West Coast Prost

Simpsons Season 37 Episode 7 will feature some great music courtesy of your favorite polka band.
I made this AI photo to grab your attention 😉
(we just recorded music for the episode)

Watch The Simpsons this Sunday, y'all. That is all 😉

Hanging up the Hosen on a truly incredible 2025 season:

This band started at an airport bar in LAX back in 2014 when I boldly told a manager of the Westlake Village Inn that "I have a band!" for his Oktoberfest. Isn't that the ole saying, "if you want to start a band, get a gig!" So, we threw together a group, printed out as much polkas/waltz music I could find online, and played our first gig. I'm trying to remember how it went... probably sounded fine, but I'm sure I was being a frantic and nervous wreck of a bandleader trying not to mess it all up.

It's now been 11 seasons with West Coast Prost, California's Premiere Polka Party Band. (2020 didn't happen for some reason... I forget). We have five long-standing core members of this group that have each contributed their strength, character, and bad-ass musicality to make this the best band I've ever been a part of. Grateful to you Drew, Brian, Gabe, and Gareth. It wouldn't be a band without you.

A few highlights this year include being cast in an episode of Netflix "Monster (The Ed Gein Story)" and recently recording music for Fox "The Simpsons". We also played our second time up in Leavenworth, WA and look forward to traveling back up there. And our longstanding gig at the Westlake Village Inn, you know the place that started this whole thing? Well, they have yet again set a record for sales at this years Oktoberfest, and we'll be back again next year.

A big dankeschön to our "Sub-Hosens" who came out and rocked with us, keeping this thing moving. You are a part of this dysfunctional family now:

🥁Kevin Van Den Elzen
🥁Riley Baker
🥁Samuel Webster
🎺Charlie Peterson
🎺Harry Ostrander
🎷Lawrence Pi
🚌Marc Bolin

Love & Gratitude & Gemütlichkeit to you all,

Your Festmeister,
Jason

"I have the Temptation..... to play the Temptations!"

My Girl / The Way You Do The Things You Do (The Temptations) - LIVE Cover by West Coast Prost! "My Girl" (1964) by Smokey Robinson"The Way You Do The Things You Do" (1964) by Smokey Robinson & Bobby RogersPerformed by West Coast Prost: Jason Fabus - ac...

A very thoughtful article on our shows this weekend in Westlake Village by venturacountyjazz.com

Jason Fabus on accordion and singing "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue", music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Sam Lewis and Joseph Young in 1925, with West Coast Prost - Brian Clancy on clarinet, Drew Ninmer on trumpet, Marc Bolin on tuba and Gareth Price on drums at Stonehaus Winery in Westlake Village

Jason has performed Arturo Sandoval, Jane Monheit, Kim Richmond, Wayne Bergeron, Andy Martin, Van Alexander, George Benson, Danny Jonokuchi Big Band, West Coast Prost and many others. His album “Another Standard” was released April 30, 2020. During the summer of 2020, Fabus was asked to record his alto and tenor saxophones and clarinet for the Oscar Award Winning Netflix film Mank. He recently recorded saxophone on Panic! at the Disco's new album "Pray For the Wicked" (2018), The Simpsons (2019), Netflix's "Mystery Science Theater" (2019), NCIS: Los Angeles (2020), DreamWorks Animation's "Trolls World Tour" (2020), and the video game series "Fortnite" (2020). He is also a well known songwriter, arranger, and producer under the name Jfab.

Brian performs with Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, Kurt Elling, Eric Reed, Gilbert Castellanos and became a member of the Clare Fischer Big Band led by Brent Fischer. His experiences at UNT included performances with Dave Brubeck, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Lyle Mayes, multiple showcases overseas as well as a trip to the Grammy's for the double nominated recording, "Lab 2009."

Drew has recorded for Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Outlander) and Sean Callery (Bones, Homeland, 24). He has performed with the LA Opera and with Kanye West at the Hollywood Bowl. Drew is the contractor, concertmaster, and arranger with the Southern California Brass Consortium, a professional brass ensemble.

Marc has worked with Kenny Burrell, Kamasi Washington, B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Big Sean, the Black Eyed Peas, Aloe Blacc, Neil Diamond, Evanescence, Mötley Crüe, among others. He has enjoyed a nearly three-decade-long career as a professional musician, arranger, and educator. He currently serves as a Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and has recently joined the faculty at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP) as an Adjunct Professor. In 2022, Marc joined the speaking faculty at the Los Angeles Philharmonic's UPBEAT LIVE Series, where he presents pre-concert talks and facilitates Q&A sessions with featured artists.

Gareth has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Lee Konitz, and Terence Blanchard, Dave Stuckey and many others. He placed 1st in several music festival competitions around the country including the Monterrey Jazz Festival. Gareth has played the spirited "Baby" (drummer and acting) role in Disney's 5 & Dime show at Disneyland's California Adventure. He appears as a marching band bass drummer in a Gwen Stefani music video, as a drummer in the movie Being the Ricardos and as a trumpeter in a Target commercial.