Trumpet star James Delano Zollar began playing bugle at age nine in his native Kansas City, MO and graduated to trumpet at age 12. After his studies at Mission Bay High School, he moved to San Diego and continued at San Diego City College and the University of California San Diego. At present, James D. Zollar tours extensively as soloist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, conducted first by the Duke's son Mercer and later his grandson Paul within the U.S. and around the globe, including annual