Joey Sellers

Joey Sellers (* 1962 in Phoenix (Arizona) ) is an American trombonist , composer and arranger of modern jazz .

Joey Sellers grew up in Arizona and graduated from Arizona State University . For several years he worked as a freelance musician in New York City and Los Angeles , and he also took on an assistant professorship for jazz studies at Northern Illinois University . Sellers has been the director of jazz studies at Saddleback College, California since 2005 , teaching improvisation, ensemble playing, composition, and jazz history.

Sellers recorded several albums for Vinny Golia's Nine Winds label ; In 2006 the album Jazz Aggregation was released . He also worked as a composer in the fields of jazz and contemporary music for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra , Doc Severinsen , as well as for the symphony orchestras in Tulsa , Long Beach and San Antonio and works for the formation of St. Louis Brass . Sellers worked with numerous jazz musicians such as Dave Liebman , Joe LaBarbera , Bruce Fowler , Tony Malaby , Lew Tabackin , Conrad Herwig , Bobby Shew , Michael Formanek , Toshiko Akiyoshi and Kenny Wheeler's Large Ensemble .

Sellers has received the Gil Evans Fellowship in Jazz Composition , the Sammy Nestico Award and the Julius Hemphill Composition Award for his compositional achievements .

Discographic notes

• Something for Nothing (Nine Winds, 1989) with Bruce Fowler , Ken Filiano
• Pastels, Ashes (Nine Winds, 1991)

literature

• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
• Bielefeld Jazz Catalog, 2001

Web links

• Homepage
• Joey Sellers at Allmusic (English)
• Joey Sellers at Discogs (English)