The CoolTones

Erol Gokbora - Saxophone



Erol Gokbora is a California attorney and financial advisor with twenty-five years of experience. He specializes in estate tax planning, business continuity planning and financial planning. 
 
Erol is active in his community. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION.  He coached CYO Basketball; he is an adult leader in Boy Scouts; and he coached Little League Baseball.  He is also a member of Leadership San Ramon Valley. 

Erol’s high school jazz bands played with guest performers: Doc Severson, Clark Terry, and players from The Preservation Hall Jazz Band.  He plays tenor sax in three bands: The Downtown Blues, The East Bay Bearcats, and The Cool Tones. The East Bay Bearcats have been playing Dixieland Jazz, a classic American art form, in the Bay Area for twenty five years.

The CoolTones big band has played in the Livermore-Pleasanton area for the past nine years, and plays big band classics, swing, ballads, and jazz.