John Raymond & Real Feels at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3

“Electrifyingly new and strangely familiar at the same time. With his mix of modern sounds and old-fashioned feeling, Raymond is steering jazz in the right direction” (Downbeat).

Recently voted a Rising Star Trumpeter in the Downbeat Magazine Critic's Poll, John Raymond has been making a name for himself as one of the most promising, up-and-coming jazz musicians in New York. Originally from Minneapolis, MN, John has performed with some of most well-respected names in jazz including Billy Hart, Orrin Evans, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ethan Iverson, and Linda Oh among others. Since 2012 John has released four albums, all of which have garnered critical acclaim from the New York Times, Downbeat Magazine, JazzTimes and others. He has also been a featured artist at the FONT Festival, a recipient of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award....

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“Electrifyingly new and strangely familiar at the same time. With his mix of modern sounds and old-fashioned feeling, Raymond is steering jazz in the right direction” (Downbeat).

Recently voted a Rising Star Trumpeter in the Downbeat Magazine Critic's Poll, John Raymond has been making a name for himself as one of the most promising, up-and-coming jazz musicians in New York. Originally from Minneapolis, MN, John has performed with some of most well-respected names in jazz including Billy Hart, Orrin Evans, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ethan Iverson, and Linda Oh among others. Since 2012 John has released four albums, all of which have garnered critical acclaim from the New York Times, Downbeat Magazine, JazzTimes and others. He has also been a featured artist at the FONT Festival, a recipient of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award.

His bass-less trio "Real Feels" incorporates fresh, improvisation-based versions of familiar songs as well as indie-rock and electronica-inspired originals and covers. The group released two albums in 2016 (both receiving critical acclaim from Downbeat, the New York Times and more, including a ★★★★1/2 star Downbeat review), and they performed over 40+ CD release shows across the country throughout the year.

For this show, the group will be performing all new arrangements by artists like Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Bon Iver and others, as well as new original compositions Raymond has written for the band as they prepare to head into the studio later that week to record their next album.

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