The BBB Featuring Bernie Dresel (his own big band) has been performing since 2014 in numerous, prominent venues in Los Angeles and has recorded two notable CDs.
He has recorded on numerous television shows and close to 60 movie soundtracks to include The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, The Sopranos, Incredibles 2, The Bourne Supremacy, Cars 2, Up, Super 8, The Mask, Inside Out 2, and Elf.
[2] His younger brother, Jonathan Dresel, is a drummer who has performed on the television show Jimmy Kimmel Live.
He intended to complete the California CBEST teaching certification test, but within three weeks he got a job at Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas supporting the Albaricci Sisters.
Other albums Dresel appears on include David Byrne's The Forest (1998), Keiko Matsui's Cherry Blossoms (1992), Orange Crate Art (1995) by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, Andy Summers' Green Chimneys: The Music of Thelonious Monk (1999), Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's How Big Can You Get?
[14] Dresel has been on the faculty of University of Nevada Las Vegas and taught private lessons in Los Angeles.
[16][17] With Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band With Gloria Loring With Keiko Matsui With Eddy Mitchell With Van Dyke Parks With Brian Setzer With others