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Jon Cowherd is an American pianist, composer, arranger, and producer. Cowherd is most well known for his partnership with jazz drummer Brian Blade, with whom he co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship.〔Dog & Pony Industries (Dog & Pony Industries: Jon Cowherd Bio ), Dog & Pony Industries, Referenced November 2013.〕 When not recording and touring with the Fellowship, Cowherd works extensively with a broad array of players and singers from the jazz, pop and rock worlds.〔Jon Cowherd, (Bio: Jon Cowherd ), Jon Cowherd, Referenced November 2013.〕〔ArtistShare, (ArtistShare FeaturedArtists ) ArtistShare.com, Retrieved November 2013.〕 == Biography == Cowherd was born and raised in Kentucky. Being a son of musicians (and music educators), Cowherd began music at an early age singing, playing the piano, French horn, and violin. In 1985, Cowherd moved to New Orleans to attend Loyola University, where he studied jazz piano and improvisation under Crescent City legends Ellis Marsalis, John Mahoney, Steve Masakowski, and Michael Pellera.〔〔ArtistShare, (Project Preview - Mercy ), ArtistShare, Inc., Referenced November 2013.〕 It was in New Orleans that Cowherd began his partnership with drummer Brian Blade, in which they later formed the Brian Blade Fellowship together in 1997. The Fellowship consists of bassist Chris Thomas, saxophonists Myron Walden and Melvin Butler, guitarist Jeff Parker, pedal steel Guitarist Dave Easley, and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. The Fellowship Band released their debut album in 1998, their second album, Perceptual in 2000 and their third album, Season of Changes, in 2008. Cowherd is referred to as "the band's secondary leader",〔Chinen, Nate (Critics' Choice-New CDs Review ), NYTimes, May 12, 2008.〕 whose playing "shows an artful touch to the keys in ways Thelonious Monk used to".〔Gilkes, Marshall (Lost Words By Marshall Gilkes ), JazzReview, March 4, 2008.〕 Cowherd also worked with Brian Blade in his debut singer-songwriter album Mama Rosa, which was released in 2009 on Verve Records.〔Kelman, John (Brian Blade: Mama Rosa ) AllAboutJazz.com, April 21, 2009.〕 In 1993, Cowherd moved to New York, where he earned his master's degree in Jazz Studies from the Manhattan School of Music.〔Cowherd, Jon (Jon Cowherd LinkedIn Profile ) LinkedIn.com, Referenced November 2013.〕 Cowherd is currently a member of Cassandra Wilson's band, and has previously worked with Rosanne Cash, Lizz Wright, Iggy Pop, Marc Cohn, Mark Olson, Victoria Williams, Daniel Lanois, Joni Mitchell, John Leventhal, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dave Easley, Jeff Parker, Marcus Strickland and Jack Wilkins.〔ArtistShare (ArtistShare Featured Artists ) ArtistShare.com, Referenced November 2013.〕〔Verve Music Group (Jon Cowherd Bio ), VerveMusicGroup.com, Referenced November 2013.〕 As a producer, Cowherd has overseen albums by Lizz Wright, Alyssa Graham and The Local NYC. He also recently served as keyboardist for and co-musical director for the all-star Joni Jazz concert at the Hollywood Bowl, in honor of Joni Mitchell, where he performed with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chaka Khan, Kurt Elling, Aimee Mann, Glen Hansard and Cassandra Wilson.〔〔 Cowherd's debut album as a leader, ''Mercy'', will be released in 2013 on ArtistShare. ''Mercy features'' Brian Blade, John Patitucci, and Bill Frisell.〔〔(Jon Cowherd: Mercy Project | WBGO ) WBGO.org, Retrieved December 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jon Cowherd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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