New York City-based saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer: March Madness for those of us who don't watch basketball

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

March Madness for those of us who don't watch basketball

March is going to be a busy month. South By Southwest will be epic, and, for the first time, I'm playing an official showcase, so I get a wristband! I'm also very excited that my Ghost Room show is only a few days away. I've been spending a lot of time updating charts and getting things ready for this new group, playing for the first time together: me (s), Carter Arrington (g), Matt Muehling (g), Mike St.Clair (b), and David Sierra (d). That's right, a jazz group with two electric guitars. Wouldn't be possible if they both weren't extremely gifted and tasteful musicians. I'm looking forward to hearing how it all turns out. Here are the rest of my dates:

3/3: Rebels Honky Tonk, with Nelo, Houston, TX
3/4: The Parish, with Nelo, Austin, TX
3/6: The Ghost Room, with my group, Austin, TX
3/15: Austin Rodeo, with Nelo, Austin, TX
3/14-3/19: South By Southwest with Nelo, Austin, TX
3/25: Schotzi's (outside), with Nelo, College Station, TX
3/31: Blue Light, with Nelo, Lubbock, TX
4/1: High Ball, with the Monster Big Band, Austin, TX

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Brian Donohoe was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and took an early interest in composing and performing on the piano, woodwinds, and guitars. Originally inspired by soundtracks from movies, cartoons, and video games, he soon became fascinated with British and American rock, pop, soul, funk, and jazz. By high school he was playing bass in rock bands, piano and saxophone in jazz and funk bands, and clarinet in the Albuquerque Youth Symphony.

While attending the University of North Texas College of Music jazz studies program, Brian recorded and toured internationally with the Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band and won Down Beat Magazine awards as a soloist and band leader. He developed friendships with the UNT community that would eventually evolve into the Grammy-winning group Snarky Puppy under the direction of Michael League. He also worked with prominent members of the Dallas music scene, including Robert “Sput” Searight (Snoop Dogg/Kendrick Lamar), Shaun Martin (Kirk Franklin/Kim Burrell), TaRon Lockett (Erykah Badu/Funk Apostles), Wes Stephenson (The Funky Knuckles), and Bobby Sparks (Prince/Marcus Miller).

After composing music for and performing on three Snarky Puppy albums, Brian moved from Dallas to Austin, spending several years as a touring and session musician while forming and developing his own group, Progger. He currently serves as Progger’s band leader, saxophonist, keyboardist, and primary composer.

In 2013, Brian relocated to New York City while keeping ties to Austin and Dallas strong. In 2016, Progger released its third record, “Scattering,” under the auspices of Ropeadope Records, using musicians from both Texas and New York. “Scattering” was released to warm critical reception by the international jazz and progressive music communities, and it continues to garner praise in publications and podcasts in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

In addition to Progger and Snarky Puppy, Brian has performed and recorded with many critically acclaimed artists including Okkervil River, Myron Butler & Levi, Nelo, Bill Laurance, The ClubCasa Chamber Orchestra, and The MK Groove Orchestra. His compositions appear in multimedia productions around the world.