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.