First Review of EVOKE is up!

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Please check it out here. “Once again, Stan Killian proves there is still a lot of vitality and freshness left in mainstream jazz, and few of his generation are doing it as well as he is. Evoke is a worthy companion to Unified, which means it’s exceptional, too. Stan Killian is a name to remember, because his saxophone and his songs are hard to forget.” Reviewed by:   Purchase from Amazon Purchase from iTunes Limited Edition Autographed CD  

Greetings from Tokyo!

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I’m back again and it feels absolutely invigorating!  I arrived just a few hours ago in Tokyo, one of my favorite places in the world.  Tomorrow night, I’ll be performing music from my forthcoming album Evoke.  There will be two concerts at Vanilla Mood, 8pm and 9:30.  Doors open at 7:30.  Check out that amazing poster by Casey Sussman on the Vanilla Mood web page Now here’s the trailer for the tour.  The video shows a few spots from last year’s Unified tour of Asia 2012.  The opening scene is from a huge intersection in Shibuya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya,_Tokyo .  I was …

Two New Videos “Hindu” and “Echolalic”

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Thanks for coming to my show at the 55 Bar last week and signing up for my newsletter.  Here are two live versions of tunes from my upcoming album “Evoke”, both taken from the performance at the 55 Bar on February 12, 2013.   The “Hindu” video was shot by Beekman33 and “Echolalic” by Wayne Tucker Photography. This quintet, which appears on my forthcoming Sunnyside Release “Evoke”, is Mike Moreno guitar, Benito Gonzalez Fender Rhodes, Corcoran Holt bass, and McClenty Hunter drums. “Hindu” a song we’ve been playing since I moved to New York in 2008 was a spur of the …