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Date(s) - 11/08/2014
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location
Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center
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Sean Jones honed his clarion sound as well as his educator chops as the lead trumpet of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Meet this missionary for the great American art form, and hear the past, present and future of jazz!
For the remarkable composer/trumpeter/educator/activist Sean Jones, the pursuit of Jazz is a most serious endeavor. Not just in terms of mastering the art form, but in its fullest meaning and purpose socially, philosophically and spiritually. Deeply influenced by his immersion in Gospel music in the church as a youth, Sean had an epiphany at the age of 19 while he was a student at Youngstown State University. That awakening occurred—as it has for so many serious-minded individuals both inside and outside of music—with his first hearing of the magnificent John Coltrane’s masterpiece A Love Supreme.
“I was driving in my car at the time and I had to pull off the road. All at once, everything just came together for me. My past, my present, my future. I knew the course I needed to pursue.”
Always a devout and focused young man, Sean sang and performed as a child in the choir at St. James Church of God in Christ in his hometown of Warren, Ohio. Originally a drummer, he discovered Jazz and the trumpet at ten years old upon hearing Miles Davis—specifically Kind of Blue and Amandla.
“Miles is probably the single most powerful influence on me as an artist. His overall vision, the way he changed with the times, the purity of his sound.”