Jon Birdsong was a creative force in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years Jon Birdsong is a creative explorer on trumpet, tuba, cello to name a few. Jon Birdsong performs regularly with Beck, Beth Orton, and Victoria Williams, and is the founding member of the Bay Area horn ensemble, Brass Monkey. He has also worked through out Europe with Beck, Calexico, Smokey Hormel and Miho Hatori among others.