Sean Jones (musician)
Sean Jones (born May 29, 1978 in Warren , Ohio ) is an American jazz trumpeter .
Live and act
Jones grew up in northeast Ohio; there he was the artistic director of both the Pittsburgh and the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. He first studied at Youngstown State University in Ohio up to a bachelor's degree before doing his master's degree at Rutgers University . His playing is influenced by Clifford Brown , Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw .
After moving to New York City, he worked as a solo trumpeter in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra from the end of the 2000s, also with Joe Lovano , Jimmy Heath , Marcus Miller , Ron Blake , Ralph Bowen , Ted Nash , Steve Turre , Gerald Wilson and in his own band projects. In the field of jazz, he was involved in 65 recording sessions between 1997 and 2019, according to Tom Lord . Jones is a professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.
Discographic notes
- Eternal Journey ( Mack Avenue Records , 2004), with Orrin Evans , Mulgrew Miller , Charles Fambrough , Ralph Peterson
- Gemini (Mack Avenue, 2005), with Andre Hayward, Tia Fuller , Ron Blake, Walter Smith III , Orrin Evans, Mulgrew Miller, Kenny Davis, EJ Strickland , Corey Rawls
- Roots (Mack Avenue, 2006), with Tia Fuller, Eddie Howard, Orrin Evans, Luques Curtis , Obed Calvaire , Jerome Jennings
- Kaleidoscope (Mack Avenue, 2007), with Tia Fuller, Walter Smith III , Orrin Evans, Obed Calvaire, Gretchen Parlato
- The Search Within (Mack Avenue, 2008), with Erica von Kleist , Grégoire Maret , Orrin Evans, Luques Curtis, Obed Calvaire
- No Need for Words (Mack Avenue, 2011)
- Live from Jazz at the Bistro (Mack Avenue, 2017)
Web links
- Web presence
- Sean Jones at Allmusic (English)
- Sean Jones at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Trumpeter with a Purpose
- Jump up ↑ Nate Chinen: Terse, Genial or Blazing, a Bandleader Reveling in His Role (2014) in The New York Times
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 20, 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jones, Sean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warren , Ohio |