- ★ Keys player, Claudens Louis & The CieL Experience
- ★ Contributed to the album Influences
- ★ Album release performance at Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
Asahni Dawkins is a pianist, composer and bandleader from New Rochelle, New York, with a Bachelor's in music from Florida State University. He is the keys player for Claudens Louis & The CieL Experience, anchoring the band's jazz harmonies, R&B textures and synth-driven melodies, and he also performs with the Irie Vibes Trio and New Orleans-style brass band Soul of Brass. Between gigs he works as a studio session player and composer.
Hear them play
Our teaching artists are working musicians. Go listen.
- Piano
- Keyboards
- Jazz
- R&B
- Composition
- Bandleading
Artistic projects
Claudens Louis & The CieL Experience
Genre-fluid jazz, R&B and soul
Irie Vibes Trio
Soul of Brass
New Orleans style brass band
