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Sean Johnson Sextet: Lush Life, The Music Of Billy Strayhorn Ft. Eliana Joy at The Century Room
Courtesy of Sean Johnson | Posted on November 14, 2023
When
Sat, November 18, 2023
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Sean Johnson
saxophone, tenorEliana Joy
vocalsMax Goldschmid
trumpetJohn Rangel
pianoCyrus Campbell
bassRich Malloy
drumsAbout
($15-$30 | 7pm & 9pm Shows) Sean Johnson brings his Santa Fe, NM sextet to Tucson for his Century Room debut! They will be performing the music of Duke Ellington's longtime collaborator Billy Strayhorn.
Eliana Joy (vocals & euphonium) Sean Johnson (tenor sax) Max Goldschmid (trumpet) John Rangel (piano) Cyrus Campbell (bass) Rich Malloy (drums)
Growing up primarily in Tucson, AZ, Sean was a student at the Tucson Jazz Institute (TJI) from middle school through high school, primarily under the tutelage of Scott Black, Brice Winston, and Doug Tideback, and Neamen Lyles. Graduating from Catalina Foothills High school in 2016, he went on to study saxophone at the University of Miami Frost School of Music on a full scholarship. There, he studied saxophone with Gary Keller, Mark Small, and Phil Doyle in addition to performance studies with guitarist John Hart and percussionist Dafnis Prieto. In 2018, Sean’s Miami-based group, Kairos Sextet, released its debut album Transition to critical acclaim on Dafnis’s Dafnison Music label....