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Aakash Mittal
Hailed as a “talented young player” with “the skills to go far” by Westword (Denver) and “A fiery alto saxophonist and prolific composer” by the Star Tribune (Minneapolis), Aakash Mittal has been making a name for himself...Aaron Liddard
Aaron Liddard performs as a soloist and in horn sections with artists in the UK and NYC. He is lead saxophonist and composer with the London Jazz Collective, and writes for his own ensembles that have embraced jazz, funk, soul, salsa, hip...
Abdiel Flores
Abdiel Flores was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He began his musical career at the age of six when he began to play various percussion instruments, at the same time as he observed his father playing the guitar at church. During...
Abraham Burton
Abraham Burton - of Belizean descent, is a native of New York. His interest in music began its development at the High School of Music & Art, during which time he was awarded by Downbeat and McDonalds in their Combo Competitions. He later...
Achille Succi
Achille Succi Saxophonist, bass clarinetist born in Modena on 1971. Mainly self-taught, he attended Siena Jazz and D.Liebman's Masterclasses. Together with Fabrizio Puglisi and Alberto Capelli he founded the "Atman" group, with whom he...Achim Gaetjen/Les Rabiates
city-trash-jazz rock'n'roll & polka-beat Les Rabiates ist die neue Band des Saxofonisten und Komponisten Achim Gätjen. Aktuell ist ein gemeinsames Projekt mit dem deutsch-polnischen Dichter und Romanautor Artur Becker. Nach ersten...Ahmed Benomar
ahmed Benomar born on 01/06/1975 in oran algeria....saxophonist music teacher
Akira Sakata
Akira Sakata was born in Kure-city, Hiroshima in 1945. Studied marine biology at Hiroshima university. Formed a group Saibo-bunretsu (Cell fission) in Tokyo in 1969, and was also performing with various free-jazz musicians during...
Alan Barnes
1977-80 Alan studied saxophone, woodwinds and arranging at the Leeds College of music. In 1980 he moved to London, playing with the Midnight Follies Orchestra and the following year was with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, touring Europe...Alejandro Aviles
Working on itAlex Graham
"Some of the great alto players, Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Phil Woods and even a touch of Johnny Hodges can be discerned as he works to extend the parameters of the horn..." - Dave Nathan, All Music Guide
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Alex Kontorovich
Twenty six year-old clarinetist and saxophonist Alex Kontorovich was born in Russia and currently resides in New York City. He has worked alongside musicians such as Frank London, Brad Shepik, Steven Bernstein, Mike Sarin, Theodore Bikel,...
Alex Lacy
Alex Lacy is a "natural" musician. His approach to the instrument, any instrument, is intuitive, natural. Both an accomplished blues guitarist and jazz saxophonist, Lacy is one of the top young saxophonists in the state of Florida,...
Alexandra Lehmler
No time for rotating empty phrases: it goes straight forward in the third album of the Mannheim saxophonist Alexandra Lehmler. Her music has all attributes which one ascribes with pleasure to the "male" jazz: Sovereign in its...
Andrew Speight
Andrew Speight is a clear-toned, hard driving alto sax player, one of the Bay Area's most lively and lyrical exponents of straight-ahead, joyous jazz. A native of Sydney, Australia, Speight came of age playing with American stars like...Anton Denner
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Art Felluca
Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Art is a jazz composer, arranger and versatile woodwind instrumentalist. Primarily an alto saxophonist, he is proficient on soprano saxophone, flute and clarinet. He began his musical studies on piano at...
Art Pepper
Alto Saxophonist Art Pepper, a native of Gardena California, played in the overtly emotional manner that came to define the West Coast style. His solo approach was always passionate, from early recordings made with Stan Kenton's...
Arthur Bakopolus
Leader of Pendulum. 8 piece swing band. Sax-o-four sax quartet performed with Boston's best sax quartets, big bands, and jazz groups. Also played for many name acts to come to Boston area. Play all saxes.flute. and clarinet. Have...
Arthur Blythe
A singularly distinctive and uniquely distinguishable stylist, Arthur Blythe is considered one of the greatest alto saxophonist's of his generation. Blythe's beautiful, passionate and expressive sound validates his reputation as one of...
Azmi Hairudin
One of the most diverse, in demand sax players in all of contemporary jazz, Azmi Hairudin finds pure joy at the heart of his increasingly fast-paced touring schedule by reminding himself, every time he gets on stage, that he’s there to...
Ben van Gelder
“He is one of those rare young musicians who establishes his individuality in three or four notes." - Artsjournal (Doug Ramsey) Despite his age, Ben van Gelder (22) is emerging as an important new voice on the New York jazz scene....Benjamin Kates
I started playing saxophone in 4th grade (years after my parents had given me a Muppet drumset). I got serious in high school and started at NYU in 1996 as a music ed major. But playing 2 to 4 to 6 hours a day burnt me out on the horn. I...
Benjamin Koppel
Benjamin Koppel’s work as a professional musician has a primary focus on jazz music, but he is also very active within different other genres �" from jazz to crossover to classical music. He is always experimenting with and developing...
Benny Carter
Benny Carter's long career was consistently characterized by high musical achievement, and he developed a unique and readily identifiable style as both an alto saxophonist and an arranger. He was able to double on trumpet and was...
Benny Reid
Concord Jazz announced the release of Escaping Shadows, the sophomore album from alto saxophonist and bandleader Benny Reid. On his new release, 28-year-old Reid reveals the next vital step in his maturation as an adventurous...Bob Mabane
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Bobby Militello
Bobby Militello has played with many artists for the last 4 decades, along with leading his own groups. Since 1982 he has been playing alto & flute with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and has recorded over 20 cds, played with almost every major...
Bobby Selvaggio
Critics have called Cleveland-based saxophonist/composer Bobby Selvaggio "aspiring and gifted" (Bob Agnew, LA Jazz Scene) and "intensely creative" (Lee Prosser, JazzReview.com). The Cleveland Free Times' Chris Hovan...
Bobby Watson
A saxophonist, composer, producer and educator, Bobby Watson grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. He trained formally at the University of Miami, a school with a distinguished and well-respected jazz program. After graduating, he proceeded to...Bradford Hayes
BRADFORD HAYES, a native of Petersburg, Virginia has been a force on the jazz scene in the Northeastern U.S. for several years now. He has performed at a number of club, colleges and concert halls that include Birdland (NYC), Tavern on the...
Brent Bowman
Dr. Brent A. Bowman has had a distinquished career as a music educator for 33 years and as performing jazz artist for 45 years. Notable teachers he studied with: (Berklee College of Music) Joe Viola, woodwind chair John LaPorta,...Bret Sexton
Leader of Trio Fungus, Sanskrit, Bret Sexton ad hoc and Bret Sexton Trio. Played with Uversa, Cornbread, Filty Mcnasty, Phantasmorgasm, East Colfax All-stars, Dave Cieri and Friends, Sons of Armaggedon, Corruptor and Nightshark
Brian Girley
Saxophonist and Composer, Brian Girley, was born on April 2 1983 in Orlando Florida. While no one in his family played an instrument both his mother and father would sing in church and at weddings giving him his first musical exposure. ...
