Mainstream Jazz: Chuck Johnson at The Nash

Time: 7:30-10PM (BYOB policy)
Tickets: $15, $8 Students with ID
Contact: 602-795-0464

Chuck Johnson has been making a name for himself in Los Angeles with the CJS Quintet, a hard bop group he founded in early 2000. Having honed his talents on the horn with greats from jazz and rhythm and blues idioms, he turned his attention to creating his own musical legacy, founding the group with co-leader and trumpeter James Smith. The band was awarded the first-ever Chuck Niles Jazz Music Award during competition at the 2005 Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival. Since forming the group they have made notable appearances at the Central Avenue Jazz Festival, Jazz at LACMA, Playboy Jazz at the Rose Bowl, Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival, The Lighthouse Cafe and Charlie O’s Jazz Club, as well as on numerous television and radio programs. In 2002 CJS Quintet was crowned Mainstream Jazz Artist of the Year, at the Long Beach Jazz Search. Their two CD releases Let‘s PLAY! and An Affair of the Art have received accolades from jazz critics and fans alike....

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Time: 7:30-10PM (BYOB policy)
Tickets: $15, $8 Students with ID
Contact: 602-795-0464

Chuck Johnson has been making a name for himself in Los Angeles with the CJS Quintet, a hard bop group he founded in early 2000. Having honed his talents on the horn with greats from jazz and rhythm and blues idioms, he turned his attention to creating his own musical legacy, founding the group with co-leader and trumpeter James Smith. The band was awarded the first-ever Chuck Niles Jazz Music Award during competition at the 2005 Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival. Since forming the group they have made notable appearances at the Central Avenue Jazz Festival, Jazz at LACMA, Playboy Jazz at the Rose Bowl, Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival, The Lighthouse Cafe and Charlie O’s Jazz Club, as well as on numerous television and radio programs. In 2002 CJS Quintet was crowned Mainstream Jazz Artist of the Year, at the Long Beach Jazz Search. Their two CD releases Let‘s PLAY! and An Affair of the Art have received accolades from jazz critics and fans alike.
Since moving to Los Angeles in 1984, Chuck has had a wide range of performing opportunities from solo saxophone to sax quartets to big bands, movies and more. He has performed with such artists as Buddy Collette, Roy McCurdy, Barbara Morrison, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Francisco Aguabella, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Billy Higgins, Bloodstone, Bobby Womack, Art Hillery and Gerryck King among others. Aside from his regular appearances with CJS Quintet, Chuck may also be seen performing regularly with Barbara Morrison and the BMPAC All-Star Big Band, Chester Whitmore’s Opus One Big Band and the Oakdale Saxophone Quartet.

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