John Yao & His 17-piece Instrument at Big Band & Beyond Concert Series at Greenwich House Music School

Big Band & Beyond Concert Series
presented by
John Yao & His 17-piece Instrument

Join us for the first of a three-part concert series premiering NEW WORKS as well as selections from our debut recording "Flip-Flop" released on See Tao Recordings.

Jim McNeely of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra says Yao's music is “at times angular and broken, other times linear and swinging, he offers a broad view of the possibilities of jazz composition".

John Yao, Composer, Conductor, Trombone

Saxes -
Billy Drewes
Alejandro Aviles
Rich Perry...

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Big Band & Beyond Concert Series
presented by
John Yao & His 17-piece Instrument

Join us for the first of a three-part concert series premiering NEW WORKS as well as selections from our debut recording "Flip-Flop" released on See Tao Recordings.

Jim McNeely of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra says Yao's music is “at times angular and broken, other times linear and swinging, he offers a broad view of the possibilities of jazz composition".

John Yao, Composer, Conductor, Trombone

Saxes -
Billy Drewes
Alejandro Aviles
Rich Perry
Jon Irabagon
Frank Basile

Trumpets -
John Walsh
Jason Wiseman
John Raymond
Vitaly Golovnev

Trombones -
Luis Bonilla
Nick Grinder
Kajiwara Tokunori
Jennifer Wharton

Rhythm -
Jesse Stacken
Robert Sabin
Andy Watson

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