$20 Cover ($15 Students) / Start 6:30pm / Doors 6pm / Seated Show
Astghik Martiosyan & Ian Buss present two shows of live music at Boston's Lilypad.
Ian Buss
Saxophonist/Composer/Educator Ian Buss is a collaborative musician rooted in jazz and blues. He toured the United States with Grammy-nominated singer Sugaray Rayford, including headliner performances at festivals such as Bluesapalooza, Columbia Pike Blues Festival, and Big Bull Falls Blues Fest. The Sugaray Rayford Band was nominated for Band of the Year at the 2019 Blues Music Awards. Ian has also shared the stage with jazz trumpeters Gilbert Castellanos and Jon Faddis, Blues legend Buddy Guy, Afro-Cuban percussionist Bobby Sanabria, and Brazilian vocalist/composer Luciana Souza.
In 2019, he founded the band Blue Morpho and formally joined contemporary chamber ensemble SWARMIUS. Both groups’ music addresses human rights and other contemporary social issues.
Ian earned a MM from New England Conservatory and a BFA from The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music. He also participated in the prestigious Banff Centre’s Workshop for Jazz & Contemporary Music, directed by Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey.
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