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A.C. Reed
A.C. Reed was the blues world's ultimate triple-threat. His soulfully elegant tenor sax playing supported artists like Albert Collins, the Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton. As a singer, A.C.'s gritty, straight-from-the-heart...Aaron Leaney
Aaron Leaney, born December 5, 1983, is a Canadian jazz saxophonist and composer who has been performing since the late 1990’s. He has worked across a great variety of genres, from avant-guard improvised music to alt rock. He is an...Aaron Rossi
Bay Area saxophonist. Saxophone studies with George Garzone, Eric Person and Charles Davis. Graduate of New School jazz program in New York City, 2000. Studies or playing situations with many of the greats from that faculty including Chico...Adam Diller
Influenced by Sri Aurobindo as much as J Dilla, Thomas Pynchon as much as Edgar Varese, Charles Bronson as much as Sun Ra, Adam Diiler occupies an enigmatic position in the realm between jazz, hip-hop, and electronic music.Adam Ramsay/C.J. Glass Quintet
The Adam Ramsay - C.J. Glass Quintet is a jazz performance group currently based in New York City. Its members, two of whom are alumni of the Vermont All-State Jazz Ensemble, hail from along the eastern seaboard. Originally founded as...
Adam Ray
Adam Ray grew up grabbing every instrument he could lay his hands on. He studies jazz and music production in graduate school and has been performing and producing music for the last decade. Favoring progressive and electronic...
Ahmad Alaadeen
Biography of Ahmad Alaadeen 7.24.34››8.15.10 Born in Kansas City, on July 24, 1934, Alaadeen grew up around music. “I listened to all types of styles. I went to Philharmonic concerts, loved Lester Young, liked T-Bone Walker and was...AJ Kluth
AJ Kluth is a Chicago based saxophonist/composer/educator enjoying the freelancing musician's life in the Midwest while continuing to pursue further academic ventures. Apart from his interest in music, AJ has been nursing abiding passions...
Al Cohn
Cohn was initially known for playing in Woody Herman's Second Herd as one of the Four Brothers, along with Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, and Serge Chaloff. Unlike his the better known tenors Sims and Getz, Cohn contributed arrangements to the...
Albert Ayler
Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler was born on July 13th 1936 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He learned to play the alto sax at a young age. His father, Edward, encouraged his musical interests and was his first teacher. Albert Ayler...
Albert Rivera
Contemporary, smooth, and eclectic--three words that just begin to describe Albert Rivera, "a modern Jazz Messenger" with one of the most exciting and sought-after saxophone sounds in today's jazz scene. His first album, Re-Introduction...
Alexei Zoubov
I was born in 1936 in Moscow, Russia into the family of scientists and I was supposed to become a scientist too! Following the family tradition, I graduated from Moscow University with a master’s degree in Physics and was offered a...Allan Barnes
Allan is a jazz musician from Detroit. For more information, please visit iMichiganProductions.org.
Alonzo Holliday
Alonzo Holliday aka Frank Turek (Saxophones) Has been active in the Portland music scene for the past fifteen years. He is co-founder and artistic director to Portland's original surf instrumental band Shutdown 66, originator of the...
Anat Cohen
Idiomatically conversant with modern and traditional jazz, classical music, Brazilian choro, Argentine tango, and an expansive timeline of Afro-Cuban styles, Anat Cohen has established herself as one of the primary voices of her generation...Andres Boiarsky
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Andres Boiarsky began piano lessons at the age of six. He later switched to the clarinet while getting deeply involved with the strong revivalist jazz scene that existed in Buenos Aires during the mid...
Andrew Lamb
ANDREW LAMB (saxophones, flutes) was born in Clinton, North Carolina and grew up in Chicago and in South Jamaica, Queens. Having studied with AACM charter member Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre, Mr. Lamb came into New York’s "avant-garde"...Andrew Woolf
I play saxes and clarinets. I'm just getting going in my music career having finished studying music at university. I do some peripatetic teaching and try to spend the rest of the time practicing and writing. Once I've got enough material...Andy Ballantyne
A native of Toronto, Canada, Andy Ballantyne began learning music in the Toronto public school system, studying clarinet and saxophone. He soon developed an interest in jazz and studied privately with Woody Herman alumnus Steve Lederer. ...Andy Dudnick
Andy Dudnick teaches jazz classes for Crossroads www.crozzroadzmuzic.com Andy is a saxophone, flute, keyboard and bass player who loves jazz and classic rock and has a passion for teaching. Andy performs regularly around the San...
Anna Webber
“Anna Webber is a rare musician that can comfortably combine intellectual curiosity with pure emotion. Each time I've performed with her, a completely new sound was revealed. She is confident in her path and I am always anxious of...
Anthony K Wright
Tony began playing brass at school, before moving to Clarinet at the age of 12, and Saxophone a bit later. He turned professional in the early ‘80s, playing sax as a session musician in London, and running various rock bands in night...
Anthony Ortega
Anthony Ortega is one of the finest bop reedmen of the second half of the 20th century, though he is better known in Europe than in the U.S. A highly original improviser with impeccable tone and great emotional range, Ortega's style blends...
Antoine Roney
Philadelphia-born tenor saxophonist Antoine Roney grew up surrounded by music. After a short period learning the clarinet, young Roney took an interest in the saxophone, after his older brother - renowned saxophonist Wallace - introduced...
Anton Schwartz
Jazz saxophonist Anton Schwartz has been drawing listeners in with the power, spirit and subtle complexity of his music since he bounded onto the San Francisco jazz scene in 1995. At 27, Anton was answering the call of his...
Ari Brown
Versatility has characterized the career of Ari Brown, a Chicago-based reedman and occasional pianist who plays hard bop and post-bop as convincingly as he plays avant-garde jazz. After growing up on the city's South Side and graduating...
Arnett Cobb
One of the classic Texas Tenors, there was always excitement elicited by Cobb’s uninhibited, blasting style which earned him the label "Wild Man of the Tenor Sax." Arnette Cleophus Cobbs, was born on August 10, 1918, in Houston, Texas....Austin Archer
I am a Saddleback College student pursuing a major in Jazz Studies. I am mainly a tenor saxophonist. I also play guitar, bass (electric and upright), and am learning piano, flute, and clarinet. I have one demo recording that I haven't yet...
Axel Rigaud
Currently studying at the national conservatory of Paris.Ayo Awe Joseph
Ayo Awe Joseph is featured on Outbound Radio Ayo Awe Joseph lives in Lagos Nigeria , West Africa . He is married with a daughter. Ayo started his music career at the age of 18, while enlisted in the military. He started his musical...
Barney Wilen
Barney Wilen - tenor sax Barney Wilen made a strong impression on the Paris scene in the mid 1950s. Wilen was a self taught player and became one of Europe's best and more modern saxophonists. Bernard Jean Wilen, AKA Barney was born...Barry Kelsey
Barry started his musical career as US Navy musician, touring the world playing Jazz. He was later educated at Berklee School and at North Texas State University. After recording with MGM records and also as a long time free lance studio...Ben Bohorquez
I have traveled the world and like to use my experiences as fuel for my music. From the heat of Texas, to the fresh air of Alaska, to the incredible parties and beaches of Spain, to the people of Paris, to the beautiful country of...
Ben Jansson
Ben Jansson is quickly becoming a highly sought after tenor saxophonist on the national and international jazz scene. As well as having played in numerous jazz festivals such as the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Hague,...
Ben Schachter
Ben Schachter is a powerful and original saxophonist and composer. As a leader, he has six recordings on his own label, with more to come. He has performed and recorded in the U.S., Europe, and Asia with; Sam Rivers, Tim Hagans, Conrad...
