SHAWN MAXWELL with Westview Hills Middle School Jazz Band

The Venue is pleased to present SHAWN MAXWELL performing with the Westview Hills Middle School Jazz Band on Thursday, February 26th.

"Jazz Painter" ~ Lewis Achenbach will also be painting live during this concert.

DOORS = 6pm | SHOW = 7pm

~ Advance Admission ~

Premium Reserved Seating = $20

General Admission = $15

~ Day of Show ~

Additional Door Charge = $5

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⭐ SHAWN MAXWELL ⭐

From his youth in the school music programs of Joliet, IL, through the Music B.A. program at Millikin University, to 25 years of performing on the Chicago music scene and touring the United States, Shawn Maxwell has developed a unique voice on the saxophone.

From his first album of original compositions in 2005, to the 2023 release of his twelfth album J Town Suite, he has forged a distinctive style of writing and arrangement. The traditions of jazz form the foundation for Shawn’s music; he builds on that with inspiration from the music he grew up with – rock, funk, hip hop, R&B, classical. Though his compositions have been compared to Frank Zappa, Philip Glass, the Canterbury Sound, and Bach…

Shawn’s albums have received accolades and airplay across the country and around the world, including two Downbeat Magazine “Best Albums of the Year” and four “Editor’s Picks”, reviews from Chicago Tribune, Jazz Times, Cadence Magazine, AllAboutJazz, and dozens of national and local music publications. His recordings have reached the Top 50 on JazzWeek and College Music Journal Jazz Charts.

His albums have featured a variety of working groups: several quartets, quintets like Shawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow, and the ten-piece ensemble Shawn Maxwell’s Alliance. Expectation & Experience (Jazzline/Delta, 2021) featured remotely-recorded collaborations with twenty nine other musicians, including Howard Levy, Ernie Adams and Tom Sharpe.

As a Vandoren and Conn-Selmer artist, Shawn’s Master Classes and Guest Appearances are a favorite of students from college through elementary school, combining his pedagogical skills with a performer’s sensibilities.

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⭐ LEWIS ACHENBACH ⭐

‘Jazz Painter’ Lewis Achenbach has been capturing the frequency in the room with his signature Jazz Occurrence discipline (art + music) internationally and in Chicago since 2012. Catch his published Jazz Occurrence Coloring book available on lewisachenbach.com

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