Jovan Alexandre Resume
Jovan Alexandre Resume

Education
University of Hartford/Hartt School of Music, West Hartford, CT
Class of 2011 BA Jazz Performance
Studied with Jimmy Greene, Kris Allen, Rene Mclean, Steve Davis, Nat Reeves Recipient of Scholarship (2007-2011)
Mark T. Sheehan High School Wallingford, CT
Class of 2007
Member of Concert Band, Marching Band, and Jazz Ensemble (2003-2007)
Work Experience
-Saxophonist at The Ride (2018-present)
-Perform for The Ride tour busses in Times Square, New York City
-Engage in scripted humor for The Ride customers on the bus -Teaching Artist, Woodwinds @ Bravo Waterbury (2017-2018)
-Elementary and middle school students age 5-13 -Private and group lessons for Clarinet, Saxophone, Flute -After school program in inner city environment
-Saxophone Teacher @ The Music Center, North Haven, CT (2015-2017) -Private Lessons for kids age 10-16
-Beginner level to advanced technique
-Substitute Teacher at Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts (2013-2016) -Music Theory, Jazz Ensemble, Piano Class
-Aid to band director at Sheehan High School (2012-2013) -Demonstrating improvisation technique
-Help rehearse saxophone section
-Perform with Jazz Ensemble
-Dog walker in NYC (2017)
-prepare cooked food for dog
-take dog on walks twice a day
Past Musical Performances
With Jovan Alexandre Quartet/Quintet/Trio:
• Winter Jazz Festival @ Carroll Place (NYC)i
• Jazz And Colors @ The Metropolitan Museum (NYC)
• Fat Cat (NYC)
• Smoke Jazz Club (NYC)
• Dizzys Club Coca Cola (NYC)
• Mintons Jazz Club (Harlem, NYC)
• Smalls Jazz Club (NYC)
• Shapeshifter Lap (Brooklyn, NY)
• The Shrine (Harlem NYC)
• Side Door Jazz Club (Old Lyme, CT)
• The 9th Note (now closed Stamford, CT)
• Black Eyed Sally’s, Hartford Jazz Festival, UMOJA Music Fest, Vibz Uptown
(Hartford, CT)
• Sweet Harmony Cafe (Middletown, CT)
• Cafe Nine, The 9th Note (New Haven, CT)
• Szechuan Tokyo, East West Grill (West Hartford, CT)
• Integrity N Music (Wethersfield, CT)
With Scatter The Atoms That Remain:
• Jazzclub Lustenau (Lestenau, Austria)
• Hnita Jazz Club (Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium)
• Evinger Schloss (Dortmund, Germany)
• Jazzclub Ilmenau (Ilmenau, Germany)
• Badenscher Hof Jazzclub (Berlin, Germany)
As a Sideman:
With Curtis Fuller Sextet at Jazz at the Square, 2008 (Syracuse, NY)
With Ralph Peterson Unity Project at House of Blues (Boston), Chicken Bone Beach Festival (Atlantic City), Iridium Jazz Club (NYC), Bohemian Caverns (Wash. DC) (2008-2011)
With Winard Harper Sextet at Hartford Jazz Festival, New Haven Jazz Festival, Bryant Square Park, Jazz Standard, Smalls Jazz Club, Lenox Lounge, Fat Cat, Jazz Alley, San Jose Jazz Festival, Chris’ Jazz Club, Bohemian Caverns, Shanghai Jazz (2008-2012)
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Soul and RnB music with Ada Dyer/Kahlil Kwame Bell at B.B.Kings (nyc), Empier Casino, African Street Festival (Brooklyn, NY), Sistas Place (Brooklyn, NY), Papillion 25, Lafayette Bar (Easton, PA), Vibz Uptown (Hartford, CT) Hip Hop and Funk with Keepers of the Vibe at Infinity Music Hall, Sullys Pub, Arch Street Tavern, Black Eyed Sallys (Hartford, CT) Toads Place, Stella Blues, Cafe Nine, Spaceland Ballroom (New Haven, CT)
2007 Grammy Awards Official After Party (Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensemble)
Grammy Salute to Jazz with James Moody, Phil Woods (2007)
Awards
Gibson/Baldwin GRAMMY Jazz Orchestra (2007)
Berklee High School Jazz Festival: Superior Musicianship Award (2005 & 2007) Berklee High School Jazz Festival: Outstanding Musicianship (2006)
Mark T. Sheehan High School Directors Award (2006 & 2007)
Mark T. Sheehan High School Outstanding Musician Award (2007)
West Indian Social Club Memorial Scholarship; Hartford, CT (2006)
West Indian Social Club Youth Award; Hartford, CT (2006)
Member of Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensemble (2007)
Member of MENC All Eastern Jazz Ensemble (2007)
Member of CMEA Allstate Jazz Ensemble (2006)
Member of CMEA Southern Regional Jazz Ensemble (2005 & 2006)