Ben Webster
Ben Webster was considered one of the "big three" of swing tenors along with Coleman Hawkins (his main influence) and Lester Young. He had a tough, raspy, and brutal tone on stomps (with his own distinctive growls) yet on ballads he would...Ben Zubrycki
Winnipeg born saxophonist Ben Zubrycki has been actively performing since the 1990s. He has played at a variety of events including the 2004 National Jazz Awards, Winnipeg Jazz Festival, The Regina Blues Festival. As a freelance musician,...Benjamin Bohorquez
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Bennie Wallace
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on November 18, 1946, Bennie Lee Wallace took up the tenor saxophone at age 12. He worked after hours clubs around Tennessee during his high school and college years and graduated on clarinet from the...
Benny Golson
Multitalented and internationally famous jazz legend, - a composer, arranger, lyricist, producer - and tenor saxophonist of world note, Benny Golson was born in Philadelphia, PA on January 25, 1929. Raised with an impeccable musical...Bert Wilson
I was born in Evansville, IN in 1939, and at the age of 4, I contracted polio. I've been in a wheelchair ever since. The chair doesn't define me, but it has affected my life (and certainly my access to those basement jazz clubs). I got...
Big Jay McNeely
Big Jay McNeely brought the tenor sax to prominence in the golden age of R&B, known as the “King of the Honkers,” for his wild style and outrageous showmanship.. Tenor saxophonist Cecil "Big Jay" McNeely was born in Watts,...
Big Nick Nicholas
Tenor saxophonist Big Nick Nicholas was active for more than 50 years without ever receiving consistent recognition or material rewards commensurate with his contribution to early modern jazz. He is usually remembered as the caloric...Bill Barron
Bill Barron was born on March 27, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the oldest of five. His first interest in music was encouraged by his mother, who bought him a piano and gave him lessons at the age of nine. At the age of thirteen,...
Björn Dahlberg
Björn Dahlberg is a Swedish musician, best known for his saxophone & clarinet work. Born outside of Stockholm Björn started playing piano at the age of 5 and clarinet at the age of 11. While studying classical clarinet he fell in...Blake Wilkins
I have a BM in jazz studies from Brigham Young University and am now working as a saxophone tester for Conn-Selmer. I teach privately and perform professionally for weddings, parties, and recording sessions.
Bob Brough
Bob Brough was hot, hot, hot back in 1982, with the trio Timewarp, on the CD Time Warp when it was given a Juno nomination. And Bob was hot, hot, hot back in 2003 with Richard Underhill's Quintet on the CD Tales from the Blue...
Bob Franceschini
BOB FRANCESCHINI Tenor saxophone, soprano, alto and baritone. Flute, alto flute and ethnic flutes. Clarinet, bass clarinet. Keyboards, Composer, arranger, producer and contractor. Bob Franceschini was born and grew up in New York City....
Bob Jacobson
Professionally, I'm a social worker. Semi-professionally (part-time) musician and free lance writer, strictly non-fiction. As you can see from the AAJ web-site, I've written many book reviews, including those of children's picture books....Bob Merrill
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Bob Reynolds
Saxophonist Bob Reynolds’ 2006 release, Can't Wait For Perfect, was voted “Best Debut” in the Village Voice’s 2006 Jazz Poll, and called “Some of the freshest, most compelling, and most soulful music I have heard recently” by...
Bob Roper
I studied music in New York City from 1973 to 1987. I studied with Lynn Oliver for the last nine years of that interval. I played in his big band which used the books of most of the historic swing and jazz big bands, and studied...
Bobby Wellins
Saxophonist Bobby Wellins was born in Scotland in 1936 and grew up in the Gorbals. His mother and father were both in the variety side of show business, and his father played a big part in his early musical education. He heard a lot of...
Boev
Born in Leningrad(st.petersburg,russia). studied piano,composition and saxophone in moscow,cologne and paris. participated in jazz festivals in russia,germany,usa and japan. from 2008 lives in tallinn, estonia, concentrating mainly on jazz...
Bonnie Kane
A pioneer in extended saxophone and electronics technique. A dedicated improvisor and bandleader with a focus on improvised composition, the composition being defined by the relationship of the players. "I am interested in the soul, in the...
Booker Ervin
Booker Ervin had a large hard tone like an r&b tenor saxophonist, but he was actually an adventurous player whose music fell between hard bop and the avant-garde. Ervin originally played trombone but taught himself the tenor when he...
Brad Wheeler
Brad Wheeler is a premiere Chicago saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator. In Chicago, he has performed with Mose Allison, Kurt Elling, Von Freeman, Laurence Hobgood, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz Members Big Band, Jim...
Brent Blount
Brent Blount has been a foundational piece of the Oklahoma Jazz and Blues community for the last 22 years, and now he resides in Cheektowaga, New York. Brent frequents local jam sessions, and has begun performing and recording once again....Brew Moore
The tenor saxophonist Brew Moore (Milton Aubrey Moore) was born in Indianola, Mississippi on March 26th 1924. He showed musical prowess at an early age. As a child of 7 he started playing popular tunes on a toy harmonica that he had...
Brian Patneaude
Repeatedly cited as “Best Jazz” by Metroland magazine, Brian Patneaude is one of the busiest musicians in New York's Capital District. In addition to leading his own quartet, the saxophonist maintains an active performance schedule...Brian VanArsdale
Brian VanArsdale is a New York-based saxophonist and composer whose music combines the beauty and form of previous generations with a splash of the current direction and cutting edge articism - creating a product that is appealing to both...Brian Woestehoff
I grew up in Minneapolis, MN and began my musical education in the third grade with piano lessons, which i kept up for 10 years. I started playing the saxophone at 11, but never paid it much attention until High School, where i began to...Bruce Menefield
"...Groove is in his heart and horn" Kathy Y. Wilson, Cincinnati City Beat Saxophonist Bruce Menefield is an outstandingly creative musician. He has developed a unique style of playing a variety of musical genres: jazz, gospel, blues,...
Bryan Murray
Saxophonist Bryan Murray’s mature conception of music distinguishes him as both a performer and as a composer. His music has a unique sensibility, focusing simply on caliber of ideas and timelessness of melody. He is firmly rooted in an...
Buck Hill
Buck Hill is a living legend, who has been dazzling audiences for over forty years. Born in 1927, Buck Hill started playing saxophone at the age of 13. By the mid-fifties, he was married with three children and supporting them by driving...
Bud Freeman
Lawrence "Bud" Freeman was known mainly for playing the tenor saxophone, but also able at the clarinet. His smooth and full tenor sax style with a heavy robust swing was the only strong alternative to Coleman Hawkins' harder toned...
Budd Johnson
One of the earliest Texas tenors, arranging boss of the Earl Hines Grand Terrace Orchestra, and pivotal swing-to-bop figure, Budd Johnson distributed his gifts through several eras of jazz. He was a major composer and arranger and...
Buddy Collette
When it comes to unsung jazz heroes, Buddy Collette's talents on tenor saxophone, flute, and clarinet are as close to unmatched as it gets. A gifted composer of classical music in addition to his jazz pedigree, Collette continues to fly...
Buddy Tate
For more than seven decades, Texas-bred George "Buddy" Tate graced the American jazz scene with his hard-blowing tenor saxophone style. A resilient tone with high register inflections in the so-called "Texas tenor" sound distinguished Tate...
Bull Moose Jackson
Bull Moose Jackson's hit records in the 40's and ‘50’s were such lively, good-natured, toe-tappin' tunes that today, over 60 years later, they still draw new fans to the field of Rhythm & Blues. An originator of the Honkers and...
Buyu Ambroise
Buyu Ambroise was born in Haiti. After a brief stay in the Republic of Congo as a child, Buyu has been residing in the United States for over 35 years. Buyu was drawn to the saxophone at a young age, experimenting with the instrument as a...C Francis
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C. Grant Maledy
Raised In Salem, MO where he started playing, Grant attended Missouri State University in Springfield, MO, earning a Bachelors of Music Education and most of a Masters of Music in Conducting (here's hoping for august). Grant has taught at...Carl Smith
A short history of E.C.F.A. and Carl Smith:E.C.F.A. stands for emanation, creation, formation, and action. I frequently came across references to these different levels of existence in my Judaic and Yoruba studies. I wasn't interested...
