Live Music Friday night 8 - midnight. Rashad Maybell returns to Stillhouse Wine Room. Rashad, a jazz saxophonist from Chicago, is not only a great musician but a great entertainer and a crowd favorite. Rashad Maybell is a native of Chicago, Illinois. When Rashad was 5, in the first grade, he wanted to play the saxophone after seeing an episode of “All That” on Nickelodeon. He saw a man playing saxophone, and it inspired him to do the same. However, his parents didn’t take him seriously; so, they made him wait until the 5th grade, before they allowed him to play the instrument. Once Rashad got his horn, the two were inseparable, and the rest is history! Rashad graduated from Hillcrest High School where he received the Louis Armstrong and the Clark Terry awards for Jazz. He attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff where he received numerous awards, including Best Sax Section and Best Overall Freshman. He graduated from the University with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts. While at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Rashad took acting classes, learned how to operate stage lights, and became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. After graduating college, Rashad went back home to Chicago where he started to play with a local band called “the Jevon Watson Experience.” They book 193 shows a year. In addition to playing his music and acting, Rashad has also co-founded a brass band named “Gray Era Brass” who is building quite a reputation for themselves in Chicago. Currently, Rashad is booking performances between Texas and Arkansas. Rashad now goes by the stage name of SAXUAL, a name that his very close friends and family came up with. He is building quite a name for himself; he has played with Clark Terry, James Moody, and has even opened up for Chrisette Michele. Rashad is a very talented musician; and is now working on a CD that will be released in 2015.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:13:17 +0000
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