Brian Hogans
Saxophonist/pianist Brian Hogans has one of the most dynamic, exhilarating, and fervent sounds of today’s young jazz artists. Described as “fluid, fiery, yet subtle”, Hogans pushes the creative envelope when composing and playing,...Brian Scherman
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Bryan Smith
I am currently a Seattle based Saxophonist. Growing up in Portland, OR, I began my musical training in jazz under the tutelage of Ben and Michelle Medler, founders of the Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra. I left my hometown to attend...
Bunky Green
Performer, educator, composer, arranger, lecturer, and music education consultant, Professor Green has 14 albums released in his name on vintage labels such as Chess, Exodus, Cadet, and Vanguard. As an international performer,...Caleb Wheeler Curtis
Caleb Curtis is an engaging and entertaining alto saxophonist and composer. Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Caleb studied with renowned saxophonist and educator Vincent York. Seeking further education Caleb enrolled in the Jazz...
Candy Dulfer
Grammy nominated Dutch saxophonist and vocalist Candy Dulfer has been performing since age seven, leader of the band Funky Stuff since age fourteen, an international recording artist since age nineteen, and has toured world-wide since age...Carl G Grubbs
BiographyCarl Grubbs alto, soprano and tenor saxophonist, is a native of Philadelphia, PA. He received early training from John Coltrane, who was married to his cousin, Naima. Through his family he was close to many of the history-making...
Carl Grubbs
Carl Grubbs alto, soprano and tenor saxophonist, is a native of Philadelphia, PA. He received early training from John Coltrane, who was married to his cousin, Naima. Through his family he was close to many of the history-making musicians...
Carlos Ward
Carlos Ward (born in Ancón, Panama) is a jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. He is best known as a sideman. His first instrument was the clarinet at age 13 when he lived in Seattle, Washington. Later he attended the Navy School of...Caroline Davis - Saxophone
With a background like hers, it makes sense that Caroline Davis turned out to be such an intriguing artist. She was born in Singapore in 1981 to European parents—her father was a British engineer, her mother a Swedish actor. She was...Charles Jennison
New Hampshire-based multi-instrumentalist Charlie Jennison began his jazz career in 1961 playing at rotary clubs and at other local functions while still in junior high school. Moving to New Hampshire from Florida, he formed a jazz combo...
Charles McPherson
Charles McPherson was born in Joplin, Missouri and moved to Detroit at age nine. After growing up in Detroit, he studied with the renowned pianist Barry Harris and started playing jazz professionally at age 19. He moved from Detroit to New...Charlie Kennedy
Charlie Kennedy, a talented alto saxophonist who was best known for his association with Gene Krupa's big band. The best years of Kennedy's career were the 1940s, when he played with Louis Prima's big band. His fine tenor solo can be heard...
Charlie Parker
The only child of Charles and Addie Parker, Charlie Parker was one of the most important and influential saxophonists and jazz players of the 1940’s. When Parker was still a child, his family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where...Chester A Thomas
Biography missing, add it now.Chester Thomas
After serving 11 years with the City of Wichita Fire department as a firefighter until an on the job injury force me to resign. I have now turn my focus on composing music and producing music. Born in Wichita, Kansas in 1957 the fifth...
Chris "Doc" Stewart
Chris "Doc" Stewart The most important biographical fact of my life is that I couldn't have accomplished anything if it weren't for the support of life-long companion Patty, who married a poor musician 25 years ago and then put me through...
Chris Baker
Alto saxophonist Chris Baker is at the top of his game as the highly anticipated debut album, Everything Is A Blues, was released in October 2006. This marks his first album as a leader, displaying his compositional, as well as,...Chuck Langford
Charles Langford has been writing music since his teenage years. This Springfield, Massachusetts jazz man does it all,tenor, alto, soprano sax, clarinet and flute. Mr. Langford came to the Northeast United States after attending the...
Cleave Guyton
Summary Cleave Guyton is a professional musician who plays the Saxophones, Flutes and Clarinet. He has been fortunate to have worked with artists such as: Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Nat Adderley, Abby Lincoln, The Duke...Connor French
I am a high school musician who has played the alto sax for 5 years. I have studied jazz for all of these years and am up for any challenge when playing music. I play the electric bass and sax in a heavy metal band, but it doesn't...
Cory Weeds
Cory Weeds pretty much covers every role on the Vancouver jazz scene - musician, record producer, radio host, agent, record label owner and jazz club owner. Weeds was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia by a musical family and...
Daniel Carter
One of the legendary masters of creative music. Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania in 1945. Principal Instruments: Alto and tenor saxophones, flute, trumpet, clarinet. OVER PAST THREE (+) DECADES HAS PERFORMED WITH MANY ARTISTS...Dario Dolci
I'm an advanced student from Buenos Aires. I play soprano, alto and tenor sax but my first sax is the alto. I have studied with teachers from my country during 10 years and workshops with international teachers: David Liebman, Michael...
Darius Jones
Darius Jones, is an alto saxophonist, composer, and producer. He joined the New York music community in 2005, after living and studying in Richmond, Va. Darius comes from a diverse musical background that has lead to his unique,...
Darryl Reeves
Darryl Reeves was born in Jackson, MS to a musical family. He grew up in Miami, and quickly adopted the alto saxophone as his instrument. Moved by hip-hop samples originating from jazz, Reeves was led to being influenced by Charlie...Dave Crowell
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Dave Jackson is a Sydney based saxophonist who concerns himself primarily with melodic development as an improviser and mood as a composer. Dave Jackson moved to Sydney in 2003 to study at the Sydney Conservatorium of music. Since...Davey Yarborough
Davey Yarborough is a native of Washington, DC who has been wowing audiences for twenty years. He is a fine flautist and saxophonist as well as a distinguished composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher. After formal training from UDC...David A. Milazzo
Instruments: Soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones; clarinet; piano, . David has been playing sax since he was nine years old. He started playing and performing with the Windham Swing Band at age 11, played with the Dartmouth...
David Caceres
Popular music has known many "double threats". The ability to both play and sing has positioned numerous jazz artists for stardom, going back to Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller, on through Nat King Cole, Chet Baker, George Benson, and more...David Milazzo
From the moment he discovered his father’s alto saxophone on the kitchen table, picked it up and blew a fully matured tone at the age of 9, to his parents’ wondering ears, David Milazzo has been wowing peers, teachers, and audiences,...
Dean Moore
Dean Moore II is a young up-coming artist from Detroit, Michigan who has established himself as a saxophonist and composer. He is currently part of a jazz quintet which in the Detroit area which performs all original music, "Urban...Demetrius "DJ" Turner II
As is the case with many extraordinary musicians, Demetrius "DJ" Turner began his journey into the music world at an early age. As a present for his 10th birthday, DJ received his first saxophone from his grandfather, Vewiser J. Turner...Dimitris Tsakas
Dimitris Tsakas was born in Greece He started playing music at the age of eight studied classical guitar and music theory. In 1989 he got his degree in classical guitar. In 1991 he started playing the alto saxophone, and after two years...
Dimos Dimitriadis
Saxophonist, educator and Fulbright Scholar Dimos Dimitriadis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. After studying piano and guitar he started performing with one of the pioneering jazz groups in Greece. Moving to the US he earned his...Dmitry Baevsky
Dmitry Baevsky was born in St-Petersburg, Russia in 1976. He started piano lessons at six and discovered his passion and seriousness for music as a teenager, when he picked up an alto saxophone. In 1991, he entered the Mussorgsky College...
