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Arts &
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Javier Nero, a four time international awarding winning jazz trombonist and composer originally
from Portland, currently based in Miami, is slated to record his first full professional studio album. A
crowd-sourcing campaign has been launched to help cover the expenses.
New Heights for Jazz Trombonist
Javier Nero, a young jazz
trombonist, composer and
bandleader who grew up in
Portland and Vancouver, is
slated to record his first full
professional studio album in
the coming weeks and a crowd
sourcing campaign has been
launched to help him cover the
expenses.
Nero, 27, is a four time in-
ternational award winning so-
loist, composer and arranger.
He graduated from Evergreen
High School in Vancouver and
has garnered a degree from the
Juilliard School in New York
City, and a doctorate from the
Frost School of Music at the
University of Miami.
Currently based in Miami,
he is performing, teaching and
touring with various ensem-
bles, and is slated to record
his first full album as a leader
entitled “Freedom” later this
month. The project will feature
Shelly Berg and Brian Lynch,
two Grammy Award winning
musicians, and 10 of Javier’s
all original compositions and
arrangements.
An indiegogo “crowd-sourc-
ing” campaign was launched
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in
The Portland Observer
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last month to help raise money
to cover the many expenses that
go into making a professional
studio album. You can learn
more about the project and do-
nate by searching for “Javier
Nero” at indiegogo.com.
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