Guitar - Tim Wendel, Ross Bellenoit;
Bass - Ryan Kuhns;
Drums - Matt Scarano, Anwar Marshall;
Trumpet - Chris Aschman;
Tenor - Victor North
Influences
Those listed above, plus all the others I have played with, plus my musical and compositional idols: U2, Sigur Ros, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Seamus Blake, The Postal Service, Wagner... but sometimes especially authors like Jane Austen and David Foster Wallace.
Sounds Like
"Just know that my face bypasses melting... I'm being vaporized on contact." -Kristen
"[a surrealist dream involving zoos, the future of Philadelphia, and Whoopi Goldberg]"
-Steph
Ian is a saxophonist and woodwind player living and working in the greater Philadelphia area. He has been a leader with his original jazz quintet Jones at some of the areas finer venues including Smalls Jazz Club in NYC, Chris' Jazz Cafe, the Moonstone Arts Center, Sci-Fi Philly's Gojjo concert series and the Tritone. Ian plays at many regional theaters including the Prince, the Arden, Lenape Performing Arts Center, the Merriam theatre and the Media theatre, and is a regular member of many groups including the Lars Halle Jazz Orchestra, the Tongue Sculptors, Highbrid and the Mike Lorenz Quartet. Additionally he is a certified music teacher and is available for music lessons on all woodwinds. Ian is currently touring the US, Canada and Japan with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Check back for more details about upcoming shows and appearances!
Please check out some of the fine musicians below. They are all great players and deserve earnest recognition.
Here are some clips of Ian playing alto flute on a piece by local composer Ian Munro: http://ianmunrobot.com/audiopages/
Take care and have a great day!
1. Sarah Sings: one of the first tunes I wrote for Jones, live at Chris', September 2008. The band is Ross Bellenoit(g), Ryan Kuhns(b), and Matt Scarano(d).
2. My Spirit: original tune from the same gig. Inspired by the Thomas Hardy poem "My spirit will not haunt the mound."
3. The Halifax Parallax: one of my more recent compositions, featuring the recent Jones Quintet from Valentine's Day, 2009 at Chris' Jazz Cafe: Chris Aschman(t), Ross Bellenoit (g), Ryan Kuhns(b), and Anwar Marshall(d).. The parallax is the angular difference between two vantage points. I was picturing Halifax in four dimensions, thus this tune.
4. No Stalgia: an original, from the same gig.
5. Secret Sorrow: a beautiful composition by Ross Bellenoit, also from Chris', September 2008.
6. When We Were Kings: original composition for wind sextet, from my senior recital, March 2008.
Hi! were playing at the World Cafe Live in Philly , on Saturday October 24 @ 10 pm.Local Music needs support and we need yours :) come on out and jam with us !!!!!!! Its a great place to have dinner and drinks and dance ! Save the date Much love , BOSU http://www.worldcafelive.com.
Hey, thanks for accepting our friend request. If you have time for a
listen, check out our two new tracks; I Know You Read It and Whats
Lost. Thanks again, comments are always appreciated. Have a great day -Rob
Bonjour Ian Thanks for the friendly add I really appreciate your beautiful and sensitive sound Best wishes from France (Follow me on twitter.com/pascal95 ) Pascal
I change the profile song from time to time. I discovered this one this weekend, blipped a lot of their stuff.
Yeah, me too, I am learning to pour more and more into my alto. It feeds something in me, even though what I am doing can't really be called playing yet. It's changing things for me. Yesterday afternoon, for example, I got home quite disappointed by something, and/so I grabbed my alto.
I want one of those Japanese mutes so that I can play in the middle of the night as well if I want or play for hours and hours (without testing my neighbors' patience, lol). Such a mute would add weight but if i play while seated, it should work out fine. The recording facility should be fun too.
Btw, my parrot really digs my alto, LOL. The other day the silly bird WANTED me to play!
Thanks a lot my friend....my favorite musicians are from philadelphia......i would like to jamm....and i let you know when i take my trip to the U.S.A...thats my biggest dream...peace bro.
wow sweeet!!!! you should come on whichever one is later so we can head on up to my camp on moosehead :) if ur gonna come to maine, that's the place we gotta go. oooo yea
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