Jerome Mirza Jazz Residency

The Jerome Mirza Jazz Residency at Knox College brings world-renowned jazz artists to campus for a week of intensive and collaborative jazz activities with Knox College students, culminating in a free public concert at the historic Orpheum Theatre.

John Raymond & S.Carey "Shadowlands"
Friday, January 23rd 2026
7pm
Orpheum Theatre

John Raymond and S. Carey have been playing music together for close to twenty years since their time studying music at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. While they both received training in jazz and classical music, their careers would soon head in very different directions. Carey would become the right-hand man to Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver); collaborate as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer with the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Low, and Bruce Hornsby among others; and release four albums of his own to critical acclaim from Pitchfork, NPR, and more. Raymond, on the other hand, would become a Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer “steering jazz in the right direction” (Downbeat); release eight albums garnering praise from the New York Times, Stereogum, and others; and teach on faculty at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, one of the most prestigious music conservatories in the world.

In 2019, the two reunited and began experimenting on what their artistic voices would sound like together. Raymond brought in a host of musical ideas, while Carey contributed lyrics and helped shape the ideas into songs. The result is Shadowlands, a stunning, genre-bending band that combines the warmth and beauty of Carey’s aesthetic with the improvisational, spontaneous nature of Raymond’s. The music ranges from intimate and meditative to soaring and anthemic, with electric moments of musical interplay throughout. It’s the kind of collaboration that feels as if it were years in the making.

Jerome Mirza Jazz Residency Guest Artists

2025: Camille Thurman & the Darrell Green Quartet

2024: Gilad Hekselman Trio

2023: Miguel Zenon Quartet

2021: Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom

2020: Virtual Residency featuring Camila Meza, Amir ElSaffar, Allison Miller, Fabian Almazan, Nduduzo Mathakini, Ulysses Owens Jr., and Jeremy Cunningham

2019: Caroline Davis and Rob Clearfield Quartet

2018: Steven Bernstein Quartet

2017: Maria Schneider 

2016: Marquis Hill Blacktet

2015: Matt Wilson Quartet

2014: Donny McCaslin Casting for Gravity Quartet

2013: Ben Allison Quartet