Carlos Garnett
Carlos Garnet - tenor sax Carlos Garnet who hails from Panama, is a solid tenor man with top credentials who made his biggest impact in the late '60s and 1970s, when he was heard on recordings by Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Andrew...
Carras Paton
Carras Paton remains the world’s foremost unknown virtuoso. At the ripe age of 25, his accomplishments are many. He’s played alongside Grammy Award winner Bobby Rodriguez, performed with his quartet at Catalina Bar and Grill...Caspar van Wijk
Caspar van Wijk is a young saxophonist from The Netherlands. He has studied at the Conservatory of Zwolle, and since 2006 he studies at the Conservatory of Rotterdam. Caspar has studied with "Houdini" Rolf Delfos and tenor giants Simon...
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown
Chad grew up in Horseheads, a small town in up state New York. His father was a music teacher whose love for jazz naturally flowed into the heart of his young son. With his father as a mentor, Chad had his first saxophone lesson when he...Charles Lane
Charles Lane's Bio Charles Lane’s saxophone playing is a completely emotional experience. His progressive view on art compliments the way he writes, plays and understands music. Charles' playing has been called "technically great, alive...
Charlie Rouse
Though a top tenor man in his own right, he will always be remembered as the saxophonist for the Thelonious Monk quartet. He adapted his playing to Monk’s music; his tone became heavier, his phrasing more careful, and he seemed to be the...
Charlie Ventura
Tenor man Charlie Ventura was was a prominent fixture on the jazz scene during his era.Born Charles Venturo he was one of thirteen children from a musical family who went on to become a jazz legend, and was named "Number One...Chaz Durante
Chaz Durante is a Saxophonist playing Mainstream Jazz on Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, mostly in clubs.
Chelsea Baratz
:There’s a new voice on the saxophone, forged in the gritty steel town of Pittsburgh. Her name is Chelsea Baratz and at 24, her soulful sound is a fiery combination of be-bop swing and hip hop hooks. Her debut release "In Faith"...
Chris Benavidez
Chris Benavidez went to college at Northern Arizona University where he received a B.A. in Music Performance. In college, he worked regularly with top jazz professionals such as Joel DiBartolo (Bassist from "The Tonight Show Band"), Zirque...
Chris Cuzme
Chris Cuzme is known throughout New York City for his tireless energy and inexhaustible creativity. With sensitive melodic ingenuity and a rich, bold saxophone tone with which to deliver it, he has been known to hypnotize listeners into...
Chris Farr
Chris received his Master’s Degree from the University of the Arts in 1995 where he is now a member of the saxophone faculty. Currently, he can be found playing on the Philly jazz scene as well as nationally and internationally. Over the...
Chris Greene
Saxophonist and composer Chris Greene was born in Evanston, IL. He began playing saxophone at 10, and he eventually spent his formative years in the award-winning Evanston High School Wind and Jazz Ensembles. Around this same time, he...Chris Holtslag
Chris Holtslag started playing music when he was 12 years old. He started out on the trumpet, later on he switched to piano. Through his piano teacher he was introduced in the world of jazz, and hasnt let go since. After playing jazz piano...
Chris Ward
Tenor saxophonist Chris Ward was born in Connecticut in 1982, and began playing music at the age of 9. In 2000, Chris moved to Boston to attain a Bachelors of Music at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Chris quickly...
Chris West
Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Chris’ interest in music started at a very young age. Having inherited his father’s acoustic guitar, and a small Casio keyboard, Chris started experimenting with music as far back as he...
Christian Herluf Pedersen
Christian Herluf Pedersen was originally born in Denmark. In 1996 he traveled to USA to attend Berklee College of Music, but after 1 year he decided to move back to Denmark to work as a musician. In 1998 he moved to Sweden to study...
Christoph Irniger
Christoph Irniger, born in 1979, began his musical career with the age of 11. From 2000 till 2004 he studied at the Jazzschool of Zurich with Christoph Grab, Thomas Grnewald and Rtus Flisch, as if from 2004 till 2006 at the Jazzschool...Christopher Madsen
Tenor saxophonist/composer Christopher Madsen’s musical career is taking flight. He has made an impact during his tenure on the jazz scene, provoking Jay Collins of onefinalnote.com to say, “Madsen is no lightweight” and that he...
Chu Berry
Had Chu Berry's life not been cut short when he died at age 33 as the result of an automobile accident, who knows what might have been. But what he did achieve was enough. Considering the brevity of his life, and that his...Chuck Manning
Anyone who has been involved with the Los Angeles jazz scene over the last quarter century doesn‘t need to ask, but if you haven’t, you‘ve been missing out and you’re in for a long overdue treat with this release of his first solo...Chuz Alfred
The Chuz Alfred Quintet began traveling the U.S. and Canada in June 1954. In March 1955, the president of Savoy Records contacted the group. The quintet recorded a rhythm and blues single at King Studios in Cincinnati; then, in September,...Claude Werner
Claude R. Werner originally from Chile, landed in Newcastle upon Tyne by a circuitous route that took in New York, Paris, Barcelona, and goodness knows where else- a visiting Danish rhythm section greeted him as an old friend. Learnt his...
Claudius Valk
Claudius Valk (Tenor/Sopransaxophone, Bassclarinet, clarinet, flute) C-born 1966 in Ratingen/Germany -Jazz and classik saxophone studies at Musikhochschule Köln (with Hugo Read and Wolfgang Engstfeld ) -jazz-studies at...
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins single-handedly brought the saxophone to the prominence in jazz that the instrument enjoys. Before he hit the scene, jazz groups had little use for the instrument. One player (forgot who) said, "with all due respect...
Colin Wood
Colin Wood graduated from West Virginia University where he studied with Professor Paul Scea. He has been an active performer in WV and PA. He is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Jazz Studies at the University of New Orleans.Craig Alston
Craig Alston is a multi-instrumentalist from Baltimore who is best known as the saxophonist for Fertile Ground. However, Craig is also very busy leading the Eubie Blake Legacy Band and performing under his own name. Early in his career,...Craig Enright
Born in Omaha and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Craig Enright currently lives in Stamford, Connecticut, just around the corner from New York city. He has been occasionally playing with New York based Jazz and Latin musicians since early...
Dahi Divine
DAHI DIVINE is a tenor saxophonist attending the New School of Jazz & Contemporary Music in New York on scholarship. Since Dahi joined the jazz scene he has won numerous best solo awards, performed at many venues. Most notable was his...
Damian J Sanchez
Damian J. Sanchez began his musical journey at the age of 12 when he arrived in Miami's Little Havana in 1992 and enrolled in the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. Beginning with the oboe and guitar and the following year...
Dan Stern
Dan Stern was born in 1973 in London to South African parents. As a teenager he studied classical composition with Roger Redgate, Malcolm Singer, and then, when reading Music at Cambridge University, Alexander Goehr and Robin...Daniel C. Dierkes
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Performed with many Philadelphia musicians. Studied with Larry McKenna and Ben Schachter. Recorded most recently on (Philly bass legend/virtuoso) Mike Boone's new CD release, "Contradiction." Email me (tmonk22@yahoo.com) for additional...
Daniel Rotem
Enchanted by jazz as a teenager, tenor saxophonist and composer Daniel Rotem graduated with honors from Israel’s Thelma Yellin High School Jazz Program in 2008. During 2009 – 2010 Daniel studied at the Rimon School of Jazz and...Dave Donahue
A child of the 40s, got overwhelmed by music by listening to Glenn, Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Ted Heath, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stan Kenton. More to come.
