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Brian Axford began studying piano at the age of 5. He studied classical piano with Jolanta Szewcsyk and Adelina Krivosheina. When in high school, he became interested in jazz, and began taking private lessons with Lee Shaw. After graduating high school, Brian moved north, and completed a B.Mus. degree in jazz piano performance at McGill University in Montreal. While there, he studied piano with Wray Downes and Jeff Johnston, and composition and arranging with Kevin Dean and Joe Sullivan. Following graduation, Brian spent a year and a half up in Montreal as a professional freelance musician/illegal alien (the student visa expired upon graduation.) He played Fender Rhodes in a weekly jazz jam session with the D.W. Lee Quartet, played in several rock/funk bands, and even played a regular bluegrass gig on mandolin. But eventually, Brian's American citizenship brought him back down south of the border. He now plays Rhodes with the LAB Band (with Bill Leary on saxophone and Paul Borrello on drums) and mandolin in Blue Harvest, a New York City based bluegrass band. |
