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Jon Armstrong

Jonathan Armstrong is a fiercely creative musician, composer and educator living in Los Angeles. His background is a mix of intensive academic training and extensive professional experiences on saxophones, guitar, piano, clarinet, flute, bass, and electronic sampler. He holds a B.M. in Music from the University of Washington and a M.F.A. in Jazz Reeds from the California Institute of the Arts. He studied composition and theory with John Rahn, Jonathan Bernhard and Robert Wannamaker, and pursued improvisational studies with Marc Seales, Larry Koonse, Vinny Golia, Thara Memory, Charlie Haden and Wadada Leo Smith

Michael Gregory Jackson, Francesca Remigi & Oles Brothers

by Maurice Hogue
March 24, 2021

This show reminds me of a calzone stuffed with just about every imaginable filling. Appropriately, there's a wonderful new release from Italian drummer Francesca Remigi and her band Archipelagos. This is definitely one of the finest debuts of 2021—deep, contemporary and socially aware. The very respected guitarist, Michael Gregory Jackson, is also debuting his Frequency Equilibrium ...

Reabsorb

By Jon Armstrong

Label: Orenda Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Hit It As Loudly As Possible; Loop of Light.

Jon Armstrong Sextet: Reabsorb

by Mark Corroto
December 25, 2020

Saxophonist Jon Armstrong reminds us that life and death are two sides of the same coin. Although seemingly disparate, like two sides of an LP, they cannot be separated. His sextet recording Reabsorb models this contrasting device by presenting two contrasting compositions, one on each side of an LP (also available as a CD and download). ...

Burnt Hibiscus

By Jon Armstrong

Label: Orenda Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Apricot; Crimson Tarp; Maybe A Lime; There They Are; The Earth Slides Slowly; Flat Water; Then Ring Again Bells.

Jon Armstrong: Burnt Hibiscus

by Dave Wayne
January 27, 2017

Now firmly ensconced as the Director of Jazz Studies at Idaho State University, Jon Armstrong may just be a little homesick. Well, more than a little. After all, Pocatello is a far cry from the multi-cultural hustle and bustle of his hometown of Los Angeles. It's not surprising that Armstrong's new album, Burnt Hibiscus is a ...

Trevor Anderies Quintet at Fresh Santa Fe

by Dave Wayne
October 31, 2016

Trevor Anderies Quintet Fresh Santa Fe New Music Series Santa Fe, NM September 3, 2016 To be perfectly honest, most of the bands that come to Santa Fe, NM are playing fill-in gigs between dates in jny: Albuquerque (or jny: Phoenix) and jny: Denver. And that's okay because it just ...

Farewell

By Jon Armstrong

Label: Orenda Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Ardnave; Fool of Me; Dream Has No Friend; Quardboard Flavored Fiber; Farewell.

Jon Armstrong Jazz Orchestra: Farewell

by Dave Wayne
December 8, 2015

I am beginning to wonder if every jazz musician has, in some dark corner of their psyche, a suppressed ambition to lead a big band. Economically unfeasible, logistically impossible--but artistically gratifying--a big band is perhaps the ultimate way to make manifest one's greatest musical ambitions. You get to conduct, pick your own solos, compose and arrange ...

Mike Barone Big Band: La Fiesta

by Jack Bowers
September 9, 2015

Mike Barone has been writing outstanding big-band arrangements for more than half a century. After listening to La Fiesta, Barone's ninth album as leader of the Los Angeles-based Mike Barone Big Band (counting Live at Donte's, recorded back in 1968), the logical question arises: does Barone ever run short of resourceful ideas? To which the obvious ...