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John Blevins

Born in Michigan, raised in Indiana, and now home in New York City, trumpeter and composer John Blevins has performed and/or recorded with Matterhorn, Line of Sight, Wing Walker Orchestra, Drew Williams Nonet, Cerebral People Project, Festival of New Trumpet Music, Trumpet City, Out of Your Head Brooklyn, iconiQ: The Soundtrack Orchestra, Noah & the MegaFauna, Spirit Animal, Morningsiders, Atomic Funk Project, Brooks Frederickson, Leave a Lasting Mark, and Actionplay among others.

John's latest original project, MATTERHORN, released its debut album on pfMENTUM records in November 2015. Line of Sight's 2012 album Observant Bystander features nine of John's original compositions for jazz quintet. John is a producer for Wing Walker Music and curates the Music for Wing Walkers concert series.

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John Blevins: Matterhorn

Read "Matterhorn" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Convincente album d'esordio (prodotto dal Kneebody Shane Endsley) di un ottetto/nonetto capitanato dal trombettista e compositore John Blevins, giovane musicista attivo nel jazz, nel funk, nel folk-rock, nella classica contemporanea e presenza costante nei circuiti underground newyorchesi. Matterhorn riunisce giovani musicisti, alcuni già in evidenza con album da leader come la pianista Marta Sanchez, qui impegnata con ottimi risultati al Fender Rhodes, o il chitarrista Jeff McLaughlin, altri meno noti ma comunque portatori di entusiasmo esecutivo e freschezza di idee. ...

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John Blevins: Matterhorn

Read "Matterhorn" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Back in the 1960s, when the music now commonly known as fusion was called “jazz-rock," the earliest bands to get plastered with said label were essentially funk and rock rhythm sections--guitar, bass, keys and drums, plus or minus congas--with a lead singer and a jazzy horn section tacked on. Think Blood Sweat and Tears, or Tower of Power, or any number of the dozens of less-familiar bands in the sub-sub-genre such as Ten Wheel Drive (with Dave Liebman), Osmosis (with ...

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