President / AFM Delegate
American Federation of Musicians - Local 7 Orange County
CA Arts Advocates, Treasurer
Santa Ana
As a saxophonist in Souther California, Edmund Velasco has made many guest appearances with Joe LaBarbara, Tony Dumas, Ron Eschete and many others. He has also performed twice at the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. Edmund has performed at many important local venues, including the Baked Potato, L.A.'s Catalina Bar & Grill, The San Jose Jazz Festival, The Manoshinos Festival and The Funchal Jazz Festival.
He has played professionally for over thirty five years with such top names as Mel Torme, Eddie Daniels, Ernie Andrews, Barbara Morrison and many others. His quintet has four CD releases and he has appeared in many other projects and was a full time musician at Disneyland for 28 years.
Edmund has served on the Executive Board for the Orange County Musicians Association, Local 7, for the past 18 years and now serves as President. He has participated in the fight for Disney workers including hosting and moderating the Abigail Disney’s documentary The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales, and participated in many work actions.
Edmund is also involved with Arts organizations. He is on the board Arts OC, CA for the Arts and Treasurer for CA Arts Advocates.