Dmitry Tsepilov
Dmitry was born in 1987 in Kiev, Ukraine. He started play on sax in age of 12 at the school orchestra in Surgut, Russia, where he lived between 1988 and 2004. When Dmitry was 16 he entered to the Moscow State College of Jazz Arts....
Don Berner
Juno Award winner P.J. Perry has called Don Berner "one of Canada's fastest rising saxophone stars. Reads, doubles, solos, he does it all." and jazz icon Hugh Fraser has stated ,"Don's talent as a great saxophonist is supported by his...
Donald Harrison
(The King of Nouveau Swing) Donald Harrison is being called one of the most important musicians of the new millennium by CBS Sunday Morning. A list of his accomplishments shows that he has developed...
Doug Yates
Douglas Yates (alto sax, bass clarinet) has recorded and performed with Medeski/Martin/Wood, Sam Rivers, Julius Hemphill, Either Orchestra, Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet, Perfumed Scorpion, Jon Ballantyne, and Thor Madsen. He has...
Dr Sax
"Music to move you, body and soul". Inspired by the energy, passion and free expression found in the writing of Jack Kerouac, Dr Sax borrowed the name from one of his books and set about creating their own unique blend of Jazz, Rock, Soul...Duke Snider
Duke was Born and raised in Miami, FL before it was a place to be. As a young man, Duke was inspired by sounds of Big Band, and Swing. Today, Duke is a Smooth Jazz Sax Solo Artist, and Composer. Duke also plays several other...
Earl Bostic
Bostic's distinctive style, strong on the sax and heavy on the beat, was quite successful in the rhythm and blues market in the 1950s. One of the few jazz musicians of his generation with formal training, Bostic studied composition at...Ed Curran
Ed Curran was born in New York City and spent his youth singing in the church choir and later the Diosisen Choir. After his time in the military he returned to NYC and began studying alto saxophone, under the tutorage of Joe Napolean. In...
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
From the days in the mid-1930s when he was a teenaged singer and saxophonist in the Houston band of Chester Boone, Cleanhead had his own way with the blues. He was good enough as a young man to tour with blues artists Big Bill Broonzy...Evan Knight
Evan started playing sax at the age of 10. At 16, Evan played nationally for several years with Benny Mardones and the Hurricanes. He was the Star Search winner on Warren Hill’s first annual Smooth Jazz Cruise where he also performed...
Evan Tate
For more than a decade Saxophonist/Composer Evan Tate has provided an original voice in the european jazz scene. With such formations as the "Munich Saxophone Family", Joe Malinga's "Southern Africa Force", Hermann Breuer's "Blue Bone",...
Francois Carrier
Alto and soprano saxophonist, composer and improviser François Carrier was awarded the Juno Award for “Best Contemporary Jazz Album” in March 2001 for his Compassion album on Naxos Jazz. In his 35 years musical career François...
Frank Morgan
It is a real rarity for a jazz musician to have his career interrupted for three decades and then be able to make a complete comeback. Frank Morgan showed a great deal of promise in his early days, but it was a long time before he could...Frank Strozier
Frank Strozier (born June 13, 1937) is an alto saxophonist renowned for his playing in the hard bop idiom. Frank Strozier has long been a top-notch hard bop stylist whose intense sound recalls (but is not derivative of) Jackie McLean. One...Frank Tatarelli
Coming soon.Frank Valeriani
Frank J. Valeriani (pronounced Valeryani) was born in Newark (New Jersey). Started to study saxophone at age of 15. When his family moved to Italy he started his first band. The band was mediterranean blues oriented. In Italy he graduated...
Fredrik Kronkvist
The powerful and soulful altoman Fredrik Kronkvist is considered one of Europe’s finest alto saxophonists and takes charge whenever he is in the spotlight. Fredrik is an award-winning saxophonist and he has several albums out as...
Frode Gjerstad
FRODE GJERSTAD was born in Stavanger, Norway, 24-03- 1948. He started trying to play improvised music as a trumpeter in 1968. When he moved to Lund in Sweden (1971 to 1975) he got a chance to meet, talk and play with musicians interested...Gabrielle Fournier
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Gary Bartz
Jazz saxophonist Gary Bartz first came to New York in 1958 to attend the Julliard Conservatory of Music. Just 17 years old, Gary couldn't wait to come to the city to play and learn. "It was a very good time for the music in New York,...Gary Joseph Hassay
Mr. Hassay has performed with musicians from throughout the world including Fred Frith, Andrew Cyrille, Gerry Hemingway, Anne LeBaron, Peter Broetzmann, William Parker, Tom Cora, Wadada Leo Smith, George Cartwright, Milford Graves, Paul...Gary Stewart Hamilton
Over the years I have played in a variety of bands covering such genres as rock, blues, funk and jazz. I have a BA Hons degree in jazz from Middlesex University and have taught privately for several years. Also I recently started teaching...Gaspare De Vito
Born in Napoli (Italy) in 1978. Mostly self-taught. He has collaborated with several musicians such as Giancarlo Schiaffini, Eugenio Colombo, Zeduardo Martins, Francesco Cusa, Paolo Sorge, Alvin Curran, Tristan Hosinger, Fabrizio Puglisi,...
Gavin Templeton
Gavin Templeton is a Los Angeles based saxophonist, woodwind player, composer and educator. Gavin spent his formative years in Reno, Nevada. He began studying classical violin at five years old, but switched to the alto saxophone a...
Genzo Okabe
Genzo Okabe is a Japanese saxophonist/composer/arranger and the founder of Okabe Family based in The Hague, The Netherlands. Born in Tokyo, Japan, Genzo moved to Italy where he received his degree in Classical Saxophone at the...George Bradley
Playing the sax for approx. 14 years (tenor and alto)Gianni Console
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Gianni Gebbia
Alto & sopranino saxophones - flute -various objects - Born in Palermo - Italy- May 1st - 1961 FREELANCE COLLABORATIONS Evan Parker,Fred Frith, Louis Sclavis, Gianluigi Trovesi, Lindsay Cooper, Lars Hollmer, Sakis...
Grace Kelly
When it comes to saxophonist/vocalist/composer/lyricist/arranger Grace Kelly, people seem to be divided into two groups: those who marvel at her proficiency, creativity and ever-accelerating growth, and those who have yet to encounter the...
Guy Sion
Guy Sion was born in 1980 and raised in Ashdod, a small city on Israel Mediterranean coastline were there was not much to do in the afternoons except going to the beach or studying music in the music Conservatory. Guy started playing the...
Hailey Niswanger
Hailey Niswanger (pronounced "NICE-wonger")--entering her sophomore year at the Berklee College of Music in Boston where she is studying jazz performance on a full scholarship in the fall of 2009--has an impressive list of accomplishments...
Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford was an alto sax sensation since he stepped out of the Ray Charles band back in 1963. A signature piercing, full bodied, blues, soul, and gospel drenched tone, sets him apart from the alto pack. He has an instantly...
Hasan Abdur-Razzaq
My name is Hasan Abdur-Razzaq. My art forms include saxophone, cello, hand percussion, acrylic painting, linoleum block prints, and computer art. I am also a collector of jazz periodicals, historical information, photography, and...