Dave Ellis
Tenor saxophonist Dave Ellis has long been a key figure in the fertile Northern California jazz scene. His story is a tapestry woven from myriad musical adventures. It begins with his days as a ten-year-old musical prodigy and opens on a...Dave Howell
Lead tenor player with National BBC Big Band Champions and veteran of some key corporate bands in Northern Ireland like Kahuna, Soul Truth and Otis & The Elevators, Dave Howell has recorded with various artists within various fields like...Dave Le Febvre
Jazz saxophonist and composer Dave Le Febvre (pronounced "Le Fay" in the US) has performed throughout California, Europe and Japan for the past 25 years. Dave has performed with many notable artists and ensembles, including The Don Ellis...
Dave Mullen
Saxophonist, composer and producer David Mullen (AKA “Mahoney”) is a truly unique voice on his instrument, blending a long lineage of players into a vital and original style. David first became interested in playing through his...Dave Turnbull
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman was born in Corsicana, Texas on February 24, 1933. His family soon moved to Dallas, where they settled and David stayed through graduating Lincoln High School. After school, David found gigs in local bands. He...
David Aaron
Toronto native, David Aaron, began his studies with his eyes keenly focused on getting his college diploma in Insurance, but soon realized that he was spending all of his time hanging out in the music department (and in the pub)...
David Bindman
DAVID BINDMAN, saxophonist and composer, creates works that combine many elements: drawing on the motion of dance, exploring the complexity of melody and time unbound, and emphasizing improvisation at the core. His new works, inspired by...
David Evans
David Evans began playing professionally in his native Alabama before he was old enough to drive to his gigs. A scholarship to Loyola University brought him to New Orleans in 1984, where he quickly became a busy commercial and jazz...David J White
David J White became a student of the saxophone at age 8 in his hometown of Houston, Texas, where his love for Jazz was nurtured by outstanding musicians and educators such as Conrad O Johnson, Craig Green, and Dr. Robert Morgan. At age 16...David Lopez
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David Murray
David Murray (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet) is a Jazz artist who has recorded over 130 albums, including 2 recorded in 2006 (Gwotet and Pushkin) and a forthcoming album to be released in Summer 2007. He was born in Oakland, California...David Ronald
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David S. Ware
David S. Ware has been playing the saxophone for over 40 years. First in New Jersey public school bands, and in informal practice sessions with Sonny Rollins as a youth in the '60s; then as part of the fertile NYC Loft Jazz era of the...
David Sanchez
Latin Grammy Award winner David Sánchez is being hailed as “the most profound young tenor saxophonist working today. In a review, world- renown jazz critic Howard Reich saluted the young bandleader saying, “Technically, tonally and...
David Theak
Theak-tet was founded in 1997 to provide a platform for original improvised music compositions. Theak-tet achieves musical synergy by working together as a unit as this allows a freedom and communication not often possible with thrown...
Dayna Stephens
Dayna Stephens was born in Brooklyn, New York august 1st, 1978, and was raised in the San Francisco bay area. He began playing the saxophone at age 13. He attended the prestigious Berkeley High School and took part in their jazz ensemble....Deniss Pashkevich
Deniss Pashkevich is Latvian flute & saxophone player, producer, ad-libber and educator who is active performing in jazz festivals and clubs mainly in Baltic States and Scandinavia. He has founded the 1st jazz records & publishing company...Denne Burchell
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Dewey Redman
Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone (1931 - 2006) Texas-born jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman crossed the United States as a freelance musician during the early-to-mid 1960s before finding success within New York City's avant-garde jazz...
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon is considered to be the first musician to translate the language of Bebop to the tenor saxophone. Dexter Keith Gordon was born on February 27, 1923 in Los Angeles, California. His father, Dr. Frank Gordon, was one of the...
Diego Maroto
Diego Maroto was born in Mexico City on May 9th of 1968. In 1985 he started to take private lessons to play the saxophone from teachers Larry Roussell and Alfonso Martínez. From 1987 to 1988 he studied art history at the...Dino Dominelli
Canadian Saxophonist Dino Dominelli releases his debut CD as leader, entitled “Faith In You.”. Featuring performances from Dominelli’s International and local colleagues captured over the course of this past year, including...Dino Govoni
One of the most versatile contemporary saxophonists is undoubtedly Dino Govoni. Govoni learned from two tenor sax greats, Jerry Bergonzi and George Garzone, and furthered his studies by attending Berklee College of Music, studying with the...
Don Braden
Don Braden is a musician of the highest caliber. Having spent years as the saxophonist with greats like Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard and Roy Haynes, he has developed an extensive knowledge of every aspect of jazz...
Don Byas
Don Byas was one of the most respected and recorded tenor players of the 1940’s. In that fruitful period he had few peers in the the area of prolific productivity. Byas was a masterful swing player with his own style, an advanced sense...Don M'Orton
The 1970’s and 80’s were the heyday for many of the surviving American musicians to tour the UK and Europe. Don was lucky to be in the right place at the right time as resident reedman at the famous Boston(Lincs) Jazz Club and as well...Don Wilkerson
Don Wilkerson born abt 1932 and died 18 July 1986, was an American soul jazz/R&B tenor saxophonist born in Moreauville, Louisiana. Probably better known for his Blue Note Records recordings in the 1960s as bandleader with guitarist Grant...
Donald Walden
Donald Walden, saxophonist/composer received the Jazz Master Award presented by Arts Midwest in 1996, making him one of six Detroit musicians to receive this award. Walden presently holds the position of Associate Professor of...
Doug (aka Douglas) Lawrence
Doug is the lead tenor saxophonist and featured soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra, tenor saxophonist with the Coast to Coast All-Star Septet featuring Jimmy Cobb, and a freelance artist.... The New York Times quoted jazz legend Buck...Douglas Lawrence
Tenor saxophonist Doug Lawrence spent over 20 years as one of the most "in-demand" jazz musicians in New York City. Among the artists he has performed and recorded with include - Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson, Benny Goodman,...Dr. Robert Stewart
Drum Legend BILLY HIGGINS: "Stewart is perhaps the most important young artist to come along in decades!" Amazingly however, Robert Stewart did not even begin to play the saxophone until the age of 17. Born and raised in Oakland,...Duncan Lamont
Born in Greenock, Scotland. Played trumpet with Kenny Graham's Afro Cubists changed to tenor sax became a jazz studio player. Played with almost everyone in show business. He has worked (often as a featured soloist) with Henry Mancini,...Dusty York Trio
Recently releasing his third CD, "Cinema 57", Portland saxophonist/composer Dusty York, (Oct. 15, 1978), has been a unique voice in today's NW jazz scene with his warm, distinct sound, and uncompromising individuality. Playing all original...
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie Lockjaw Davis was one musician who provided a link from the big band era through to the soul jazz phenomenon of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Davis developed one of the most unmistakable tenor sax sounds in post war jazz. With a...Eddie Chamblee
Eddie “Long Gone” Chamblee was one of the stalwarts of the solid Rhythm & Blues scene to come out of Chicago in the post war years, and made quite a name for himself on the record charts while gaining a reputation as a dynamic...
Eddie Shaw
Eddie Shaw has done just about everything in the blues business. He’s been a sideman, singer, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, producer and tavern owner. In most of those roles, he has worked on behalf of other artists. The whole West...
Elena Kapeleris
Elena Kapeleris is a jazz tenor saxophonist and vocalist. Elena'a debut CD "INTRODUCTION" was recorded at CBC on November 30th, 2008 and will be released in April of 2009. "INTRODUCTION" features Elena Kapeleris on saxophone and vocals,...Eli Bennett
At age 18, award-winning tenor saxophonist and composer Eli Bennett is recognized as one of the most compelling young saxophonists in North America and is currently attending Humber College in Toronto on a full scholarship. He has...
Eli Degibri
Born and raised in Israel, saxophonist Eli Degibri first began playing the mandolin at age 7. Three years later, he switched to the Saxophone. At 16, Mr. Degibri had already worked professionally with some of the major names in the Israeli...
