CONCERT PROGRAM

Tonight’s Tunes

Tunes for tonight's show will be selected from the following:

Killer Joe
A Child Is Born
I Mean You
My Funny Valentine
Equinox
Joy Spring
Up Jumped Spring
Wave
Footprints

Tonight’s Musicians

Tanner Dawson is originally from Los Angeles, California where he studied jazz at California State University Northridge. While living there, he had the opportunity to work and perform with such artists such as Bob Mintzer, John Daversa, Benny Golson, Wayne Bergeron, and Tigran Hamasyan. Since graduating in 2015 with his degree in Jazz Studies, Tanner has split his time performing at The Tuacahn Amphitheater and playing for a number of national and international Broadway Tours. He currently resides in St. George, where he teaches private music lessons and works for several outdoor adventure guiding companies.

CHRISTIAN BOHNENSTENGEL

Christian Bohnenstengel teaches piano at Southern Utah University. Praised as “a master of contrasts” (Aalener Nachrichten) and for his ability to “put the audience into a state of sheer awe” (Gmünder Tagespost), his performances have taken him all over the United States, South America, Asia, and Europe. Christian frequently performs with jazz combos and big bands throughout southern Utah, and his recordings include the albums Jazz Hands and Jazz Hands II with the Shawn Owens Project Trio. He also serves as music director for the First Fridays at Kayenta event series.

SHAWN OWENS

Shawn Owens is from Cincinnati, Ohio. He fell in love with jazz at an early age and was influenced by Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, and Dave Weckl. Shawn left music behind for awhile but when he moved to Utah he found his way back to jazz, when a jazz group performing at a local restaurant didn't have a drummer and invited him to audition right then and there on the house drum set. Shawn got the gig and has been playing ever since. While Shawn's favorite genre is jazz, he's on the first call list for fill-in work (live and studio) for classic rock,country, gospel, and reggae bands.

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THOMAS HERB

Thomas Herb is originally from Salem, Oregon but has spent the last 15 years in Cedar City where he runs the music education program at Southern Utah University. While his list of saxophone influences run far and wide, his initial youthful inspiration came from Spyro Gyra and Maynard Ferguson. He founded the Jazz Alliance of Cedar City in 2018, and during 2020 the “JAZZcast” (currently getting 20k monthly views) was formed. He can be found performing with many local bands, including the Rebel Jazz Band, St. George All Stars, and The Shawn Owens Project, while also doing plenty of freelance work.

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