sentences:  He started playing professionally in rock and soul bands in the Washington, D.C. area at the age of 11.Elman attended college in Boston where he played trombone in the band SWALLOW, and lived in Cape Cod, Massachusetts for a year.He moved to California with the band LAZY RIVER in 1973, spent two years in Santa Cruz, and lived in Austin, Texas from 1976 to 1977, where he played with members of The Willie Nelson Band and formed the short-lived but acclaimed band, CAULDRON.