Heddy Boubaker
Born in 1963, Heddy started music by playing electric guitar in Rock bands as a teenager, since long time passed and he played many other musical styles and then progressively switched to the alto and bass saxophone. His main musical...Heidi Minke
Hamburg " New Orleans " Jerusalem I was born and raised in Hamburg/Germany and from childhood on exposed to music, played the flute and classical guitar. After my studies of engineering and working for a construction company, music...Helga Plankensteiner
Helga Plankensteiner, italian saxophone player, studied with Dick Oatts, Steve Slagle and Bobby Watson, plays a.o. with "Girltalk", a female saxophone quintett, the "Helga Plankensteiner Walter Civettini Quintet" and the "Unit Eleven Jazz...
Helge Albin
The Artistic leader of the Tolvan Big Band from southern Sweden and the area around the coastal town of Malmö. A powerhouse organisation with an international reputation of the most up-to-date and ambitious Big Bands anywhere in the world.
Hilton Jefferson
A reliable and invaluable mainstay in the best black bands of the swing era, Hilton Jefferson raised the standard of every horn section he played in. His first gigs were playing banjo for the Julian Arthur Orchestra at the Hay Theater...
Jaared
Performer, Saxophonist and Vocalist Genre: Sophisticated Contemporary Jazz with a funky, urban flair. Instruments: Alto, Tenor, Soprano Saxophones EWI Breath Controlled Synthesizer Vocals: Pop, Rock, Ballads Born: Washington,...Jackie Kelso
Born John J. Kelson, Jr. in Los Angeles... more later.
Jackie McLean
John Lenwood (Jackie) McLean was an alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City. His father, John Sr., who died in 1939, played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra. After his father's death, his musical...Jacob Zimmerman
Saxophonist and composer Jacob Zimmerman (b.1986) studied at the renowned Garfield High School in Seattle, and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts where he received a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Saxophone...Jake Fryer
Jake has performed at Ronnie Scotts as part of the Brit Fest celebrating the clubs golden anniversary with the group the LJC. As well as playing Lead alto with the Four Tops he has played with Malene Mortensen at Soho's Pizza Express Jazz...
Jakob Wind Elvstrøm
Having played the alto-saxophone for more than 20 years, Jakob Elvstrøm decided it was about time to make his first funky solo-album!The result has been worth waiting for. The fourteen instrumental and one vocal track, is a personal...
Jaleel Shaw
Jaleel Shaw, alto saxophonist, is currently a member of the Roy Haynes Quartet, Charles Mingus Big Band, and performs in various clubs in New York City and abroad with various groups, including the Jaleel Shaw Quintet. Jaleel grew...James Passantino
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James Spaulding
James Spaulding, has established his reputation as a masterful soloist for ensemble performances, and for many years was among the busier sidemen for Blue Note Records. An exceptional saxophonist and flutist, he is one of the many fine...Jamie O'Donnell
Jamie O'Donnell is a London based alto saxophonist. He began playing alto saxophone aged 17 after falling in love with the music of Charlie Parker, growing to love the playing of the great alto players Phil Woods, Jackie McLean, Cannonball...
Jamison Williams
Alto saxophone player specializing in experimental deconstructionism, and extended techniques; currently organizing and operating the music publishing label, Vantage Bulletin. Resides in Jacksonville, Florida.
Jan Prax
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Jarrett Gilgore
Jarrett was born in Philadelphia in 1992. He started playing saxophone when he was nine and started playing professionally at 16. He has since toured the east coast and played at festivals including the Undead Jazz Festival and West...
Jason Brown
I play alto sax, drums, keyboard & guitar. I sing, write songs, produce, act, model and desire to grow artistically. In September of 2003 I opened for Paul Taylor, Everette Harp & Pamela Williams in San Diego. I opened for BET's Bruce...Jay Vosk
Ever since I was a high school student on Long Island, I've had a keen interest in composing music. I went on to earn my BM degree in Composition at the Eastman School of Music and my MM degree in Composition at the University of...
Jeanette Harris
Jeanette Harris was born and raised in California’s post-Gold Rush town of Fresno, smack in the center of San Joaquin Valley. Reared by her mother Annette Harris and her church organist father Floyd Harris – both of deep spiritual...Jeeseok Kim
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Jeff Hudgins
Jeff Hudgins may or may not be known for his work in the 90s with Boston's two supergroups Firepig and Debris, also Prelapse and their momentary residency with John Zorn. He also may or may not be known for his more recent work in New York...
Jemeel Moondoc
A powerful and vastly underrated avant-garde alto saxophonist, Jemeel Moondoc blended the free-form melodic thought of Ornette Coleman and the sharp edge of Jackie McLean or Charles Tyler with the sort of ferocious "energy playing" usually...Jeremy Hargett
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Jesper Zeuthen Trio
Press release - Jesper Zeuthen Trio Live (Blackout 035) Jesper Zeuthen Trio Live is a continuation of the process that began with the formation of Jesper Zeuthen Trio and the recording of its debut album, simply called Jesper...
Jesse Davis
Jesse Davis - alto sax Alto saxophonist Jesse Davis is one of the new, young lions of jazz coming out of New Orleans, where he was born 1965. He follows in the tradition of the Marsalis family and other Jazz musicians from the Crescent...
Jim Hobbs
"Jim Hobbs was born and raised in north-eastern Indiana at the convergence of three rivers. He is a recipient of the Doris Duke New Works Grant for composition from Chamber Music America. After a childhood of chewing hay and...
Jim Snidero
Jim Snidero is considered to be one of the top alto saxophonists and authors in jazz today. A resident of New York City for over 20 years, he has made numerous recordings as a leader, and has performed and/or recorded with many important...
Jimmy Lyons
Imagine what Sonny Stitt might have sounded like had he embraced free jazz after mastering bebop, and one can probably conjure a pretty good mental impression of Jimmy Lyons. Like Stitt, Lyons was enamoured of Charlie Parker's style,...Joe Procopio
Joe Procopio ASCAP joecopio@gmail.com http://www.joecopio.com Artist/Composer/Conductor Professional Musician/ Artist/ Leader/Lead Alto Sax for many of the nation’s top recording artists including: Steve and Eydie Gorme, The...
John Beaty
It all started in Beaumont, TX. Joe and John Beaty were born into that East Texas heat and humidity. It took a few years and a few bumps in the road, but the Beaty Boys found their calling, they found their instruments. They both took to...
John Berndt
John Berndt (born 1967) is a musician and organizer based in Baltimore, Maryland who is best known as an extended-technique experimental saxophonist and electronic musician. He participated in the second wave of the neoism cultural...John Jenkins
John Jenkins is from Chicago where he was born on January 3, 1931 and has been another pupil of the famous Capt. Walter Dyett of Du Sable High. Johnny Griffin, Clifford Jordan and John Gilmore were among his schoolmates. Jenkins began on...John Kocur
"Alto saxophonist John Kocur isn’t called “The Smoker” for nothing. He’s simply one of the finest soloists the D.C. jazz scene has to offer"and, it turns out, one of its most promising composers and bandleaders, too." -Michael J....John O'Gallagher
Today in the world of modern jazz and improvised music there is an imperative for artists to strive for individuality while embodying the developments in jazz and music as a whole. New York, for the past decade, has been a hotbed of...
