Stan Killian, presentation, data and music....

Reviewers have described his playing as “virtuosic”, “muscular”, and “mellifluous.” Peter Westbrook from Jazz Review writes, “Killian is by no means another Coltrane clone. He has a voice of his own with an almost classical sonority at times.” Based in New York, tenor saxophonist Stan Killian and his Quartet performs original music drawing inspiration from the minds of Wayne Shorter, Woody Shaw, McCoy Tyner, and Joe Henderson.

Originally from Texas, Stan Killian began his career at age 16, gigging with his father. He has since performed in venues across the United States most notably the 55 Bar, The Garage, Joe’s Pub, Puppet’s Jazz, and The Shrine in New York City, Café Metropole in Los Angeles, The Henley Park Hotel, Bohemian Caverns and Twins in Washington D.C., Temple Bar in Santa Monica, Elbo Room in San Francisco, An Die Musik and The New Haven Lounge in Baltimore, Cezanne, Sam Buca, The Adam’s Mark and Magnolia Hotels in Houston, Elephant Room and Cedar Street in Austin, The Water Mark and St. Anthony Hotels as well as Carmen’s De La Calle in San Antonio. He has also performed at various jazz festivals around Europe such as The Montreux Jazz Festival, The Umbria Jazz Festival, The Antibes Jazz Festival and also Texas festivals such as The Fiesta Jazz festival and Jazz’s Alive! in San Antonio, the Kemah Jazz Festival in Houston, and the Texas Jazz Festival in Corpus Christi.
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