Elias Haslanger
Over the span of his 25-year music career, native Texan and Austin resident Elias Haslanger has carved a unique and distinguished place in jazz history as a saxophonist, composer, and band leader, whose playing and writing has...Elin Larsson
Swedish saxophone player Elin Larsson (born 1984) has been referred to as ”phenomenon”. Her expressive and dynamic saxophone playing makes her one of the most interesting players on the Swedish jazz scene right now. 14 years old Elin...
Enric Peidro
A self taught musician,Peidro began playing tenor at the age of fourteen.A couple of years later he was playing on several blues and rhythm and blues bands. His interest in Jazz developed quickly and since then,Peidro has remained loyal to...Enzo Nini
MUSICAL TRAINING Enzo, flute graduated under the guide of Jean Claude and Laurent Masi, followed the firsts jazz seminaries of Siena Jazz studying sax with Claudio Fasoli(1978) and playing in the big bands directed from Enrico Rava and...
Eric Alexander
Boasting a warm, finely burnished tone and a robust melodic and harmonic imagination, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander brings a seasoned veteran's proficiency and poise to his latest recording, Nightlife in Tokyo. As he has on his...
Eric Spaulding
I primarily play old timey jump blues with gobs of honking sax workouts thrown in for good measure. I studied jazz under several Pittsburgh jazz masters, including Don Aliquo Jr. and Don Aliquo Sr., Nick Dialoiso, Eric DeFade and Eric...Erica Lindsay
Erica Lindsay, tenor saxophonist and composer, currently leads her own quartet featuring Francesca Tanksley on piano, and co-leads a quartet with pianist Sumi Tonooka that features Bob Braye and Rufus Reid. Two new...
Evan Cobb
Growing up in New Jersey, Evan Cobb’s musical studies were encouraged from an early age. After years of training on the piano and singing in choirs, Evan began playing the oboe at his father’s behest and progressed quickly. While...
Evan Parker
Born Bristol, 5 April 1944; Tenor and soprano saxophones. The sources for these notes have come from various places, but in particular from Martin Davidson's notes to recent Emanem releases and Evan Parker's notes to 50th birthday...
Faruq Z. Bey
Musician interruptedThe story of Griot Galaxy & a renaissance for Faruq Z. Bey
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Fear of Faces
Daniel Rorke Saxophones and Laptop / Rune Nergaard Bass / Tomas Järmyr Drums Recorded by Stein Bratland in Skansen Lydstudio Trondheim, Norway, May 2009. Thematic improvisation defines this trio. The Mismeasure of Man is an eclectic mix...Feigl
Biography - dates - Sigi Feigl Studies: Master Degrees in clarinet classic and saxophone jazz at the University of Music, Graz. Works: 1987 - 1989 member of orchestra „Vereinigte Bühnen Wien“ (musical shows at Raimundtheater,...
Flip Phillips
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Florencia Gonzalez
“Florencia Gonzalez performance (…) was again one of the most interesting and enjoyable acts, with the right balance between school and street, between north and south, between the past and future of music.” —LA...
Frank Catalano
Right place at the right time? Absolutely. Luck? Definitely. But after Frank Catalano stepped in for a no-show tenor sax during jazz organist Charles Earland's set at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago (a club the then 17-year-old slick-talked...
Frank Fontaine
Jazz Saxophonist Frank Fontaine releases his first Album, Wisdom Rising (LifeForce Jazz Records) to the acclaim of becoming an iTunes “Rising Stars of Jazz”. The East Los Angeles-born reed man assembles a superior cast of playmates...
Frank Lowe
Frank Lowe - tenor saxophone (1943 2003) Tenor saxophonist Frank Lowe came out of Memphis inspired by the bluesy sound of King Curtis, but went on to become one the premier free jazz players in New York beginning with his association...
Frank Tiberi
Frank Tiberi, a reed section all-star since 1969 and leader since 1987. Frank Tiberi studied clarinet at age 8; started playing professionally at 13; toured with Bob Chester, Benny Goodman, Urbie Green, played with Dizzy Gillespie, self...
Frank Wess
Frank Wess (born January 4, 1922 in Kansas City) is an American jazz musician, who has played saxophone (both alto and tenor) and flute. He began with classical music and played in Oklahoma. He later switched to jazz on moving to...
Frank Wright
Reverand Frank Wirght is one of the most underrated musical geniuses of the 20th century. He was born on July 9th 1935 in Grenada Mississippi but grew up in Cleveland. As a young man he was an electrical bassist in R and B bands in both...Fraser Campbell
Born in Bellshill, Scotland in 1986 to two incredibly supportive parents (the equally supportive sister came later). Resided most of his life in Perth, Scotland where his musical studies began with 'pretendy' conducting of pit bands aged...Fratoni Sax
Fratoni Sax, Baiano was born in the city of Salvador, Bahia,Brazil, began his studies in music at 13 years of age, born during this period and abetting the eternal love for music. Combining various music styles and creating an unmistakable...
Fred Hess
”Hess has an obvious affinity for a wide range of jazz-related idioms; he melds them into a cool, brainy, and utterly natural composite. On tenor, Hess has a mellow, Lester-ish tone and what seems to be an encyclopedic knowledge of the...
Fredrik Ljungkvist
CV Fredrik Ljungkvist Fredrik Ljungkvist was born in Kristinehamn in Sweden 1969. Brought up in a musical home (his father is a saxophoneplayer as well) he early chosed the path to music. He moved to Stockholm -89 to studie at the Royal...Funka-nima
Funka-nima is an up and coming funk/groove group that is tearing up the music scene in and around Boston. Their latest CD, which should be available this winter, contains original tunes and arrangements by the band’s founder, Steve...Gail McArthur
Gail McArthur, saxophonist, is one of a new generation of female instrumentalists emerging in the world of jazz. An immensely talented saxophonist from Glasgow, Scotland, Gail began playing at age 14. Since then Gail has performed...Gary Gruver
Gary Gruver now lives in wichita, ks.
Gene Ammons
Eugene "Jug" Ammons was a jazz tenor saxophone player, and the son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons. Ammons began to gain recognition when he went on the road with trumpeter King Kolax band in 1943, at the age of 18. He became a...
George Adams
George Adams - tenor saxophone, flute, bandleader (1940 - 1992) A soulful soloist of fierce energy, with a sound that could break into a bluesy, vocalized cry, Adams was heavily steeped in the blues and gospel tradition of his...
George Coleman
No tenor saxophonist better epitomizes the robust muscularity of that heavyweight instrument of jazz expression than George Coleman. With brilliant technique and a deeply soulful tone firmly rooted in his hometown of Memphis, George has...
George Garzone
Saxophonist George Garzone is a member of The Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti, that performs regularly in the Boston area and has toured Portugal. The group has released...
Gian Tornatore
Tenor saxophonist Gian Tornatore has emerged as a prominent voice in the New York City jazz scene. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, the California native moved to New York City in 2002 and has made a name for himself as an...Gianni Savelli
GIANNI SAVELLI Born in Naples in 1961.he begins his career in 1974 as flute player, switching later to the saxophone. He deepens the knowledge of his principal instrument ( the saxophone) and of the jazz idiom under the guidance of Baldo...Glenn Barton
Formed in the fall of 2007 when brothers Sean Dougherty (guitar) and Kevin Dougherty (bass) were encouraged by their music instructor (Christopher Vance) to learn jazz standards. They formed a jazz trio called Uncle Melon with their life...Gordon Brisker
Gordon Brisker, M.A. (Cal.St.U.L.A.) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and has had a long and successful career as a jazz musician, most notably performing with and/or writing for the Woody Herman Band, Anita O'Day (as M.D.), Louie Bellson,...Grant Izmirlian
Born in St. Louis, Mo, the third child of a 1st generation Armenian American pianist and her physician husband. Started out on piano under the tutelage of his mother's former teacher for 1 year at age 5. His introduction to jazz was in...Grant Koeller
Tenor Saxophone Soloist with the United States Air Force Band of Flight Wright-Patterson AFB , Dayton, OH
Grant Langford
Saxophonist, recording artist, composer, and educator Grant Langford lives in New York City. Since 2005 Grant has been touring as a regular member of the Count Basie Orchestra. Mr. Langford was the first recipient of the 2003 Young...
