Saxophonist, Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer
Musician+Covid=?
These days it's not particularly easy to be a human being in general, but the world of art and music has suffered during this pandemic.
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For a profession that is massively based in live performance, the loss of the stage has been a hard blow, leaving many "up the creek without a paddle" as it were.
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Luckily, musicians are persistant and resourceful, and the technological side of music production has flourished during this time.
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Until such a time that we can get back to playing out in public, we'll keep working hard creating if you keep listening!
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Here's my basement recording setup!
More than 200 Cities and 30,000 Miles Traveled...
Dirty Dancing the Musical and The King and I
An amazing two years of living out of a suitcase, taking life one day at a time, and seeing all that the world has to offer! From the Cadillac Palace in Chicago, The Shubert in Boston, or even the Adler in Davenport Iowa, two consecutive national tours with NETworks Presentations has been quite the ride.
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A list of my favorite cities and theaters that I performed at:
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The Broward Center-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Royal Theater-Victoria, BC
Keller Auditorium-Portland, OR
Morrison Center-Boise, ID
The Hippodrome-Baltimore, MD
The Overture Center-Madison, WI
National Arts Center- Ottawa, ON
Duke Energy Center- Raleigh, NC
Marcus Center-Milwaukee, WI
Lexington Opera House-Lexington, KY
Grenada Theater- Santa Barbara, CA
Savannah Civic Center-Savannah, GA
Civic Theater-San Diego, CA
McCallum Theater-Palm Desert, CA
Plaza Theater-El Paso, TX
Altria Theater-Richmond, VA
Scotiabank Center-Halifax, NS
Centre Vidéotron-Québec City, QC
Cadillac Palace-Chicago, IL
Starlight Theater- Kansas City, MO
Shubert Theater-Boston, MA
Circus Maximus-Atlantic City, NJ
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And many more...
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May 2017
Had a fantastic time playing next to my teacher, along with many of my personal and musical heroes with the Gil Evans Project at my favorite club, The Jazz Standard. The music was seriously amazing-and what an honor to play for the great Slide Hampton, who was in the audience second set!
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Here's (hopefully) to onward and upward!
May 2017 (Cont.)
Graduated from College!
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Working on writing for new projects, including a large ensemble.
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Check out this video from my senior recital, a nonet featuring:
Matt Holman: Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Myself: Alto, Soprano, Clarinet
Travis Bliss: Tenor Saxophone
Andy Clausen: Trombone
Jasper Dütz: Bass Clarinet
Mark McIntyre: Guitar
Ryan Slatko: Piano
Jesse Byrom-Carter: Upright Bass
Ken Ychicawa: Drums
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Order Jordan Klemons' CD
This City (2017)
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Jordan Klemons - guitar
Mike Verselli - piano/rhodes
Trevor Brown - bass
Josh Bailey - drums
John Lake - trumpet
Christopher Misch-Bloxdorf - trombone
Ethan Helm - alto sax (tracks 3-7)
Michael Bliss - alto sax (tracks 1-2)
Jim Piela - tenor sax
Owen Broder - bass clarinet