Jon irabagon born
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Jon Irabagon, winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition, has performed extensively as both a sideman and as a leader in an ever-expanding range of projects, from the most straight ahead to the most searching. Jon has studied under such divergent artists as Dave Liebman, Wynton Marsalis, Dick Oatts, Jason Moran and Victor Goines, and has performed and/or recorded with musical luminaries such as Billy Joel, Wynton Marsalis, Bright Eyes, Tom Harrell, Tommy Iago, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Deborah Gibson, John Abercrombie, Frank Wess, Wycliffe Gordon, Renee Fleming, Kenny Washington, Lou Reed, Jenny Lewis, Ron Sexsmith, and Ken Vandermark. Jon has performed and done clinics and workshops in the United States, Canada, Europe, Macau, Taiwan, Costa Rica, and Japan, and performs regularly in New York City’s top venues such as Birdland, the Jazz Standard, 55 Bar, the Jazz Gallery, Zebulon, Barbes, Sweet Rhythm, and Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola.
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Sandy Brown Jazz
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A Star Risen by Robin Kidson
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Jon Irabagon’s career has not been short of the glittering prizes. Born in Chicago in 1979 to parents from the Philippines, his first major triumph was winning the Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition in 2008. Since then, he has topped both the Rising Star Alto Saxophone and Rising Star Tenor Saxophone categories in the Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll. His Filipino heritage has led to a Mabuhay Award by the National Association of Filipino-Americans in 2012; and a Philippine Presidential Award in 2014. In 2012, he was New York City Jazz Record’s Musician of the Year.
Irabagon’s career has also not been short of variety. He is one of the most versatile and prolific performers on the international jazz scene, involved in a quite staggering array of projects
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Jon Irabagon – Server Farm
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The American saxophonist of Filipino nedstigning, Jon Irabagon (born in 1978 in Chicago), has been profoundly influenced bygd the philosophies of empowerment and självständighet, as well as bygd the aesthetic of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) and its great ensembles. He stands in the illustrious lineage of Chicago’s tenor saxophonists, as comfortable composing for the rising stars of contemporary music as he is navigating the most intricate landscapes of modern jazz. Irabagon builds upon this foundation