Jazz trumpeter Sean Jones to play at Storey Square
Jazz trumpeter Sean Jones will perform from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday during the Storey Square Summer Concert Series in Uniontown. Stemz Cafe will provide a light meal during the event for a cost.
Jones, who grew up in Warren, Ohio, heard, sang and played music in church from an early age, according to a biography listed on an Internet site.
He started playing trumpet in fifth grade, became turned on to jazz through Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” and performed both gospel and classical music while in high school.
“I knew by that time that I wanted to try to be a professional musician,” Jones said. “In high school, I started getting jazz gigs in Cleveland, Ohio, at the Bop Stop, and I played with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra.
“Since then, many musicians have been my angels and encouraged me,” he added. “Professor William Fielder of Rutgers, an unbelievable person and musician, changed my concept of playing the trumpet. Ralph Peterson, Charles Fambrough, Gerald Wilson, Jon Faddis and Wynton Marsalis have been among those who have inspired and helped me.”
Jones earned a degree in classical trumpet performance from Youngstown State University and has since gained his masters from Rutgers University.
He teaches at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and thus far in his career has worked with the Chico O’Farrill Orchestra, the Gerald Wilson Orchestra, the Illinois Jacquet big band, the Louis Armstrong Legacy Band, Charles Fambrough (being featured on the bassist’s “Live at Zanzibar Blue”), Joe Lovano, Tom Harrell, Jon Faddis, Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, altoist Brad Leali and the International Jazz Quintet in addition to leading his own groups.
For more information about the event, call Judy Vrabel of the Uniontown Downtown Business District Authority at 724-430-2926.