Grant Stewart
Born in Toronto, Canada on June 4, 1971, Grant Stewart was exposed to the music of Charlie Parker, Wardell Gray and Coleman Hawkins by his father, a high-school English teacher and semiprofessional guitarist. Father and son often played...
Greg Fishman
About the Author Saxophonist and flutist Greg Fishman is an accomplished performer, recording artist, author, teacher and clinician. Born in Chicago in 1967, he began playing professionally at age fourteen. Greg graduated from DePaul...Greg Laabs
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Gregory Dudzienski
Saxophonist Gregory Dudzienski has performed extensively throughout Europe, South America and the Middle East as well as around the United States. Dudzienski has studied Improvisation with David Liebman, Saxophone with Stephen Duke, and...Gregory Johnson
Greg Johnson has established himself as a luminary figure in the young Jazz community. As a student, he has garnered numerous accolades on the national and international levels. Honors include: winner of the Yamaha Young Artist...
Gregory Tardy
Tardy says, “Music is an expression of the soul and I always try to speak through my horn. I once heard an older musician say ‘it is better to be felt than to be heard’. I never forgot that. That is my approach regardless of what...
Grosskopf
…the music flows like a stream…drags along different influences…taking them to new banks to become something new…the power of the groove works like a maelstrom on the sound...the sounds break through this torrent…fertile ground...Gyula Csepregi
According to the Hungarian musicians’ community, he is the ‘leader saxophone player’ in Hungary. You can find his name on the jacket of nearly 500 records, either his own or several celebrated artists. He was working as a teacher at...Hank Levy
ABOUT HANK LEVY Hank came of age in the 1940s, when big bands crisscrossed the country playing one-nighters, and when people in Baltimore and other cities regularly went out dancing in nightclubs and ballrooms. There were many excellent...
Hank Mobley
As one of the founding members of the original Jazz Messengers, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley was part of a brilliant innovation. Bebop's second generation of players had pulled the music into a tailspin of virtuosity. But there was a...
Harold Land
The West Coast saxophonist known for his associations with the masterful quintet led by trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach in the mid-50's and with the internationally acclaimed quintet he co-led with Bobby Hutcherson in...
Harvey Kaiser
Began to play the saxophone in 1956; Played blues & r&r in high school (1960-64) like O.Coleman. Heard Ben Webster in 1964 & decided to play the tenor saxophone. Taught reading @ IS88 NYC & studied w/ Joe Henderson; Met Dexter Gordon...Henri de Vries
Started playing in 1982 on an old Chinese saxophone at the age of 16. Studied a few years at the Conservatory in Groningen but stopped in 1989. Since then I played a couple of years in Trio Dits, Van Lier & De Vries. In 1996 I moved to The...Henrik Pultz Melbye
The common man avant-garde group SVIN, which translates into pig in Danish, was established in the cold winter of 2008 and has since then worked their way to a dark and brutish still image of modern music, which is captured in more than...Henry Craig Hirsh
played Chicago for many years before moving to Japan. Toured extensively there with my band. Various studio recordings. Homage to Tommy Ponce, Lin Halliday, Boris Smith, Kenny Fredrickson, Jack Noren and Ed Peterson. Thanks to all of them...
Herbert Maximillum Haymer
This biography is created in 'Loving Memory' of my father, Herbert (Herbie) M. Haymer. It is also dedicated to my wife Nancy, daughters, Cynthia and Lisa, son Bruce, Granddaughters Danielle, Brittany and Shellsea, Grandsons Charles Jr. and...
Holden Ross
Holden Ross is the band leader and tenor saxophonist for the teen Jazz combo Jazz in Six that gigs throughout Southeast Florida. Ross is twice a member of the Florida All-State Jazz band (2012 & 2013). He has been the first chair tenor...
Houston Person
Houston Person wears the Boss Tenor crown, worn so long by Gene Ammons. Mr. Person is busy working his own gigs; booking his tours, finding new clubs, having phone numbers for every major concert promoter on every continent. He even...
Howard Wiley
Howard Wiley is the type of person who exemplifies the word “character” from both sides of the spectrum…by having it, and by being one. Always willing to take the music or the conversation to the next level, it’s rare to end the...
Hugh Brodie
Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and Illinois Jacquet were just a few of the musicians that were in Hugh's dreams as a boy. Little did he know that he would be playing with Jacquet in the 1980's. Yet, even before he could afford his 3 dollar...Humberto Amorim
This is to let you know that I host a radio jazz show for nine years (non-stop).Went on the air for the first time April 9th,1995. Its the only jazz show on the air in the Northern part of Brazil (9 states) Radio Amazonas fm - 101,5....
Iain Ballamy
Ballamy established himself playing alongside notables including Hermeto Pascoal, the late Gil Evans, George Coleman, Dewey Redman, Mike Gibbs and the New York Composers Orchestra. Touring extensively world-wide, he has appeared at...Ian Rapien
“In my travels, I am exposed to hundreds of saxophonists every year. Ian Rapien is by far the most unique saxophonist I have heard in several years”, says Smooth-Jazz best-selling recording artist Walter Beasley. “In addition to his...Ian Ritchie
an Ritchie has had a long and varied career in music. Originally inspired to play the saxophone from listening to Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, his first band was light years away from jazz. Deaf School were a theater rock band from...
Ian Tordella
Saxophonist Ian Tordella is an emerging voice on the West Coast jazz scene, and has worked with guitarist Peter Sprague, pianist Joshua White, saxophonist Jason Robinson, and others. His sound is rooted in the hard-bop players of...
Igor Lumpert
A progressive tenor saxophonist and composer, Igor’s music represents a unique fusion of jazz, funk, Eastern European rhythms, and modern neo-bop sketches. He has performed with jazz legends including Reggie Workman, John Abercrombie,...Ike Levin
Ike Levin has been playing reed instruments professionally for over 28 years. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Ike was an active performer in the windy city’s vibrant jazz, blues, and new music scene before relocating to the San Francisco...
Ike Quebec
“This incontestably superior musician has been almost totally ignored in the chronicling of the musical form to which he has contributed so much. Quebec was a tenor man of the Hawkins school with a big tone and firm, vigorous...Ilio Volante
ILIO VOLANTE Was born in Italy on 15 of May 1964, he was still a teen ager when he started his music studies (saxophone) showing from the very beginning a particular predisposition towards the music composition and Jazz music. At the age...
Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet is considered to be one of the most influential tenor saxophonists in the history of jazz music. Born on October 31, 1922, in Broussard, Louisiana, Jean Baptiste Illinois Jacquet, at the age of 19 on the very first...
Iman Spaargaren
Iman Spaargaren will release two albums in 2013. "Thelonious4 meets Tony Miceli" on DotTime Records with Thelonious4 and "In The Moment" on EyemanRecords with Iman Spaargaren Undercurrent. In 2012 Iman Spaargaren toured the Netherlands...Irv Gordon
Originally from Philadelphia, Gordon's career spans back to the bebop era, having come up alongside other jazz greats like the Heath brothers, Stan Getz, and John Coltrane, to name a few. Gordon began performing at the age of 16. At 18,...Isaac Rosser
Musician for 15 years.J.R. Monterose
Frank Anthony Monterose Jr. ("J.R." is simply a corruption of the Junior) is a native of Detroit, where he was born in 1927. He is not, however, a Detroiter by any other token than the accident of birth, for before he was old enough to...
Jacques Schwarz-Bart
Undoubtedly Jacques Schwarz-Bart shares this vision put forth by the writer Patrick Chamoiseau, “The contemporary melting pot of cultures and ethnicities has created a worldwide phenomenon of “creolisation”.. This New York based jazz...
