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John Celona's BlueCity
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About BlueCity

John Celona’s BlueCity is a newly formed avant-garde music sextet with tenor/alto saxophone, trumpet/flugelhorn, trombone/guitar, keyboards, bass and drums. Eleven new music/new jazz compositions. The ensemble is inspired from the work of Eric Dolphy to Stockhausen to Sun Ra; Cannonball to the Messengers via the Crusaders; the Lounge Lizards to the Maarten Altena Band; Miles, Trane, Herbie, and more. The works are structured, composed , orchestrated and arranged; some include solos.

The Performers

Rich Lang, drums
John Celona, digital piano
Don McDougall, trombone/electric guitar
Bruce Hurn, trumpet/flugelhorn
John Wright, amplified acoustic bass
Wendell Clanton, tenor/alto saxophones

Rich Lang, drums John Celona, digital piano Don McDougall, trombone/electric guitar Bruce Hurn, trumpet/flugelhorn John Wright, amplified acoustic bass Wendell Clanton, tenor/alto saxophones

Rich Lang

A native of Victoria, Rich is a versatile drummer and percussionist equally comfortable playing jazz, soul/rock/R&B, hand drumming and classical. He is a skilled mallet player as well. Rich is presently with the Canadian Forces Band in Edmonton. At the University of Victoria, he majored in percussion.

Don McDougall

Donny is the son of famous Canadian trombone legend, Ian McDougall. He is foremost a classical brass and guitar player with lots of experience in big band trombone sectional playing. He has a M.Mus. in Guitar Performance from the University of Victoria.

Bruce Hurn

Victoria born and raised, Bruce is a well-known performer on the jazz scene. He is presently finishing his M.Mus. in Jazz Arranging/Composition at the University of Victoria.

John Wright

John is skilled as an acoustic and electric bass player as well as a serious software programmer. John is completing his Ph.D. in Music Composition at the University of Victoria and is the co-author of John Celona’s TimbreSpace music-compositional software programme.

Wendell Clanton

Another Victoria native, Wendell performs a variety of musics ranging from jazz, classical, hip-hop, and R&B. He holds a M.Mus. in Performance from Northwestern University.

 

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