Artist:Sean Nowell
Song:For All Intensive Purposes
Album:The Seeker
Sean Nowell currently plays sax in New York City jazz clubs with several bands. Though he has recorded as a leader in the past, I don't think he is leading a band right now. He seems to prefer a large band which can be hard to make work logistically. Nowell is from Birmingham, AL and he grew up singing in church. Nowell went on a world tour with an a capella choir. After earning a BA in composition at Berklee and an MA from Manhattan School of Music, Nowell has spent most of his time playing New York jazz clubs. He has toured with Donny McCaslin and Anton Fig and worked on the score for the film Soul Men with Stanley Clarke and George Duke. The 2009 album The Seeker is the second of three albums Nowell recorded for Posi-Tone. He calls his band The Kung Fu Masters and he uses video footage of Bruce Lee in his presentation. Musicians on The Seeker are Art Hirahara on piano, Nir Felder on guitar, Dave Eggar on cello, Thomson Kneeland on bass and Joe Abbatantuono on drums. This album is available as a digital download. Nowell's latest album as a leader was in 2011. He has recorded with Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra which is big band arrangements of Bjork songs. He regularly performs in all the NYC jazz clubs and he tours internationally. He's just not leading a band right now. Here's Sean Nowell and The Kung Fu Masters performing For All Intensive Purposes at Shapeshifter Labs Aug. 13, 2012.
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