John Zorn
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in NYC, USA) is a Jewish American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist.
As a child, Zorn played piano, guitar and flute. He studied at Webster College (now Webster University) in St....
Johnny Hodges
"Never the world's most highly animated showman or greatest stage personality, but a tone so beautiful it sometimes brought tears to the eyes, this was Johnny Hodges. Because of this great loss, our band will never sound the same....Johnty Wilks
Johnty Wilks is an emerging saxophonist known for his distinctive soft, mellow saxophone tone which is reminiscent of Paul Desmond, Stan Getz and Dexter Gordon's ballad playing. His music is based around jazz (smooth jazz, nu jazz,...
Jon De Lucia
Jon De Lucia is a Brooklyn based saxophonist and composer. Originally from Quincy, MA, Jon has become an integral part of the New York scene. Predominantly a student of jazz, he also has a deep interest in the folkloric music and...
Jon Gordon
A native New Yorker, saxophonist and composer Jon Gordon was born into a musical family and began playing at age ten. In addition to private saxophone studies he attended Performing Arts High School and won numerous competitions, among...
Jonathan Parker
Jonathan Parker is a saxophonist who was born and raised in the Washington D.C. area, now currently residing in New York City. He graduated from The Oberlin Conservatory in 2008 where he studied under jazz legend Gary Bartz, as well...
Jorrit Dijkstra
The music of saxophonist and composer Jorrit Dijkstra draws from the jazz tradition in spirit and sound, but has crossed stylistic and cultural borders in order to express a strong, evolving personal vision. He spent his formative years...
Joshua Jefferson
Josh Jefferson is a collage artist and a alto saxophone and bass clarinet player whose music can not be easily confined to such limiting descriptions as "noise", "free jazz", "improv", etc. He plays locally in the groups Skinny Vinny, Duck...Joshua Kwassman
Josh Kwassman, a Connecticut native, began playing alto saxophone around nine years old, and began to study jazz a few years later. He began to study bebop at the Hartford Conservatory and performed in various music festivals, including...
Julie Joslyn
JULIE JOSLYN (Alto saxophone, live electronics, violin, vocals) is a native New Yorker. She studied for a number of years with soprano saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom. She has played with the Indian-influenced rock quintet...
Julius Hemphill
Julius Hemphill - alto and soprano saxophone (1928 - 1995) For over thirty-five years Julius Hemphill earned a reputation as one who broke down boundaries and defied labels. A prodigious composer who wrote luscious and shimmering...Julius Tolentino
The sounds of yesterday, today, and tomorrow are generated from the mind and soul of Julius Tolentino. With sophisticated technique and skilled interpretation, Julius creates a sound that is unique while also based on tradition. Composer...
Julius Vasylenko
Blind from birth, saxist and multi-reedist Julius Vasylenko was born and raised in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK. Regaining partial sight at the age of 18 months through experimental optical surgery, he attended Temple Bank School for the...Justin Janer
25 year old, Seattle born and Los Angeles raised alto saxophonist Justin Janer has performed and recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Hubert Laws, Pete Escovedo, Roy Hargrove, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Tim Reis, Kirk Whalum, George Garzone, Eric...
Justin Robinson
Alto saxophonist Justin Robinson was born August 14, 1968, in Manhattan. He first picked up a horn at the age of 13, and honed his sound while attending the High School of Music and Arts (LaGuardia High School) in New...
Justin Wood
Alto saxophonist and flautist Justin Wood began playing saxophone in fifth grade growing up in rural Northern Maine. During high school, he co-led a jazz trio with trombonist Philip Yaeger and brother Tyler Wood on piano, and played gigs...Kaoru Abe
Kaoru Abe was a Japanese jazz pianist, guitarist and saxophonist. Kaoru Abe was a free jazz saxophonist, who was nearly unknown outside of Japan, and who generally played solo. During the 1970s, he recorded a string of albums for the...Kara Kriss
I'm young and i'm looking for a band with some talent and patience. i'm in college, learning music playing music, want to travel and let people here me play.Keith Waters-Sax
Keith Waters is a rock guitarist and saxophonist who got his start doing spinouts on Mitt Romney's lawn. Groups have included Dream House and the current Rotten Apples.
Ken Field
Ken Field is a saxophonist, flautist, percussionist, and composer. Since 1988 he has been a member of the internationally acclaimed electrified modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, with whom he has recorded...
Ken Stubbs
Ken Stubbs became involved with music after being ‘reborn’, after a near death experience. He was 14. It involved a Football ‘Special’ Train, hundreds of inebriated Glasgow Rangers fans, a fire hammer and axe, 2 near...
Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett is a jazz saxophonist. He was born in Detroit, MI in 1960. His father was a tenor saxophonist. Kenny's career took off when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1978, then led by Duke's son, Mercer Ellington. Three years...Langston Brand
Langston is currently a junior, doing Independent Study at Healdsburg High School. He is also taking a full load at Santa Rosa Junior College. He has studied jazz improv at SRJC and with Alistair Ingrahm. Langston is currently looking...
Lars Dietrich
Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Lars was introduced to the saxophone at the age of 10. After performing a duo TV show with famed Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, Dietrich decided to pursue a career in music. At the age of fifteen he got...Lars Haake
Born in Paderborn, Germany Lars picked up the piano at age 4 and the alto sax at age 10. After a few lessons with Martin Casey Lars was fortunate to study for three years with tenor sax great Tony Lakatos and soon after to join the local...Laura Dreyer
Laura Dreyer, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, has been a dynamic member of the New York jazz scene for more than two decades. Her original compositions fuse elements of jazz, funk, and rock with a Brazilian flair, creating a...Layla Angulo
Born into a long line of artists and musicians, Layla Angulo started playing the piano at age 6, the sax at age 10 and performing Jazz Clubs during High School. After graduation, she played in various groups ��" Funk, Jazz, Pop, and...
Lee Konitz
Konitz is sometimes regarded as the preeminent cool jazz saxophonist, because he performed and recorded with Claude Thornhill, Lennie Tristano (both often cited as important cool jazz proponents of the mid 1940s), and with Miles Davis on...Lelei Gracindo
Lelei Gracindo was born in Petrópolis R.J. Brazil in 1974. His career began in church like most other great musicians. It wasn't long after, that his slick and uncompromising tasteful saxophone style was noticed by some of Rio de Janeiro...
Lenny Sendersky
Sendersky Lenny alto/soprano sax, flute. Author of jazz, theater and movie music. Started to play jazz after entering Musorgsky Music College, the class of Gennadiy Goldstein. 2003 - won a scholarship in Denish Conservatory (Esbjerg) for...Leon De Vose II
Born, reared educated in Newark, NJ I first learned percussion before I entered kindergarten. I was taught by my Dad, Leon De Vose, Sr., who was the lead drummer for the Essex County African Dance Society. I still run into his students...
Leonardo La Peruta
Name: Leonardo La Peruta Address: Marbella (Spain) Telephone: (0034) 651330015 E-mail: leonardolaperuta@yahoo.it Year of Birth: 1973 Principal web site: www.myspace.com/leonardolaperuta Cd Distribution...
