Sean Clapis is a young jazz guitarist from Hartford, CT. While attending the Academy of the Performing Arts High School in Hartford, and the Artist's Collective, founded by the late, great Jackie McLean, Sean studied with prominent jazz figures such as Paul Brown and Jimmy Greene. In the summer of 2005, he was invited by the Center for Creative Youth to attend a residency in the African island nation of Cape Verde in which he performed at the National Festival celebrating 30 years of independence. He currently attends the prestigious Hartt School of Music as a Jazz Studies Major. Under the intense tutalidge of the illustrious Steve Davis, Nat Reeves, Randy Johnston, Rich Goldstien, Rene McLean and The Great Andy LaVerne, Sean has made a name for himself on the Connecticut jazz scene. He has performed at the Hartford International Jazz Festival for the past several years and currently is active in the Greater Hartford area with Obi Gereau, Steve Porter, and a host of other local musicians including his own Quartet. Sean also teaches at the Artist's Collective, is a teacher at The Academy of the Performing Arts, and gives private lessons.
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