James Brandon Lewis
Saxophonist/composer James Brandon Lewis was exposed to jazz, gospel, and R&B and at an early age began his journey into the realm of music. He attended Buffalo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts located in Buffalo NY. Upon...
James Carter
Sometimes it takes an extraordinary talent to inspire an unprecedented piece of music. For Puerto Rican-born composer Roberto Sierra, the epiphany struck in the midst of a tenor saxophone solo by James Carter, who was appearing as the...
James Clay
James Clay is a name new to many modern-day jazz listeners. But Clay's earliest fame came in the late 1950s when the young woodwind expert arrived on the Los Angeles jazz scene as a contemporary of this fellow Texan Ornette Coleman. Never...
James Harrar
James Harrar is a filmmaker that began his musical career creating soundtrack to his experimental films. Since 1995 James has been collaborating with Marshall Allen, of The Sun Ra Arkestra, creating live music to Harrar’s silent films....James L. Guter
Retired Fine Arts Department Chair and Director of Bands, Jim has been active in music education in Illinois, Massachusetts, California, New Jersey, and Connecticut as a Band Director and Supervisor. He belongs to many state and national...
James Mahone
James Mahone website:jamesmahone.com email:jamesmahone@yahoo.com Performance Experience 1990-1996: Performed with popular jazz band, Black Note. Performed throughout the U.S. and Europe in major clubs and jazz festivals. Recording...
Jan Garbarek
The Norwegian saxophon player, Jan Garbarek had an early breakthrough into the elite of modern jazz in the 60's, due to his extensive cooperation with Keith Jarrett. His name is listed next to the big names from the U.S. and is associated...
Jan Kopinski
Jan Kopinski has 25 years experience in performing and recording as leader and producer within a number of projects.These include PINSKI ZOO, MIRRORS REFLEKTOR LIVE SOUNDTRACKS to film, KOPINSKI & KONIKIEWICZ GHOSTMUSIC PINSKI ZOO...Jared Wilson & The Vibe
Music is something that should make you feel good. It has the power to transform one’s mood from gloomy to feelings of jubilation. Music always has been for me an outlet to express what I couldn’t sometimes say with words. Music has...
Jason Alex Davis
Jason Davis Music Producer, Saxophonist DALLAS, TEXAS (972)897-6401 jasondavisjazz@yahoo.com BIO/RESUME Jason Davis is a 35 year old seasoned, musician, saxophonist, composer, educator, sound designer and music producer from Dallas,...Jason Hainsworth
Featuring soloists such as legendary Brazilian trumpet man Claudio Roditi, 2008 Thelonious Monk Competition Winner Jon Irabagon and Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band member Michael Dease, Jason Hainsworth delivers hard-swinging original...
Jason Rigby
Jason Rigby is an assured New York-based musician whose jazz mixes conventional and “outside” improvisation in stirring fashion. His recent release “Translucent Space” (Fresh Sound Records), is garnering rave reviews and applause,...Jay Corre
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Dynamic Australian saxophonist/flautist Louise Eliott leads this contemporary London jazz ensemble in an "African-inspired jazz explosion". Since her arrival in London from Sydney she has worked with a distinguished selection of African...
JD Allen
Hailed by the New York Times as "a tenor saxophonist with an enigmatic, elegant and hard-driving style," J.D. Allen is one of the most thoughtful jazz saxophonists on the scene today. The Detroit natives apprenticeship has largely been...Jean-Christophe Béney
Jean-christophe Béney was born October 2nd, 1969, in Boulogne- Billancourt, near Paris. His parents being classical musicians, he was always in touch with the world of music. Nevertheless, his first great passion was drawing, and...
Jeff Antoniuk
Internationally respected jazz saxophonist and composer Jeff Antoniuk has received numerous awards and commissions, appeared on many albums and toured extensively. Currently based in the Washington, DC area, Antoniuk can be found...
Jeff Gaeth
Jeff began playing music at the age of 14 in high school. In addition to private lessons in saxophone, harmony, theory, arranging and composition, he also played in numerous bands in and around L.A. and attended the University of...Jeff Hackworth
"New York City saxophonist Jeff Hackworth keeps alive the soulful tenor tradition of such historic greats as Gene Ammons, David “Fathead” Newman, Stanley Turrentine and the still active Houston Person. But rather than just duplicate...Jeff Hackwoth
With his big tone and hard-swinging style, New York City based saxophonist, Jeff Hackworth possesses all the right ingredients to produce soulful, intelligent and passionate music. His honed his sound and feel while playing countless gigs...Jeff Jones
Artist Information Biography Jeff Jones Tenor saxophonist,composer,producer,director Jeff jones founded "The People's people",and "The Voice of the people publishing company in 1974 in an effort to contribute aid to people without a...
Jeff King
Jeff King serves up his own brand of fusion jazz that includes elements of rock, soul, pop, classical, electronic, straight ahead jazz and funk on his debut CD on the G-THREE label. His compositions range from soulful ballads to...
Jeff Rupert
Jeff Rupert is a freelance tenor saxophonist and a Yamaha Artist. His numerous recordings as a featured soloist include dates with Maynard Ferguson, Sam Rivers, Diane Schuur, Mel Torme, Benny Carter’s Grammy winning recording,...Jerrold Dubyk
Jerrold strives for the high melodic ideals of tenor giants such as Sonny Rollins and Joe Henderson - saxophonists who put a well-placed note ahead of a sheet of sound. Jerrold is arriving as a versatile and exciting jazz tenor player...
Jesper Lovdal
Jesper Løvdal is known for a warm sound on the tenorsaxophone, vitality and presence in his expression and a strong will to become one with the music. He is one of his generation's most diverse and remarkable talents with all of the...
Jesse Jones
You can be assured that from the day J.J. was put on this earth he was destined to be a lover of music, and more so a lover of the Saxophone. When he was in junior high school he was able to get into the school band. His first instrument...Jim Brenan
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Jim Gailloreto's Jazz String Quintet
ABOUT JSQ Blending jazz and classical styles that both Mozart and Miles would surely dig! In 1997, Jim Gailloreto embarked on a new project called Jazz String Quintet. It is an integration of both jazz and classical music written for...Jim Massoth
Frank Caruso & Jim Massoth are a part of the Chicago jazz scene like the sky is blue. They are the very definition of Chicago jazzmen. Individually, they have played every musical role there is to play- student, teacher, mentor, artist,...
Jim Pepper
Jim Pepper, the son of a Creek Indian mother and Kaw father, grew up surrounded by the songs and dances of the intertribal powwow circuit. He learned Native American Church peyote chants and other songs from his father, Gilbert Pepper, and...
Jimmy Forrest
Big-toned tenor saxophonists were nurtured, as a rule, in the big bands of the Thirties and Forties. Jimmy Forrest, known for his huge hit “Night Train,” was featured in the orchestras of Andy Kirk and Duke Ellington, and then struck...
Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath has long been recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist and a magnificent composer and arranger. Jimmy is the middle brother of the legendary Heath Brothers (Percy Heath/bass and Tootie Heath/drums), and is the father of...
Jimmy Jewell
Short Biography Jimmy Jewell started out in 1962 playing tenor sax with various R&B and jazz bands in the north of England. In 1963 he decided to turn professional and joined the group Kris Ryan and the Questions, originally a rock band,...Jimmy Rivera
Hi everybody, I was born in 79 in LA and started playing the Tenor sax in my early teens. I've moved to NY at the age of 19 to attened Manhattan School of Music. I've recorded two quartet albums and has been playing regularly in many NY...Joe Carbery
Born in Ardrew, Athy Ireland. Began music lessons on piano but gave up due to aggressive attitude of teacher, who was a knuckle-rapper. Took up clarinet in university (self-taught) inspired by Johnny Dodds and Sidney Bechet and by the...
