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THE ORIGINAL FARM LEAGUE BAND FEATURING SAM BLAKESLEE
The Original Farm League big band is a 17 piece Jazz Orchestra dedicated to expanding the modern big band repertoire while featuring the work of local arrangers/composers. Formed in 2015, the ensemble is comprised of many of the Cincinnati/Dayton areas most exciting up-and-coming Jazz players and performs entirely original material.
Sam Blakeslee is a New York City based, award-winning trombonist and composer, originally from Columbus, OH. Sam has performed at multiple jazz festivals across the world such as the Fano Jazz Festival, Mosciano San Angelo Jazz Festival, and Parma Jazz Festival in Italy as well as the Deutsche Musikfest in Chemnitz, Germany. In 2010, Sam was selected one of fifteen people nationwide to attend The Steans Institute for the Young Artist at Ravinia where he studied with Curtis Fuller, Rufus Reid, Dr. Nathan Davis, and Dr. David Baker. He also attended Betty Carters Jazz Ahead at the Kennedy Center which is a two week residency where his original music was broadcasted to worldwide audience. In May 2014, Sam attended the International Workshop for Jazz and Creative Music at the Banff Centre where he studied with Vjiay Iyer, Ambrose Akinmusire, Steve Lehman, Tyshawn Sorey, Nir Felder, Warren Wolf, among others. Sam is also very busy as a freelancer, and he has played with artists Joe Lovano, Sean Jones, Jiggs Whigham, Aretha Franklin, Dominick Farinacci, Bernard Purdie, Wessell Warmdaddy Anderson, and Derrick Gardner.
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LocationThe Liberty Exhibition Hall (View)
3938 Spring Grove Ave 45223
Cincinnati, OH 45220
United States
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