Bringing Jazz to our community
CONCERT PROGRAM
Tonight's Tunes
Tunes for tonight's show will be selected from the following:
All of Me
All The Things You Are
Autumn Leaves
Blue Monk
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Satin Doll
Take the A Train
I Wish I Knew
Recorda-Me
Song for My Father
Blue Bossa
Cantaloupe Island
Mercy, Mercy
Tonight's Musicians
FEATURED ARTIST: TREVOR DAVIS
Multi-instrumentalist Trevor Davis has performed in nearly 110 cities across the United States as a member of two national touring shows. His versatility as a musician allows him to perform in a variety of settings and styles ranging from pit work, to symphony orchestras, to big bands.
Trevor joined the music faculty at Southern Utah University in the Fall of 2023 as Director of Woodwinds. He is a Silverstein Artist and is an active clinician, adjudicator, and performer.
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 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.
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.
Our Next Performance will be
October 8th
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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.
