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CHRIS MAYNARD

About Me

My Jazz Story

I love hot & cool, R&B, soul filled & inspired contemporary smooth jazz because it has such great variety, really talented exciting artists... and I've personally seen it evoke so much joy in people.

My House Concert Story

In September of 2016 ~ I produced the Transformational Shift Conference in Tucson, Arizona, which was attended by approximately 200 people. As part of that conference experience I provided music in the form of a live concert on Saturday night of that three day event. I hired a group headlined by: Dave Swan [drummer], Crystal Stark [a soul filled, very powerful vocalist] and Neamen Lyles [ a young, rising, national recording artist ~ R&B, soul, pop, & contemporary smooth jazz saxophonist. I did so based on a few conversations with Dave... and listening to some of the music each of those musicians had produced. The point to this story: though we only had approximately 15 people stay for the concert that Saturday night ~ I was blown away. What I saw, and heard, in the form of an amazing, multi-talented, joy-filled, disciplined & passionate sax player, Neamen Lyles, motivated me enough to speak with him after the concert about his career. I was blessed to catch him at the right time in his life. His first album "So Free" was released in late 2011. And he just released his second album [June 2018]: "Moment of Truth". As a result, I now represent Neamen as a booking agent; and we are now collaborating to produce the: Neamen Lyles & Friends ~ concert, Saturday, October 27, 2018, 5:30-9:30PM. It will be held at the Javelina Leap Vineyard & Winery located about 10-12 minutes south of west Sedona, Arizona ~ on Page Springs Road, in the Sedona wine country. AND, it will be the first time we will have an exciting, outside/out of doors, contemporary, smooth jazz concert in the Sedona area... in about 15 years. I'm excited to bring Neamen Lyles, legendary bassist Mel Brown, and the rest of their friends/band members, live to the Sedona area... so that other people can also experience the incredible joy filled, talent & gifted saxophonist that is Neamen Lyles.