Beekman33 Piano Recital June 16, 2013

unixgrooBlog, Music

Father’s Day was bittersweet for me.  My dad, Joe Killian, passed away last month at the age of 86 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease.  He imbued a profound love of music in me.  He never forced me to learn piano, he just made it so fun that I wanted to try it out.  I must have seen him play a hundred times growing up and not once did it ever occur to me that I’d be performing with him in my band many years later.  Oftentimes, he’d be practicing a new song for an upcoming gig, and I …

55 Bar Tuesday June 11 PLUS Downbeat and Jazztimes Review!

unixgrooBlog, Upcoming Shows

UPCOMING SHOW JUNE 11th – 55 Bar 55 Bar June 11, 2013 7pm to 9:15 pm, no cover charge  | Purchase EVOKE on iTunes As our brilliant pianist, Benito Gonzalez  takes his trio to Transylvania this Tuesday, we move forward as a Quartet for this month’s 55 Bar performance, digging deeper into the music of my latest album, Evoke. Stan Killian tenor saxophone, Mike Moreno guitar, Corcoran Holt bass, and McClenty Hunter drums REVERBNATION PAGE IS LIVE I’m excited to be utilizing this new platform for getting the word out about my music.  Click here to become of fan.  Here, …

May 14 “Evoke” Album release show at 55 Bar

Stan KillianBlog

Celebrating the Release of “Evoke” | Tuesday, May 14th Buy Evoke on iTunes for $9.99 Come celebrate the release of “Evoke”, my latest album on Sunnyside Records, Tuesday May 14th at the 55 Bar in Manhattan’s West Village.  The show is FREE! We go on at 7pm and play until 9:15.  There will be a sponsored after-party courtesy of Union Square Partners, a new music production firm which produced “Evoke”.   Please email me if you woud like to attend the late night festivities, and I’ll get you the details. EVOKE QUINTET Stan Killian tenor sax, Mike Moreno guitar, Benito …