Libby Richman
LIBBY RICHMAN Alto Saxophone, Composer Composer, saxophonist Libby Richman leads an ensemble that plays original contemporary jazz. Her sound echoes many influences including Classical, Latin, and current music. . Libby has shared the...
Linsey Wellman
An active member of the Ottawa, Canada music scene since receiving his Bachelor of Music in 2001 from Carleton University where he studied saxophone with Rob Frayne, Linsey Wellman is known as a creative and spontaneous improvisor on the...Lloyd Lopez
Biography Of Conspire Little did Lloyd Lopez know when he picked up a set of drumsticks that he had set his destiny. After all, he was just five years old and playing the drums with older brothers Norman and Russell was fun. And even...Loren Pickford
Grammy nominated saxophonist, flutist, pianist, vocalist, composer, and recording artist, Loren Pickford, has had a multifaceted career as his travels have led him through a virtual tour of American music ranging from modern jazz, blues,...
Loren Stillman
Saxophonist and composer Loren Stillman was born in 1980 in London England. Inspired by his uncle, saxophonist Mike Stillman, he began playing at age 7. Raised in Croton-on- Hudson, Stillman had easy access to New York City’s...
Louis Jordan
At the height of his career, in the 1940s, bandleader and alto saxophonist Louis Jordan scored 18 Number One hit records. Jordan exhibited a brilliant sense of showmanship that brought audiences first-rate entertainment without any loss of...
Lucien Dubuis
Briefly Born in Porrentruy, Switzerland, June, 20th 1974, father of two children, teacher in the association "Ton sur Ton" in La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH), Lucien Dubuis is a musician and composer in several bands of avant-garde Jazz and...Lumbinigroove
Lumbinigroove is a mix of Afro, Nepali and Jazz project started by Pravin Chhetri.There are so many similarities between the genres and its amazing how Nepali language fits into African rhythms and jazz harmonies.All instruments played by...Lummie Spann Jr.
Lummie L Spann Jr Alto and soprano saxophonist Composer Educator Since birth, alto saxophonist Lummie Spann has been fascinated with the art of music. Over the years of his musical study, through the saxophone, he has taken his interest...
Lynda Murray
I have been playing sax since 1982. I was involved with John Steven's community music project "Search and Reflect' during the early 80's and taught music in a comprehensive school for 15 years. I have studied with saxophone with Jimmy...Marcus Johnson - Sax
Marcus Johnson is an alto saxophonist quickly rising through the ranks of the New York City jazz scene. As a product of the great musical city of Nashville, Tennessee, Marcus developed his passion for music at a young age by...
Marion Brown
Marion Brown made his name as an alto saxophonist after mastering clarinet and oboe, and established himself in the forefront of the free jazz movement. Born in Atlanta, on Sept. 8, 1931, he moved to Harlem as a teenager. In the 50s he...
Mark Buckley
UK based saxophonist Mark Buckley began to play the saxophone at the age of 9, after being inspired by a certain cool, green character named Zoot (!). After a couple of years playing with MYJO and becoming familiar with many of the...
Mark Gross
Mark Gross swings and sings with soul and rhythm along today's jazz vanguard. He constantly pushes the music forward, while staying true to the elements of the classic sound. Mark Gross has recorded on over 80 notable jazz recording,...
Mark Whitecage
Mark Whitecage is internationally known as an innovative instrumentalist and composer in the fields of jazz and new music. He performs at the highest level of creativity, constantly transforming and reconfiguring his wealth of musical...Marshal Royal
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Marshall Allen
Marshall Allen - alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, oboe, kora, and E.V.I. (Electronic Valve Instrument). Marshall Belford Allen, alto saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, bandleader, and arranger, was born May 25, 1924 in...
Martin Speake
Martin Speake was born in Barnet, England, in 1958. There was music in the family and his grandmother was a pub pianist all her life having started off playing for silent films. A cousin was a semi professional jazz pianist who was...
Matana Roberts
Matana Roberts is a dynamic saxophonist, composer and improviser, who tries to expose in her music the mystical roots and spiritual traditions of African American creative expression. A Chicago native, she was fortunate enough to be...
Matt Vashlishan
A native to the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, Matt Vashlishan began private saxophone lessons and played in the public school system at age 10. Quickly becoming interested in school jazz ensembles and the plentiful jazz scene that the...Matthew Willis
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M. Elaine Douglas Alto/Soprano Saxophone/Midi Wind Controller/Composer, Arranger Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Elaine started playing the saxophone and clarinet at age 8. She performed at local jazz clubs and cabarets while in high school....
Michael Hornstein
Michael Hornstein was born of a German father and an Italian mother in 1962. He started playing the piano at the age of 10 and later saxophone at the age of 14. Michael Hornstein began as a self-taught musician under the influence of...Michael John Kerley
I started playing clarinet at the age of 15 and then advanced on to play the alto/tennor/barritone sax's at the royal millitary school of music when I was in the army. I mostly played millitary music and some big jazz band stuff which I...Michael Mull
Saxophonist, woodwind player, composer, and arranger Michael Mull opens ears wherever he brings his music. Holding a Master's Degree in Music from the notorious California Institute of the Arts, Michael received his undergraduate training...
Michael Tomasiak
I play alto, soprano, and tenor saxophones primarily in Straight-Ahead and Latin Jazz genres for big band and combos. I also play jazz piano in my own combo. I have been playing piano since 1997, and saxophone since 2001. As a high...
Mikah Feldman-Stein
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Mikayla Gilbreath
Mikayla Gilbreath (17) began playing saxophone in September, 2005, and therefore still considers herself to be a novice. But her progress as a jazz musician has been nothing less than remarkable. Despite her young age and scant...
Mike DiRubbo
“Something about the sound Mike DiRubbo elicits from the alto saxophone - deep, dark, immense, with a machete edge that denotes a ready-for-anything urban sensibility - immediately grabs the ear. It’s a sound familiar to the cream of...
Mike Rubini
Mike Rubini is a talented performer, teacher and composer. Graduating in saxophone performance, Mike has been studying classical music and composition. He is continuing his education pursuing a master in jazz performance. Attending...Milton Marsh
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Nathan Holaway
I am a 33-year-old jazz musician, who enjoys composing music of any and all kinds...but most particularly jazz music. It really is my life source. I love to play jazz whenever I get the chance, and everything that surrounds it. I have a...Neil Wetzel
Neil Wetzel has been a regular on the Philadelphia music scene since the late 70's. His performing and recording credits span many styles including jazz, classical, pop, theater and rock music. While attending music conservatory at the...
Nestor Zurita
Born in New York and raised in Quito, NZ started to play the saxophone at age 15, and at 17 was part of the “University of Montana” Big Band. Studied at “Miami Dade College”, “Manhattan School of Music” and “The New School...
Nick Hempton
Although exceedingly beautiful now, as a child I was very ugly. "How ugly were you?" I'm sorry, what was that? "I said 'How ugly were you?'" Oh yes, I see. I was so ugly that when I was born, the doctor slapped my mother! Hahaha......Nick Longo
Nick has been playing professionally his whole life, holds a degree in Jazz Studies from Georgia State University, and works consistently playing all genres of music. Nick has worked with jazz greats such as Nick Brignola, Randy Brecker...Nick Lyons
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Nick Mazzarella
Alto saxophonist and composer Nick Mazzarella has been a participant in Chicago’s jazz, free jazz, improvised music, and rock scenes as a bandleader, sideman, and presenter since 2002. After completing his formal music education at...
