Contemporary jazz keyboard player Alex Bugnon, nephew of trumpeter Donald Byrd, grew up going to the Montreux Jazz Festival in his hometown in Switzerland. He attended the Paris Conservatory of Music for two years, then moved to the U.S. and went to the Berklee School of Music, meanwhile performing as an accompanist to gospel groups. He spent four years working as a session musician in New York, backing urban and jazz performers such as Patti Austin, Freddie Jackson, James Ingram, and Keith Sweat.
Alex will be performing in Greensboro at the Carolina Theatre on April 15 at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $37.00 and are available at the box office or online.
Find out more about Alex at alexbugnon.com. To listen to a sample off his new album, please click here.
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