featuring
Alex Pershounin – bass;  Nikolai Panov – saxophone
Tyrone Jackson – piano; Paul Vaillancourt – drums

Concert and Jam Session 6-9 PM
Concert starts at 6:00
Jam sessions begins at 8:00
Liberty Theatre, 813 8th Avenue, Columbus
Tickets: $10
No cover charge for musicians who sit in

Dr. Alexander Pershounin has performed extensively throughout Europe and United States in both classical and jazz settings and has been featured as a performer and composer on such internationally recognized music events as Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, Europe’s Jazz Contest in Belgium, and New Orleans Jazz Fest, among many others.  His performing credits include collaboration projects and appearances with world-class artists ranging from Bob Berg, Mulgrew Miller, Conrad Herwig, and Benny Golson to Itzhac Perlman, Yo Yo Ma, and Ray Charles, to name just a few. He also has recorded several commercially released compact disc albums and music to four full-length motion pictures. He holds DMA and MFA degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and MFA and BM degrees from Russia’s most prestigious music institution: Gnessins' State Academy of Music in Moscow. Prior to coming to Columbus State University, where he is serving as the director of jazz studies and professor of bass studio, Dr. Pershounin had taught jazz studies and bass studio at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Westfield State College, University of Southern Mississippi, and various music institutions in Russia. His students won national and international competitions, were accepted in most prestigious music institutions, and successfully developed their own professional music careers.

Nikolai Panov has performed with Natalie Cole, Steve Wonder, Gunther Schuller, Miki Howard, Johnny Griffin, Deborah Brown, Cyrus Chestnut, & Dave Samuels. Toured across the US, France, Germany, India, China, Netherland, Greece, Russia, Belgium, Finland, Poland, Lithuania and other countries. Composed music for films & documentaries, such as: “The Last Day of Empire” “The Conquest of Siberia” & “Lev Gumilev.” Composed music and wrote arrangements performed by Debora Brown, The Amsterdam Moscow Quartet, Nikolai Panov Jazz Gallery, Cyrus Chestnut-Nikolai Panov Alliance, Dave Samuels- Nikolai Panov Alliiance, & the Oleg Lundstrem Big Band. Artistic director of the YMF-ArtLinkInter Entertainment agency www.ymf-artlinkinter.com Artistic director Tchaikovsky Hall (Moscow, Russia) Jazz Concert Series Organized multiple tours for world artists in Russia, such as Michel Legrand composer, Bobby Watson Quintet - US, Mathias Aik Quartet, Norway Taught in Moscow Jazz College and as private teacher.

Tyrone Jackson performs an eclectic blend of classic and contemporary jazz. His jazz CD, DEDICATED, is Tyrone at his finest -- creative composition, wonderful collaborations and technical mastery. Tyrone was born in the birth place of jazz, New Orleans. There, he honed his skills learning traditional, latin, and fusion jazz. An accomplished composer as well, Tyrone utilizes a counterpoint of harmonic balance with melodic lyricism and rhythmic ostinato. Tyrone has studied and performed classical music for 20 years, jazz for 16 years, and R&B/funk for 16 years. He is a Jazz Competition winner. Tyrone studied music at the University of New Orleans. He has studied privately under Ellis Marsalis (renowned father of Wynton and Branford Marsalis) and Mary Ann Bulla (classical). Tyrone has performed with Earl Klugh, Melba Moore, Wynton Marsalis, Wes Anderson, Greg Dawson; touring Italy and Austria with the UNO Jazz Band, in 1997. Touring Brazil with Michael Ward in 1996. Opening for Gerald Albright, Spyro Gyra, the Crusaders, and Chaka Kahn. Touring Thule, Greenland in 2005. Performing with FutureMan (Roy Wooton) in Mableton, Ga. In 2006.

Paul Vaillancourt is director of Percussion Activities at CSU. He has been a featured soloist at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, the Sound Symposium Music Festival in Newfoundland, with the National Arts Center and Ottawa Symphony Orchestras, with the St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra and the CSU Wind Ensemble. He has had numerous solo and ensemble performances recorded and broadcast by CBC Radio, Radio Canada, and National Public Radio. He is the principal timpanist for the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra and performs regularly with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Atlanta Ballet. He has performed all over the world with various contemporary music ensembles: Furious Band, The Fountain City Ensemble and the piano/percussion duo, STRIKE with pianist Jeff Meyer. The duo released its debut CD entitled “Convergence” featuring all new works written for the ensemble. The duo also toured in China, performing at the Modern Music Festival at the Central Conservatory in Beijing and the Tianjin Conservatory. He has recorded for the following labels: Luminescence Records, Albany, CRI, Tzadik, Naxos, New Chris Records (Live In The Studio-with the jazz trio BE3), Alien Jazz with the Robert Orr Trio. He is endorsed by Bosphorus Cymbals and is a Pearl Education Artist

The Columbus Jazz Society's 2012 Season:

January 8: Mace Hibbard, saxophone
February 12: Alex Pershounin Project
March 11: Lenore Raphael, piano
April 8: CSU Jazz Ensemble
May 13: William Green, piano
June 10: Jim Sigmund, vocalist
July 8: Hotlanta Dixieland Jazz Trio
August 12: Kenyon Carter, saxophone
September 9: Ft. Benning MCOE Jazz Ensemble
October 14: Jan Hyatt, vocalist
November 11: Atlanta 17 Big Band
December 9: Elevate The Quest

The Columbus Jazz Society holds a concert and jam session the 2nd Sunday of every month from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Liberty Theatre and Cultural Center, 813 8th Ave Columbus, GA 31901.

The Columbus Jazz Society is a 501c3, not-for-profit association.