Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra "Alkebulan" Album Release with Sean Jones, Lucas Pino & Special Guests
Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra "Alkebulan" Album Release with Sean Jones, Lucas Pino & Special Guests
Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra "Alkebulan" Album Release with Sean Jones, Lucas Pino & Special Guests!
Javier Nero, trombone
Special Guest Lucas Pino, saxophone
Special Guest Sean Jones, trumpet
Special Guest Melinda Rose, vocals
Dan Andrews, saxophone
Daniel Dickinson, saxophone
Xavier Perez, saxophone
Dustin Mollick, saxophone
Josh Kauffman, trumpet
Chris Burbank, trumpet
Alec Aldred, trumpet
Noah Hocker, trumpet
Luke Brimhall, trombone
Aaron Eckert, trombone
Jake Kraft, trombone
Adam Moezinia, guitar
Josh Richman, piano
Reagan Brough, bass
Koleby Royston, drums
Dr. Javier Nero is an award-winning trombonist, composer, arranger, and educator in the DC, Maryland, Virginia area (DMV). At the Peabody Institute, Dr. Nero teaches the jazz trombone studio, arranging, harmony, ear training, graduate composition, and has also previously directed the Peabody Jazz Ensemble. Dr. Nero holds the lead trombone position in the United States Army Band Pershing’s Own, “US Army Blues”, musicians enlisted to perform Jazz at the highest level for the American people.
Dr. Nero is the also the bandleader of the Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra. His compositions have also been performed by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Titus Burgess, Veronica Swift, Ashley Pezzotti, as well as Carnegie Hall’s NYO Program, among many others. The JNJO will be releasing its sophomore album “Alkebulan” on March 20th, 2026 on Outside in Music featuring Grammy Award-winning vocalist Nicole Zuraitis, Veronica Swift, and many others.