Jon Gordon & John Hasselback Quintet

Schedule

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

19 Wadsworth Street, Buffalo, NY, United States, New York 14201 | Buffalo, NY

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Jon Gordon -1996 Winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition & nominated for a JUNO award for best jazz release of 2021 - live at PAUSA.
DOORS @ 6PM / SHOW @ 7PM / 21 & over only
STAGE AREA : $20 Reserved Seating / $25 day of the show
BAR AREA: $17 Reserved Seating / $20 day of the show
Jon Gordon: alto saxophone
John Hasselback, Jr.: trombone
Lisa Hasselback: piano
Paul LaDuca: bass
John Bacon, Jr.: Drums
A native New Yorker, saxophonist and composer Jon Gordon was born into a musical family and began playing at age ten. He attended Performing Arts High School (known as the “Fame School). While still a high school student, Jon began sitting in regularly with Eddie Chamblee at Sweet Basil and started lessons with Phil Woods. As a college student in New York City, he began playing Charles McPherson, Doc Cheatham, Phil Woods, Mike Stern, Red Rodney, Roy Eldridge, Barney Kessel, Al Grey, Eddie Locke, Mike LeDonne, Mel Lewis, Larry Goldings, Ben Monder, Peter Bernstein, Leon Parker, and many more.
Jon is the 1996 winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Since the early 1990's, Jon has worked with Maria Schneider, Ron McClure, Clark Terry, Benny Carter, Phil Woods, T.S. Monk, Rufus Reid, Aretha Franklin, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bill Charlap, Ray Barreto, Mark Turner, George Colligan, Chico Hamilton, Jimmy Cobb, Ben Riley, Harry Connick jr., Bob Mintzer, Bill Mobley, Tony Bennett, Bruce Springsteen, Max Weinberg, The N.Y. Pops Orchestra, The Carolina Philharmonic, The Winnipeg Symphony orchestra, among many others. Jon also appears regularly as a member of the Jazz Nativity, whose other featured artists have included Tito Puente, Ron Carter, Clark Terry, Dave Brubeck, Savion Glover, Slide Hampton, Harold Nicholas and others.
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