Tim Shaghoian

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Tim Shaghoian is a Los Angeles-based saxophonist and composer. He released his debut album, Gentle Beacons, in 2020 on Origin's OA2 Records. Gentle Beacons features 9 of Tim's original compositions and a creative reimagining of the beloved jazz standard “My Foolish Heart”. All About Jazz called the release “a well-crafted work of modern jazz.” Tim performs regularly in the LA area and has had the opportunity to work with a number of the most respected creative musicians in LA, such as Mark Ferber, Vardan Ovsepian, Darek Oles, and Billy Mohler. Tim currently teaches at CalArts, the Los Angeles College of Music, and Clovis Community College. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Jazz Performance from California State University, Fresno and a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Performance from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Tim Shaghoian: Gentle Beacons

Read "Gentle Beacons" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 14, 2020

Considering music with origins in California's San Joaquin Valley, the names most likely to come to mind are Merle Haggard and Buck Owens, an American music that adopted the name the “Bakersfield Sound." But up the road apiece in Fresno--about a hundred miles north of Bakersfield on Highway 99--a different style of American music, jazz, is sprouting, at the hands of saxophonist and Fresno native Tim Shaghoian. Gentle Beacons is Shaghoian's debut, a well-crafted work of modern jazz ...