children together Michael and Nicole ages 6 and 4.  Career wise Rod works at one of the largest telecom companies in the world as a provisioning administrator and loves new technologies.  He looks forward to learning and growing more in that field as well.

Rod is also an avid football fan, favorite teams Oakland Raiders & Dallas Cowboys.  He is also an expert outdoor bar-b-q man and loves watching a good boxing match.  He is a fan of Manny Pacquiao, Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens, Marcus Allen and Jim Plunkett. 

Musical influences include, Carlos Santana, Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos, Tower Power, saxophonist Charlie Parker & Kirk Whalum, Paul Shaffer, Prince, the Dixie Chicks, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, AC/DC, the Commitments (Movie Soundtrack), John Mellencamp, Styx, Journey, the Average White Band & more….

Famous person Rod would most like to meet is Carlos Santana.

Personal Message:

Thanks for taking the time to read this profile. I’d like to thank every one that has ever come out to one of our performances and to those that will in the future. Thanks for all the support and the love you’ve shown the band. Thanks to the best band members a guy could have and for the way you put up with my perfectionism when it comes to producing the sound we’re trying to achieve. Thanks to my family mom, sister and brother in Florida. I’m just sorry dad isn’t still with us to be able to see this. Thanks to my wife and kids and for the one person that makes this all possible, the man upstairs.