Thursday, November 30, 2017

Longineu Parsons - Orchestrating The Music of Our Lives, and Our Nights!

Too Much Music in the Man
to Play in Just One Band!

DECEMBER SCHEDULE
Dr. Neu and BluJaFunk 
DEC 14: Mudville Music Room, Jacksonville
DEC 16: Waterworks, Tallahassee
DEC 30: Waterworks, Tallahassee

Longineu Parsons Jazz Trio
Featuring Ted Shumate - Guitar
DEC 23: Blue Tavern, Tallahassee

Rodney Jordan Quartet 
w/ Longineu Parsons
DEC 8, 9: Black Dog Cafe, Tallahassee

Longineu has performed in over thirty countries in North, South and Central America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, appearing before such dignitaries as the King of Morocco, the President of Gabon, the Royal Family of the Netherlands, the President of Austria, the U.S. Ambassador to France, The Royal Family of Monaco and for UNESCO. No matter the distance or the differences, Longineu is know for connecting with the everyone on a personal and musical level every time he takes the stage. 

He holds a BS degree in Music from Florida A&M University, a Master of Music in Classical trumpet from the University of Florida and a Doctorate in Classical Composition from the University of Florida. He has also had supplementary jazz studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and has been featured as a guest artist at Universities worldwide.

Longineu has performed and recorded with such greats as Cab Calloway, Nat Adderley, Nat Adderley Jr., Cecil Taylor, Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, Herbie Mann, Philly Joe Jones, Kenny Werner, Frank Foster, Mal Waldron, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Sam Rivers, David Murray, Billy Harper, and many others. He has been hailed by critics internationally as being one of the world’s finest trumpet players, and as protégé of the great cornetist Nat Adderley, Longineu expands the gospel as a multi-instrumentalist performing on  the trumpet, flugel horn, African recorder, flute, multiple percussions and vocals.  

Longineu has been soloist with the Jacksonville Symphony, Palm Beach Pops, Tallahassee Symphony, Augusta Symphony, Gainesville Symphony and the University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestras.  He has been a clinician at high schools and universities, most notably, the Conservatoire Nationale de France and the Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga (Colombia). He is currently Professor of Music at Florida A&M University where he teaches Trumpet and Composition.

Contact Longineu:
(850)322-8823​

Booking Contact:
Blade Agency
(352)372-8158

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