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Artist
Jon Sass
12+ albums
tubajazzbrassinstrumentalcomposer
about
Jon Sass was born under the name Jonathan McClain Sass in the Bronx, and grew up in Harlem, New York City. As a celebrated tubist, Jon is widely recognized today as one of the most creative virtuososin the music industry. He began studying his instrument at the age of 14. While admiring Howard Johnson's music and following him around and listening to his mother's records and following the bass lines of groups like "Earth, Wind and Fire" or James Brown, with his tuba, Jon studied privately with Sam Pilafian. Other teachers were Howard Johnson, Joe Daley, Warren Deck and Bob Stewart. Within four years later Jon graduated from New York's Music and Art High School, presently the La Guardia School for the Performing Arts. Two weeks after graduating High School, at age 18 Jon was recommended to play that summer with Europe's premiere big band, the Vienna Art Orchestra. During this exciting venture, little did Jon know that this would be the start of a big career and life in Europe. While furthering his studies in the fall at Boston University, Jon experienced playing between New York, Vienna and Boston while working to complete his Bachelors Degree in Music by 1985. With the choices of living in Boston, New York City or Vienna, he chose the latter, where he soon found himself starting his years in Vienna playing with 4 distinct, and uniquely different international bands. Jon has soon after become one of the first call tubists in Europe. Jon's worldview is that "all things in ou
