John Nasshan - drummmer/composer/leader, Walter Blanton - trumpeter/composer, David Stambaugh - saxophonist/composer, Phil Wigfall - saxophonist/composer, John Matteson - pianist/composer, and Geoff Neuman - bassist/composer
Influences
Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett, Roy Haynes, Jack DeJohnette, Buddy Rich, Chick Corea, Dave Douglas, Pat Metheny, Big Neighborhood, Tony Williams, Sonny Stitt.......
John Nasshan’s "Quintessence" is a Traditional Acoustic Bop quintet, that plays Original Jazz, Standard Jazz, Bop Jazz, Latin jazz, Mainstream Jazz, and Free Jazz. If you dig Monk, Miles, Trane, Diz, Bird....you will dig "Quintessence"... If you dig Ornette Coleman, Dave Douglas and Roy Haynes....you will dig "Quintessence"... For more information, visit the "Quintessence" website: www.quintessencejazz.com. I am the drummer with "Coalition" a Jazz Trio, very unique in our approach to Standards and Originals. My latest news is that "The Monuments Trio" Walt Blanton, Tony branco and I have a release on Origin Records called "Monuments" that is doing quite well, check us out at the Origin Records website. I am also a Jazz DJ on KUNV 91.5FM in Las Vegas, NV. KUNV 91.5FM is the only radio station in the Las Vegas Valley that plays real, acoustic, traditional, mainstream, swingin’, Jazz and Bop! I also host an interview series on KUNV called: "Las Vegas Arts Alive". If you are an artistic person living in, or going to be in Las Vegas, NV performing, contact me via email at www.kunvjazzwithjohn@yahoo.com so we can schedule an interview. The premise for the show is to bring in a different member of the music, arts and entertainment world each week, and discuss who they are, what they do, and why they do it. In addition to all that, I am the Principal Percussionist/Timpanist with the Henderson Symphony Orchestra in Henderson, NV. The HSO has a ten concert season, and performs a very complete Classical repertoire. The HSO website is: www.hsorch.org. I lead a very diverse musical life, and I am very happy about it! I wish you Music, Peace, and Happiness!
This Wednesday I'm playing blues at the E String (2031 W. Sunset, just North of Valle Verde) from 8-10:30pm (one long set), FREE, full menu, full bar, gaming (in the lounge) and all ages. This is an excellent band that is guaranteed to please, playing the best in roots blues from the delta to chi-town featuring AL Ek on harp and resonator, Junior Brantley on keys, Peter Trauth on slide guitar, Jim Lovgren on drums and yours truly, Trevor Davis, on upright bass. The E String is a very hip little venue and hosts various top notch acts....lets keep em coming!
Tonight is the final installment in my academic career at UNLV. I will be performing all original compositions and arrangements with my good friends Adam Moses on guitar, Julian Tanaka on sax and Paul Ringenbach on drums. These pieces and this band is very, very original and I guarantee you'll find it very entertaining.
The fine arts building is located on Maryland Pkwy immediately across the street from University Ave. (a good spot to park). When you enter the building (HFA) go immediately up the stairs and follow the hallway around the "U" walking towards the back of the building...keep following this and eventually you'll find room 238 on the left across from some stairs that go up to the 3rd floor...the recital begins at 6pm so show up slightly early to find a seat and if you arrive slightly late please wait until between songs to enter.
Hope to see you there!
-Trevor Davis
Trevor Davis' Senior Recitial Tonight @ 6pm @ UNLV's Ham Fine Arts Building (HFA) Room 238
Hey John, The tunes sound good! Your presence would be greatly appreciated at the Casa di Amore Jam Session that we are just now starting tonight at 10pm. We've got Nate Kimball on bone, Boris Shapiro on drums, Adam Moses on guitar and myself on bass. Come down and have a few brews and beat a few skins!!!
Thanks for the add John! We dig what you've got going on. Good luck and continued success. Hopefully our paths will cross sometime out there in the Vegas Valley. peace LEMONVINE
Hey John! How are you? Did you get the cd yet? You should get one from Highnote w/in a week or so. I have clips up here now and all of them are on my NEW website! www. pamelaluss. com.
This morning when God opened a window to Heaven, He saw me, and He asked: "My child, what is your greatest wish for today?" I responded: "Please, take care of the person who is reading this message, their family and their special friends. They deserve it and I love them very much" The love of God is like the ocean, you can see its beginning, but not its end. This message works on the day you receive it. Let us see if it is true. ANGELS EXIST but sometimes, since they don't all have wings, we call them TRUE FRIENDS. Pass this on to your true friends. Something good will happen to you at 11:11 in the evening; something that you have been waiting to hear.
Do not break this prayer; send it to a minimum of 11 people Including me"""
