Jonathan Sass
Encyclopedia
Jonathan "Jon" Sass is a jazz
tuba
player and composer. He studied at Boston University
and has lived in Vienna
since 1989.
He has recently released the album Sassified which has a very funky modern urban sound. He is the composer of the song Meltdown which he performed with the Gerhard Meinl Tuba Sextet.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
tuba
Tuba
The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
player and composer. He studied at Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
and has lived in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
since 1989.
He has recently released the album Sassified which has a very funky modern urban sound. He is the composer of the song Meltdown which he performed with the Gerhard Meinl Tuba Sextet.