Alison Shearer is a saxophonist with tremendous style, lyricism, and intuition whose talents have brought her around the world. Alison has performed at The Blue Note NYC, Lincoln Center, Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, Merkin Concert Hall, The Kennedy Center, Joe's Pub, Brooklyn Bowl, National Sawdust, Google Zeitgeist Conferences, Nectar’s in Burlington and Seattle, Rockwood Music Hall, and Summerstage among many other venues.
College at Manhattan School of Music introduced Alison to many of the musicians she works with today. One of the notable groups to emerge from MSM during Alison's time was PitchBlak Brass Band, a ten piece hip-hop brass band that received critical acclaim from DownBeat Magazine, NPR, Live for Live Music, Brooklyn Vegan, The Wall Street Journal, and The Source Magazine. Alison was a founding member of PitchBlak and toured extensively across the US with the group from 2010 - 2016. During its tenure, PitchBlak collaborated with Pharoahe Monch, Rabbi Darkside, ILLspokinn, Isaac Teel, Denitia and Sene, JSWISS, Jonathan Hoard, and the Snarky Puppy horn section.
Alison's formed her own fusion quintet in 2015, united by a love of genre bending, melodic music. Alison has toured the East Coast with this ensemble, appearing at Asheville Music Hall, Dante's, The Wind Up Space, and hometown venues Joe's Pub, Come On Everybody, and Rockwood Music Hall. From 2017 - 2018, Alison ran a weekly series called Soul Sessions at The Williamsburg Hotel, which featured different guest vocalists and rappers every week alongside her quintet.
Alison lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and cat Bambi.
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march 1
Radegast Hall & Biergarten
113 North 3rd Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY 11249
9:30PM // No Cover
april 8
CitizenM Bowery Hotel
189 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
6PM // No Cover
april 12
Mezzos - Annual Cumberland Jazz Crawl
114 S Centre Street, Cumberland, MD 21502
10 PM // No Cover
april 13
The Terrace
62 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 88540
8PM // No Cover
April 14
Twins Jazz Club
1344 U St NW, Washington, D.C. 20009
8PM // $10
April 15
The Camel
sharing the bill with Weekend Plans and Calvin Presents
1621 W Broad Street, Richmond, VA
8PM // $7 advance, $10 door
April 16
Asheville Music Hall
31 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
11:30PM // $5
april 17
Static Age Records
sharing the bill with Effigy
110 N Lexington Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
8PM // $8
april 19
The Bunker Brewpub
211 21st Street, VA Beach, 23451
8PM // No Cover
april 22
CitizenM Bowery Hotel
189 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
6PM // No Cover
April 26
Nublu Classic
sharing the bill with Reginald Chapman
62 Avenue C, New York, NY 10009
8 PM // $10