Per new Pitkin County recommendations JAS will require all attendees at the JAS June Experience and JAS Cafe events to be either fully vaccinated or to provide a current negative COVID test. At least 80% of the venue’s capacity will be devoted to attendees who can demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated, and up
Student 2021 Class > Andrew Sumabat Andrew Sumabat Andrew Sumabat is a musician, multi-instrumentalist, and content creator from Seattle, Washington. His main instrument of choice is the trombone, but he also plays the trumpet and saxophone. Andrew became enamored with music at the age of 10,
Student 2021 Class > Ben Thomas Taylor Experience Ben Thomas Taylor Experience The Ben Thomas Taylor Experience was formed in late 2020 by guitarist and composer Ben Thomas Taylor. Ben and other members of the group recorded Ben’s debut album “The Bohemian” in the fall of
Student 2021 Class > Camilo Molina Camilo Molina Achievements & Awards Camilo Molina is a jazz trumpeter who grew up in North Port Florida, which is a small town located just south of Sarasota. After high school he moved to Miami and attended Miami Dade Community College
Student 2021 Class > Dylan McHann Dylan McHann Dylan is an upcoming junior at the Frost School in Miami, Florida. He has been playing the saxophone for 10 years and begun to play jazz music in middle and high school. Since then, Dylan has been a
Student 2021 Class > Brian Lawrence Brian Lawrence Brian Lawrence was born and raised in Bellevue, Washington, and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Equally skilled on both piano and woodwinds, Brian cherishes the opportunity to be a multi-instrumentalist. Brian is currently a Graduate Assistant in
Student 2021 Class > Sam Keedy Sam Keedy Born and raised into a family of classical musicians and educators, trombonist Sam Keedy grew up surrounded by music. After picking up the trombone at age 11 under the guidance of the illustrious trombonist Paul Mckee, Sam moved from
Student 2021 Class > Elay Kadosh Elay Kadosh Elay Kadosh was born, raised, and has been living and studying in Tel Aviv, Israel. At the age of 13, after listening to a Paul Chambers record, Elay fell head over heels in love with this music and
Student 2021 Class > Matt Incontro Matt Incontro Matt Incontro is a saxophonist, reed musician, and composer from Buffalo, NY. In 2016 he moved to Rochester and began studying jazz performance at the Eastman School of Music. Matt recently graduated from his undergraduate studies and moved
Student 2021 Class > Joe Block Joe Block Joe Block is a pianist, composer, arranger, educator, and bandleader. He began playing classical piano at the age of two before switching to jazz in middle school. While growing up in Philadelphia, a city with a rich jazz tradition