Niels Lyhne Lokkegaard
Niels Lyhne Lokkegaard Saxophones, flutes, clarinet, composer Born the 14/08-1979 in Ribe (DK) Currently based in Copenhagen Education: Graduated from Ribe Katedralskole 1998 Qualified to enter the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in...
Noah Howard
One of free jazz's more enigmatic figures, alto saxophonist Noah Howard was documented so infrequently on record and spent so much time living in Europe that the course of his career and development as a musician remain difficult to trace,...
Ornette Coleman
Early on in his career, alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman, recorded an album entitled, The Shape of Jazz To Come. It might have seemed like an expression of youthful arrogance - Coleman was 29 at the time - but actually, the...
Oscar Feldman
Oscar Feldman created quite an uproar by the end of the nineties with his impressive recording debut as a leader with El Angel. Known for his splendid tonalities and melodically outstanding charts, the Argentinian native...Patrick C. Cornelius
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Patrick Cornelius
Over the past several years, alto saxophonist Patrick Cornelius has emerged as an exciting and dynamic new voice in the New York jazz scene. An instrumental virtuoso who counts Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Wayne Shorter, Claude...
Patrick Langham
Patrick Langham joined the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music (Stockton, CA) as associate professor and Director of Jazz Studies in the Fall of 2003. He holds both the Bachelor of Music with a concentration in jazz studies and...
Paul Baylis
PAUL BAYLIS Alto Saxophone............... Began playing in Manchester .He relocated to London and worked with Carmel,Mervyn Afrika,Phil Wachsmann,Dudu Pukwana,Nick Stephens Septet,John Stevens Trio and many others.He put out a tape back...
Paul Desmond
He is revered for the pure, gentle tone of his alto saxophone, and the elegant lyricism of his improvisations. For seventeen years he was the lead soloist in the most commercially successful jazz combo ever, the Dave Brubeck Quartet. In an...Paul Smorag
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Paul Towndrow
Paul Towndrow Alto and Soprano Saxophonist, Composer / Arranger, Educator "A turbo-charged amalgam of all your saxophone heroes" The Guardian Having won an international scholarship in 1999, Paul went on to study at the world famous...
Paul Van Kemenade
PAUL VAN KEMENADE Rotterdam / Netherlands 1957; altosax- composer- programmer- organiser At the age of 13 and started in 1974 to study music/saxophone at the Brabants Conservatory Tilburg and the last year in 1980 in...
Pete Robbins
“I like Robbins’ playing,” wrote Cadence reviewer Jason Bivins. “He’s got vision in his writing and improvising and the focus to bring it out in the open.” Pete Robbins (born 11/28/78) moved to New York in September, 2002, and...
Peter Cobb
Saxophonist Peter Cobb grew up outside of Boston and had the privilege of studying with some of the greatest musicians in the world, including Antonio Hart, John LaPorta, Jerry Bergonzi and Bob Sinicrope. Most significantly, he spent 5...
Phil Woods
Phil Woods joined the jazz music scene in New York during the late 1940’s when bebop was gaining popularity as the new direction of American jazz. After graduating from Juilliard Music School Phil quickly gained fame by joining the...
Pierrick Pedron
Ten years after having started saxophone in his native Britanny, Pierrick Pédron discovered the world of jazz at the age of 16. 2 years later he entered CIM and got involved in many Funk, Rhythm’n Blues projects. His first records were...
Piet Noordijk
A lot has been said and written about alto-saxophoneplayer Piet Noordijk since he started his professional career nearly 60 years ago in his hometown of Rotterdam. And rightfully so! For Piet is a typical no-nonsense person who speaks and...Pink Monkey
Pink Monkey’s bombastic approach to jazz is based on the belief that music is meant to be experienced, not just heard. The trio consists of Tim Koelling, (TK) on saxophone, Nick Kokonas (Tom Selleck’s moustache on a plate of...
Preston Love
Hailing out of Omaha, Nebraska, Preston Love started on the sax at age 15, and by 22 was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra during the 1940's. He went on to form his own group, the Preston Love Orchestra, and acquired quite a...
Prince Lasha
To many jazz fans, the name of Prince Lasha will be an unknown quantity. The reason for that is in part that he hasn’t too many records out. Taking the time since the early sixties, when he started to belong to the forefront of jazz, the...Ramiro Flores
Ramiro Flores, saxophone player and composer, is one of the most active and leading jazz musicians in Argentina. In the end of 2007, after having won the 80mundos Fundation award, he recorded, produced and issued “Flores”, his first...
Rent Romus
Rent Romus (saxophones/electronics/voice/flute/zitherod) is a force spanning over twenty years of original improvised music, production, and performance. Romus is the founder and producer of Edgetone Records a new music label since 1991....Richard Koler
Biography missing, add it now.Richard Miller
Richard Miller has been writing, performing, and arranging music for the past fifteen years. His experiences range from playing saxophone in Manhattan jazz clubs to composing Renaissance motets. His interests lie in the creative aspects of...Richard Oppenheim
Richard Oppenheim has logged road time with the bands of Illinois Jacquet and Buddy Rich, and headed up the sax section in Marvin Gaye’s large touring unit. After putting in a year and a half with the Paul Jeffrey Octet, he segued into...
Richard Underhill
Richard Underhill's wonderful warm alto sound, great writing and arranging skills and in-from-the-outside soloing make him one of Canada's most distinctive jazz performers. Richard won a 2003 Juno Award for his jazz solo debut 'Tales from...
Richie Cole
Richie Cole fans continue to praise the jazz/bebop artist who is recognized worldwide for the sweet sounds of his alto sax and the creativity behind his Alto Madness Orchestra. The Alto Madness Orchestra was developed by Richie in the...
Rob Wilkerson
With saxophonist Rob Wilkerson’s group, you are as likely to hear a tune by Elliott Smith or Coldplay as a jazz standard. Rob’s original music acts as the central force, blending seemingly disparate elements in a cohesive “other.”...
Robbie Jansen
With a career spanning over thirty years, Robert Edward Jansen became a legendary fixture of the Cape Town music scene. The virtuoso alto saxophonist, flute player, arranger and composer was proficient on several instruments and in a...Robbyn Tongue
Robbyn was presented with the John C. Borden award for “Outstanding Accomplishment in Jazz” upon graduating this past spring from Manhattan School of Music. In New York, Robbyn has performed regularly with Manhattan School of...
Robert Anchipolovsky
Born 1974 in Kiev (Ukraine).In his music family father was also jazz saxophonist, and grandfather was professor of academy of music in Kiev. At around the age of nine Robert has begun to play the clarinet under direction of his father and...
Roberto Rega
Studies 1981-1984 Music courses at “LAB2” Music Workshop (Rome) with Maestro Sandro Satta. Active member of Sandro Satta’s jazz workshop and harmony workshop. 1985 Music courses with maestro and jazz player Massimo Urbani. 1986-...Ron Kieper
A native of Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, Ron Kieper began playing the alto saxophone at the age of 12. Throughout his 20 years of playing, he has not only performed extensively throughout the Inland Northwest with a variety of musical groups,...
