Smith/Howell Jazz Quintet at Tokyo Garden

A jazz performance featuring two successful East Coast jazz woodwind players originally from the Fresno/Tulare counties: Dr. Joseph D. Howell and Derek Smith.

Joseph Howell has earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Jazz Performance from the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and now lives in the Washington DC area.

Derek Smith is a Fresno native, attended CSU Fresno, and has gone on to perform across the globe, now living in Florida.

Featuring...
Derek Smith: tenor sax and clarinet
Dr. Joseph D. Howell: clarinet, tenor sax
David Aus: keyboard...

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A jazz performance featuring two successful East Coast jazz woodwind players originally from the Fresno/Tulare counties: Dr. Joseph D. Howell and Derek Smith.

Joseph Howell has earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Jazz Performance from the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and now lives in the Washington DC area.

Derek Smith is a Fresno native, attended CSU Fresno, and has gone on to perform across the globe, now living in Florida.

Featuring...
Derek Smith: tenor sax and clarinet
Dr. Joseph D. Howell: clarinet, tenor sax
David Aus: keyboard
Kevin McDonald: bass
Tony Montanez: drums

...These musicians will interpret a variety of jazz standards, originals from the pen of Dr. Howell, and perhaps a few holiday selections. We hope you can make it! Be sure to say hello!

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