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Roger E. Bissell is a writer and trombonist known for his libertarian and aesthetic writing and as a trombone soloist, most notably on Seinfeld. His work has included vocals, composition, writing and arrangement, and he is a published author who has written peer reviewed work in philosophy and aesthetics.

Musical career
Born in X, Iowa, on June 27, 19XX, during the 50s and 60s, Bissell studied under Rex Peer for eight years. He then earned bachelors and masters degrees in music from Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. Between 1971 and 1985 he workedout of Nashville, Tennessee, where he performed on TV shows, in commercial "jingles", at Opryland for three seasons, and on records, and in live jazz and dance groups.

In 1985 he joined the Anaheim, California Disneyland Band in Anaheim, CA and did other work in Southern California.

In 2010 he returned to Nashville and where he continued recording and performed with theSide Street Strutters Jazz Band.

Roger is a member of the Nashville-based Composers Collective, and he has performed on various occasions in the last several years with the Capitol Brass, the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, the Duffy Jackson Big Band, the Tyler Mire Big Band, the Jerry Vinett Big Band, and the Paul Ross Big Band, as well as with various groups at the Nashville Jazz Workshop.

He has also given clinics on trombone playing and music careers for the International Trombone Association, Middle Tennessee State University, Belmont University, and Cumberland University, and he is preparing for publication a book on various aspects of music performance and business entitled "What They Didn't Teach Me in Music School." Some of his many recording credits are albums with Bobby Goldsboro, Ronnie Milsap, Dr. Hook, Jimmy Buffet, Michael Johnson, Amy Grant, Marshall Tucker Band, Tom Jones, Crystal Gayle, B. J. Thomas, the Oak Ridge Boys, the Statler Brothers, Ray Price, Floyd Cramer, Perry Como, Ray Stevens, and Boots Randolph, and his clients as a musical arranger have included Marty Robbins, Glenn Campbell, the Oak Ridge Boys, the National Geographic Society, and the Opryland and Disneyland theme parks.