Roy Nathanson
Roy Nathanson has a varied career as a saxophonist, composer, band-leader, actor and teacher. He is leader and principal composer of the Jazz Passengers, a six piece group that he founded with Curtis Fowlkes in 1987. They have toured...
Rudresh Mahanthappa
Guggenheim fellow and 2009 Downbeat International Critics Poll Winner (“Rising Star-Jazz Artist” and “Rising Star-Alto Saxophone”) Rudresh Mahanthappa is one of the most innovative young musicians and composers in jazz...
Sadao Watanabe
Born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1933. Moved to Tokyo after graduating high-school. In 1962, moved to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music after participating in many band sessions as a alto saxophone player. Representing as a top...
Shawn Maxwell
Shawn Maxwell of Aurora, Illinois is an accomplished woodwinds multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinet and flute) professional jazz performer. He is also a teacher, composer, arranger and clinician. Leader of the Shawn Maxwell Quartet,...
Sheila Cooper
Canadian-born, New York-based singer, alto saxophonist, composer and arranger, Sheila Cooper is -- as saxophone legend Lee Konitz has noted -- "a singer on her horn and with her voice, and that's the best playing for me." Ever since she...
Shenole Latimer
He strides on stage with the energy of a rock star and brings his saxophone to his lips. Suddenly you feel an incredible force pulling you towards him and the stage. Such is the seemingly magnetic ability of award winning saxophonist...Shintemirov
Almaty State Concervatory on clarinet and saxophone 1993-1998; Radio and Television Orchestra since 1993. In 1996 began composing and arranging.Smirnov Andrew
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Sonny Criss
Alto saxophonist Sonny Criss is a rather tragically overlooked figure in Jazz. Born in Memphis in 1927, he moved to Los Angeles at the age 15 where he remained much of his playing career. When he became professional after finishing...
Sonny Fortune
When critics speak of Sonny Fortune, names like Coltrane, Cannonball, Young, Bechet, Hawkins and Parker are mentioned. Quite a legacy - but well deserved - for Sonny Fortune embodies all of the finest qualities of those late, great...
Sonny Simmons
Sonny Simmons made a number of striking albums in the 60's. Born in 1933, he was already a well-travelled Parkerian and a signaled innovator on the West Coast when he first came to national attention in 1963 with his debut recording "The...
Sounds of Marqué
It’s his new approach to jazz that’s catching everyone’s ears. There are artists that just play and then there are artists that speak to your soul. 26-year-old Marqué Boyd is bringing us back to great music with his refreshing...Stefano DiBattista
Stefano di Battista(born February 14, 1969 in Rome) is an Italian jazz saxophonist who plays soprano and alto. He began playing at thirteen with friends and became interested in jazz on hearing Art Pepper. In Italy he received guidance...Stephen Williams
Steve Williams, a native of Pensacola, Fla. joined Navy Band Commodores in March 1994. The unit’s lead saxophonist since 1997, he was the music director from 2003 until 2009. He has composed/arranged over 40 compositions for the group...
Steve Lehman
Named a Rising Star on the alto saxophone in 2006 and 2007 by the Downbeat Magazine International Critics Poll, STEVE LEHMAN is a saxophonist and composer whose work resides on the cutting-edge of contemporary music. He has been recognized...
Steve Sacks
Saxophonist, flutist, composer and arranger Steve Sacks conveys a message of hope and peace through jazz which transcends the boundaries of genre. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1953, he grew up in Chicago and Connecticut. He began...
Steve Slagle
Steve Slagle was born in Los Angeles, California where he got his first saxophone and later attended Berklee College of Music in Boston on a DownBeat scholarship. One of his first gigs, at the age of 18, was in the Stevie Wonder Band, in...
Steve Wilson
These are some of the qualities that have earned STEVE WILSON a prominent position on the bandstand and in the studio with the greatest names in jazz, as well as critical acclaim as a bandleader in his own right. A musician's musician,...Stot Juru
Now at the age of 21, Stot Juru has been composing, producing, and perfecting music for over a decade. The saxophone being his choice for creating his first solo album (Universal Saxifications 2012), Stot Juru also produce the music for...
Susanne Alt
Susanne Alt is a saxophonist and composer, living in Amsterdam. She has released five CD's as a leader. Susanne received a lot media attention in 2009 with her third album which included trombone-legend {{m: Fred Wesley = 11274}}....
Swing MASA
Swing MASA (Saxophone & Voice) MASA is the Saxophonist & Vocalist actively performing in Japan and US born and raised on Osaka. She started playing saxophone at age 12 and started taking practice lesson at age15. After studying the...The Cal Payne Project
Combine 2 parts jazz, 1 part r&b/groove, and a sprinkle of jam-band improvisation -mix well and serve while HOT and you have the recipe for The Cal Payne Project. Taking into consideration the instrumental nature of the compositions, the...Tiffinnisaint ranae
biography can be viewed on fanlistings, hollywood forums or by requesting a copy of Tiffinnis book from 2010 titled: "world tour"!
Tim Lowerson
Tim Lowerson is both alto saxophonist and composer with the Norwegian jazz quintet SOTU (Sounds of the Unexpected). The band released their debut album in March 2009 to positive acclaim in the Norwegian national media.Tim Lowerson...
Tim Stuart
Born into a musical family in Staunton, Virginia in 1987, Tim grew up constantly surrounded by music. His love of music first came from seeing jam sessions at his godfather’s house rockin’ parties as a young child. Enthralled by the...
Tobias Meier
Tobias Meier was born 1984 in Zurich, Switzerland, and began playing Saxophone at the age of ten. Among his teachers and mentors were Nat Su, Fabian Kuratli, Donat Fisch, Norbert Pfammatter, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dave Liebman and John Voirol....
Travis Sullivan
Posi-Tone Records recording artist Travis Sullivan has earned a worldwide reputation as an alto saxophonist, pianist, composer, and arranger. Embedded in the New York music scene for the past 15 years, he has been hailed by Jazz Times as...Ulli Jünemann
1996 International Jazzfestival Getxo (Spanien), Finalist of the International Jazzcontest in Belgium and Finalist of the international Jazzconcours Jazz à Schiedam, Jazz à Vienne 1997 and 1998 Scholarship, of the Banff Center for Music...
Uri Gurvich
Born and raised in Israel, Uri began playing the Saxophone at age of 11. He was a member of the Israeli Air Force Big Band and the Tel Aviv Jazz Orchestra, and at 19, he won the prestigious Jazz Player of the year competition in Israel,...Vandell Andrew
Hailing from the "birth place of jazz",Vandell Andrew's destiny was not to hard to find. Vandell started studying music at the age of 13 at a local jazz summer camp in the treme area of New Orleans. It was then that he learned to play the...Vansina
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Vi Redd
An accomplished altoist and vocalist, Vi Redd's impressive music career has flourished for over four decades. A veteran who has performed with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie to Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Marian McPartland, she...Victor Valente
Initially regarded as a promising east coast underground hip hop dj, Mc and aerosol artist in the early 80’s Victor Valente (known in the 80’s to Mid 90’s as Super V.) has expanded his reach in the years, establishing himself as a...Vince Lardear
Vince Lardear is a native of Wilmington, Delaware. Vince was selected to the McDonald's All-American Concert/Jazz Band and the All-East Jazz Ensemble as a high school senior. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree and Performer's...
