Feature Artist
We are very excited to announce that the great Sean Jones will be with us in concert!
Mr. Jones will be joined by Chris Coles, Sunny Tabler, and Jordan McBride in a world-class jazz combo.
www.sean-jones.com
Mr. Jones is a musical chameleon, comfortable in any musical setting no matter the role or genre. After a six-month stint with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis offered him a permanent position as lead trumpeter of the ensemble, a post he held from 2004 until 2010. In 2015, Mr. Jones was tapped to become a member of the SFJAZZ Collective. During this time, he has managed to keep a core group of talented musicians together under his leadership, forming the foundation for groups that have produced and released eight recordings on Mack Avenue Records. His most recent is the 2017 release Sean Jones: Live from Jazz at the Bistro.
Mr. Jones is an internationally recognized educator. He is president of the Jazz Education Network and holds the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair in Jazz Studies at The John Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute in Baltimore. As well as artistic Director for the NYO JAZZ Program of Carnegie Hall. Previously, he served as chair of the Brass department at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
This event wouldn't be possible without the amazing support of the Jazz Program at the University of Akron School of Music!
We especially want to thank the heads of the Akron Jazz Program, Chris Coles and Theron Brown!
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Sean Jones is a Bach Brass Artist and plays the Bach Stradivarius 19072V Trumpet - Stradivarius 19072V
Chris Coles is a Yamaha Endorsed Artist and plays the Yamaha YAS-82ZII Custom Alto Saxophone - Yamaha YAS-82ZII
Theron Brown plays the Nord Piano 5 - Nord Piano 5
Join us as we kick off the New Year with the next Woodsy's Session!
