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Nu Sangha is made up of some of the best up-and-coming musicians in NYC. Individually they have played with Paquito D'Rivera, Lonnie Plaxico, Antonio Hart, Michael Phillip Mossman, Andy Milne and Dapp Theory, Benny Reid, Ze Luis, Larry Corryell, Reggie Workman, Resolution 15 and DBR.
Jonathan Powell and nu Sangha are exited to release their debut album "Transcend" May 14th at the Blue Note.
nu Sangha is: Jonathan Powell- trumpets, fx Jeremy Powell- sax, fx Sofia Tosello- voice Richard Padron- guitar Yayoi Ikawa- keys Jim Robertson- bass Kenny Grohowski- drums Rohin Khemani- tablas Blitz the Ambassador- special guest MC
Jonathan Powell plays Cannonball Trumpets
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Cannonball Trumpets
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Between the Grooves with Philip Booth
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Jonathan and Jeremy, both gifted, young, eclectically minded jazz musicians, are Tampa friends of mine, and former bandmates, who performed and recorded with my old jam/jazz/experimental group, Ghetto Love Sugar (in addition to their gazillion other projects).
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Trumpet