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SUMMARY:Sean Nelson Jazz Orchestra
DESCRIPTION: \n\n\nSean Nelson Jazz Orchestra\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special night with the Sean Nelson Jazz Orchestra (formerly the New London Big Band) and the start of their monthly residency! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, September 17 · 7:30 – 10pm EDT. Doors at 7pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Side Door\, 85 Lyme St Old Lyme\, CT 06371 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaxes: \nErik Elligers \nTyler Wilkins \nMatt Parker \nJosh Thomas \nMatt Schmidt \nTrumpets: \nDon Clough \nSeth Bailey \nLuke Wingfield \nHaneef Nelson \nTrombones: \nSean Nelson \nLeroy Loomer \nVince Yanovitch \nWes Mayhew \nJen Allen – piano \nGianni Gardner – guitar \nLou Bocciarelli – bass \nDan Pugach – drums \nIntroducing the premier of the newly rebranded ensemble (formerly called the New London Big Band) at their new home at the Side Door Jazz Club! This show will feature signature tunes from the band’s catalog\, as well as some new compositions from members of the band.  The Sean Nelson Jazz Orchestra is a “full bodied and polished brassy big band” (Jazz Weekly) made up of 17 of the finest musicians in New England. Formed in 2016 as the New London Big Band\, for the past nine years they have played monthly for sold out crowds at the Social Bar + Kitchen in New London CT. The band has performed all over the country\, including the Kennedy Center (Washington DC)\, the Birdland Jazz Club (NYC)\, Monks Jazz Club (Austin TX)\, and Hallowed Halls (Portland OR). The band has released three albums\, the most recent of which\, “Don’t Stop Now: the lost music of Thad Jones for Harry James\,” reached #29 on the jazz radio charts.The band’s sound is rooted in the Kansas City swing of Count Basie\, “swinging high\, hard\, and hot” (All About Jazz.) “Nelson…has assembled a youthful\, sharp\, hip 17-piece ensemble as dedicated as he is to the belief that big band sounds can provide a fine musical experience — one best served up live\, where the groove and excitement of the arrangements and instrumental interplay can energize and pack a dance floor across generations.” (The Day of New London)Sean Nelson is the leader and founder of the band. By day\, he is enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard\, where he plays trombone with the Coast Guard Band’s concert band and jazz ensembles\, serves as staff arranger\, and is music director for the Guardians Big Band.Nelson was music director and arranger for the 2024 National Christmas Tree Lighting with the Coast Guard’s Guardians Big Band\, creating over 500 pages of arrangements. This was performed in front of the White House and seen nationally on CBS. Sean was one of two composers that co-created the official song of the Space Force\, Semper Supra\, which is now part of every Armed Forces Medley. He also composed the official song for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officer corps (one of the eight federal uniformed services). He has won the National Band Association Young Composers Jazz Composition Contest and is a two­ time winner of Downbeat Magazine’s jazz arranging award. He currently works as the arranger for Sam Houston State University Bearkat Marching Band. Sean’s big band arrangements are published at iJazzmusic.com.A native of Dallas\, Texas\, Sean received a Bachelor of Music degree from Sam Houston State University and a Master of Music degree from the University of North Texas. While at North Texas\, he was trombonist and composer for the One O’Clock Lab Band and sang with the Jazz Singers I. Sean’s trombone quartet won the International Trombone Association Quartet Contest. He spent his summers and winter breaks playing in house bands on cruise ships for Princess Cruises and Cunard Cruises.Sean lives in Quaker Hill\, Connecticut\, with his wife Megan and children Lucinda\, Giles\, McCoy\, and Cab.Sean is a performing artist for S.E. Shires trombones and Denis Wick mouthpieces and mutes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
URL:http://jazzhaven.org/event/sean-nelson-jazz-orchestra/
LOCATION:The Side Door Jazz Club\, 85 Lyme St\, Old Lyme
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