Bringing Jazz to our community
CONCERT PROGRAM
Tonight's Tunes
Tunes for tonight's show will be selected from the following:
Captain Obvious (Glenn Webb original)
Green Not Green (Glenn Webb original)
On The Trail (Glenn Webb original)
Las Vegas Tango
That's Amore
Killer Joe
Tonight's Musicians
Glenn Webb is Artistic Director of the St George Jazz Festival and leads the Rebel Jazz Band. He leads the St George Jazz All-Stars performing originals and new standards. He is the President of St George Jazz, a 501c3 non-profit.
Webb is a leading figure in Southern Utah music circles. He currently serves on the St George Arts Commission and the Washington County RAP Tax board. He is the house drummer/percussionist at the Tuacahn Center for the Arts performing for 2,000 patrons, six shows a week through a 22-week season. He is an endorsed artist for SABIAN cymbals.
Check out Glenn Webb's album NEW ROADS
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Robert Schmidt is currently the WCSD District Arts Coordinator in St. George, Utah. He is also the president for Utah Music Educator Association. He previously taught band, orchestra and choir in St. George and Delta, Utah
He stays active as a performer in Southern Utah by participating in a variety of ensembles. He is currently the Managing Director for St. George Jazz which includes an annual jazz festival. He performs with the Rebel Jazz Band, the St. George All-Stars and the George Staheli Memorial Oompah Ensemble on a regular basis. He has played for many shows at the Tuacahn summer theater as well as the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City.
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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.
Photo courtesy of Donna Conversano / Conversanophoto.com
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.
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.
Photo courtesy of Donna Conversano / Conversanophoto.com
Our Next Performance will be
May 13
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All concerts are supported in part by Utah Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the Cedar City RAP Tax.
