Jazz Sextet, The Champaign Connection

Howie Smith, John Von Ohlen, Ray Sasaki, Morgan Powell

Old Friends in Low Places: On the Front Line with Jazz Sextet: The Champaign Connection– Starr Review

Ray Sasaki, trumpet, Austin

Howie Smith, saxophones, Cleveland

Morgan Powell, trombone, Champaign

Chip Stephens, piano, Pesotum

bassists:

Kelly Sill, Evanston

Larry Grey, Chicago

Dan Anderson, Batavia

drummers:

Joel Spencer, drums, Wilmette

John Von Ohlen, “The Barron”, drums, Cincinnati

Steve Houghton, drums, Bloomington, IN

Howie Smith, Kelly Sill, Morgan Powell, Joel Spencer

JSCC, a reincarnation of JQ, is a group of friends with University of Illinois C/U connections from the John Garvey days of the 1960’s and forward. We have been performing since the 1990’s.

Other musicians who have performed with JSCC are: bassists: Marlene Rosenberg, Dan Anderson,  Larry Gray and drummers, Jay Sawyer and Jon Von Ohlen – The Barron.