Baltimore Jazz Collective
The Performers
Trumpeter Sean Jones has released eight albums with Mack Avenue Records and is an internationally recognized educator serving as President of the Jazz Educators
Pianist and composer Alex Brown is quickly emerging at the forefront of a new genera-
tion of artists. In 2021, he released his second album as a leader, The Dark Fire Sessions. As an arranger and orchestrator, his music has been performed by premier groups that include the Philadelphia Or- chestra. Brown served as a Visiting Artist in Jazz Studies at the Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute. Brown is a YAMAHA artist. Bassist Kris Funn was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Kris joined the Howard University Jazz Ensemble for two years and has since appeared at nearly every major jazz festival in the world and has performed on six continents with Kenny Garrett, Christian Scott, Joey Alexander, Kamasi Washington, Nicholas Payton, Pharoah Sanders, and more. Kris is part of the jazz faculty at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins. Born into a family of illustrious Italian musicians, vocalist Irene Jalenti
Network. He holds the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair of Jazz at John Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute and is Artistic Director for Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz ensemble. He is featured on three GRAMMY nominated albums by Dianne Reeves, Nancy Wilson, and Gerald Wilson.
Todd Marcus is one of the few artists worldwide to focus on the bass clarinet as a main instru- ment in modern jazz with his large and small ensembles. His straight-ahead playing and compositions swing with fiery and introspec- tive intensity, offer a strong lyrical sensibility, and often incorporate the Middle Eastern influences of his Egyptian-American heritage. Marcus has annually been voted a Rising Star in Downbeat Magazine’s Annual Critics Poll.
Quincy Phillips is a drummer, pianist, and an organist at his home church, East Baltimore Deliverance. He graduated from Howard University. Phillips performed for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for the “Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Performance at the White House.” Phillips won a Jazz Composition award for his arrangement of “Alone Together” at the IAJE conference and is a member of GRAMMY Award-winning Christian McBride Big Band.
has followed a singular creative path as a jazz vocalist, songwriter, and arranger who draws on an international array of kindred musical currents. A creative force on the Baltimore scene since 2010, she possesses a strikingly rich cello-like tone and is equally impressive improvising a scat solo or interpreting a song with soulful intensity across five languages.
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