Phoenix Jazz ProjectPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Band Members Tom Glovier Pianist/Composer/Arranger
Jessie Glovier Vocalist
Mike Sakash Saxophones
Curtis Johnson Saxophones
Jason Birch Drums
Bob Insko Bass
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ABOUT:
Most of the basis for the sextet's music lies in traditional jazz. But the group prides itself in creating and performing good music regardless of genre. From the traditional styles of originals “Halfway Out” and “Billy or Bud” to the modernized arrangements of classics “If I Only Had a Brain” and “Softly As a Morning Sunrise,” The Phoenix Jazz Project provides a wide variety of entertaining music. Having only been in existence for a couple of years, The Phoenix Jazz Project has already wowed audiences from Pittsburgh to Prague. A June 2005 tour to Eastern Europe including Budapest's Cotton Club and Vienna's Jazzland produced standing ovations and rave reviews. That tour also included stops in Prague, Czech Republic, Brataslava, Slovakia and Krakow, Poland where the band performed and conducted clinics. A December 2005 tour to Belgium yielded more performances, clinics, and standing ovations. This new Pittsburgh band already has the locals raving about their “New York Sound.” Their current project has pianist/composer/arranger Thomas Glovier writing and arranging classics for a collaboration cd with The Traverser Saxophone Quartet due to be released in the fall of 2008.
UP COMING SHOWS:
June 8th James Street Gastropub 8:00 pm - 12:00 am
July 7th Nola on the square
July 14th Wildflower Music Festival Scranton, PA
September 15th Nola on the square Market Square
November 15th Westmoreland Jazz Society Greensburg, PA
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