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BIO
Sean has worked as a touring musician throughout the East coast USA, Canada, and parts of Europe. He’s performed with other notable musicians including: Wycliffe Gordon (Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra), Tia Brazda (Canada), Elio Villafranca (Grammy Award winner), George Caldwell (Grammy Award winner), Dr. Lonnie Smith, Bill Easley (George Benson, Isaac Hayes, Stax Records), Marcus Printup (Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra), Lawrence Clark, JD Allen, Houston Person, Walt Weiskopf (Steely Dan), Bobby Militello (Dave Brubeck), Tia Fuller (Beyoncé), Marcus Strickland, Brownman Ali (Canada), Daniel Bennett, and many others.
Audio
Press
"Jefferson's epic compositions have the sprawl of classical music but demand hard-driving groove and hairpin time changes that demand imagination from the players as opposed to sheer precision....As a result, the music sparkles in four dimensions, the way music does when four people truly play as a group."
-Saby Reyes-Kulkarni (City Newspaper)
“....Sean Jefferson...challenges jazz conventions by pursuing unpredictable paths, creating a body of work that ignites the senses. Instead of following generic patterns, Jefferson leads his fellow musicians...into a spellbinding hybrid of cutting-edge and mainstream sensibilities.”
-JazzChill
“a tightrope between high-brow experimentalism and metropolitan cool.”
- Jazztimes
“...drummer Sean Jefferson and the extraordinary musicians he assembled for his RIJF appearance...last night they very well could have been one of the greatest groups in jazz.”
- CITY Newspaper (Rochester, New York)
“Jefferson's drums are tribal in their savage march, reflecting the ominous allure of nightmares as well as the hypnotic transcendence of sweet dreams.”
-Ink19
“The critically acclaimed Jefferson has put together an impressive album which is at once highly listenable and yet ground breaking.”
-FREETIME Magazine