Joe Henderson
The tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson was born on April 24, 1937 in a small city called Lima Ohio midway between Dayton and Toledo. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Lima in a family of 15 children where he was exposed to a variety...
Joel Frahm
Joel Frahm's May 1st release, We Used to Dance, places him in the company of master musicians Kenny Barron (piano), Rufus Reid (bass), and Victor Lewis (drums). Frahm more than holds his own in showing both the chops and lyricism...Joel Moore
Chicago native Joel Moore (b.1973), a highly talented and versatile tenor saxophonist specializing in both jazz and rhythm & blues, received an M.M. in Jazz Pedagogy from the Berklee College of Music and The Boston Conservatory in 2000....
Joey Berkley
Tenor Saxophone
Clarinet
Flute
Composer
Arranger
Recording Artist
Educator…
…migrating south from Toronto, Canada in 1978, Joey Berkley immersed himself in the competitive New York City jazz scene....
Joey Johnson
Joey Johnson, originally from Timberlake, NC, is currently earning his B.F.A. in Jazz performance at William Paterson University. Johnson has studied with jazz improvisation with Paul Jeffrey, Don Braden, and Gary Smulyan, as well as...John Cardoza
Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford Class of 2011John Dawes
Just learning.
John Farnsworth
John Farnsworth has performed and toured with a diverse and impressive roster of influential musicians. Even an abbreviated list of his collaborators is evidence of the respect John has gained from some of the greatest musicians from...John Harden
Having performed over a span of 13+ years is John Harden II of Indianapolis, Indiana, the visionary and founder of the John Harden Project (JHP). John's passion for the art in early academic years lead him to study the art at a secondary...
John Petrucelli
John Petrucelli is a jazz saxophonist and composer who began the foundation for his musical career at age 11 in the night club scene in Trenton, New Jersey. He earned his MM in Jazz Studies at Rutgers University, studying with Ralph...John Ricci
”When you play, your music must groove enough to make your soul dance. When you play, your music must groove enough to make everyones soul dance with yours.” Paraphrased from the great pianist Donald Brown who John Ricci quoted on his...
John Richmond
Jazz writers and musicians have described his tenor saxophone sound as "big and round", "full bodied", "muscular" and his style as "fluid, solid, individual, quite varied", and he "plays with harmonic intelligence." John Richmond's live...John Troy
John Troy has had a rich affinity towards the performance and development of his music since beginning the saxophone at age 12. After showing exceptional ability in the classical realm throughout middle school, with the tutelage of William...John W. Ricci
"When you play, your music must groove enough to make your soul dance. When you play, your music must groove enough to make everyones soul dance with yours." Paraphrased from the great pianist Donald Brown who John Ricci quoted on his...John Wallace
* It started in 1960. Hi world here I am, a clean file ready to be up loaded with all the cool stuff that was happing in that decade. I feel lucky to have been bought up in an era of feel good, people willing to express themselves though...
Johnny Griffin
Since Johnny Griffin's precocious professional debut with Lionel Hampton in 1945, his best work has been guided by spontaneity. One of the fastest and least inhibited of tenor men, Griffin loves the challenges and excitement of the jam...
Jonathan Moritz
Tenor and soprano saxophonist Jonathan Moritz was born in Iran and raised in California where he received his B.A. in music performance from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 2000. He began his studies at the Brussels Royal...
Joseph Rigby
Born in New York, grew up in the "Sugar Hill" section of Harlem where close neighbors were such legends as Johnny Hodges,Sonny Rollins, Jackie Mc Lean,Kenny Burrell and many others.Started playing piano at the age of 6. In high school,...Josh Cook
Josh is a saxophonist and recently relocated to Fredericksburg, VA from Okinawa, Japan. He attended Northern Arizona University and earned a Bachelor of Music. While at NAU he studied with saxophonist Wildy Zumwalt, Dr. Peter Vivona, and...Josh Glum
Josh plays and composes. Josh is played and composed. Josh is playing and composing. Josh is plaid and composted.Junkes
J'ai commencé avec le Sax Alto à onze ans dans un Groupe de New wave an début des années 80's avec mon frère et deux Amis d'enfance, puis à 16 ans, ma mère m'offrait un disque de Junior Cook. En cascade, je découvrai Parker,...
Jure Pukl
Jure Pukl One of the most profilic and creative saxophonists of the younger Slovene jazz generation, Pukl obtained university education abroad. Having completed music high school in Slovenia, he studied classical saxophone at the...Justin Flynn
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Karel Ruzicka Jr.
Award winning saxophonist, composer and producer Karel Ruzicka Jr. has a way to captivate the audience in practically any musical context. It was already evident back in 1992 when his group "The Four" was awarded the first prize at the...Karl Marsh
Karl Marsh is a Glendale, CA based jazz saxophonist coming out of the spirited tradition of Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Charles Lloyd and Pharaoh Sanders. As an artist Karl seeks to grow in his ability to communicate...
Keith Gamble
Keith Gamble began playing clarinet in fourth grade, and by age 16 tenor saxophone. His High School music teacher Ernest Rodgers was a major influence in his life as he taught Keith Gamble to play saxophone. While a student Keith Gamble...
Ken Fowser
Ken Fowser began studying the saxophone at age 12, and soon realized that his love for music was something he wanted to devote his life to. Ken grew up in South Jersey, and began formal studies with Tony Salicandro and later with Chris...
Kenneth Whalum III
A remarkable bandleader, composer, arranger, and tenor saxophonist, New York City-based jazz musician Kenneth Whalum has set a new direction in music that can be described as creatively engaging, intense, and artistically real, to push the...Kim Bock
Kim Bock’s countless performances, studies with a number of eminent contemporary jazz instrumentalists (Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Rich Perry and Billy Pierce) as well as ongoing tours in the US & Europe, have all contributed to his...Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Rasmus Kjærsgaard - Saxophones Thomas Fryland - Trumpet Graig Earle - Bass Carsten Landors - Drums Saxophonist Rasmus Kjærsgaard has been fascinated by the James Bond films and their music since long before Jazz became the love of his...Koen Nys
After living and playing in Canada, the USA and Japan, tenor player Koen Nys now lives in Belgium, where he's playing with his Quintet of the most talented young belgian jazz musicians.
Korey Riker
Saxophonist, Composer, Arranger, Producer & Educator Korey Riker has had the honor of working with The Roots, John Legend, Mary J Blige, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Ursula Rucker, Eric Roberson, Fantasia, Chrisette Michelle, Jennifer Hudson...
KyungGu Lee
At age of 15, KyungGu happened to see the saxophones in a department store. Then a year had passed before he got a chance to play the instrument that had delighted and enchanted him. From the moment he laid his fingers on it he...Lance Bryant
Saxophonist, vocalist, composer and arranger, Lance Bryant comes out of Markham, Illinois, a small town near Chicago. He received his formal music education at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, where he studied saxophone and,...
Larry McKenna
Larry McKenna, tenor saxophonist, has performed as soloist with many jazz greats such as Clark Terry, Jon Faddis, Buddy DeFranco, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Frank Tiberie, Warren Vache, Mickey Roker, Rosemarie Clooney, Johnny Mathis,...Lars Hägerhäll
Started to play tenorsax at the age of 65. Played with Bjarred Swing Band 2007 - 2010 Left the band april 2010 because of sightproblems. Operated in left eye june 2010.Lee Scott
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Lew Tabackin
Lew Tabackin flutist and tenor saxophonist, is an artist of astonishing vision. His electrifying flute playing is at once virtuosic, primordial, cross-cultural, and passionate. His distinctive tenor sax style includes the use of wide...
Li Gao Yang
Aged 18, the Beijing-born saxophonist Li Gaoyang is already considered a representative of new-generation Chinese jazz music. He is a wonderful player skilled in tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone with rich experience of improvising,...
Lorenzo Sanguedolce
Lorenzo Sanguedolce is a Brooklyn based tenor saxophonist and improviser whose music is not defined by genre or style. His debut album, "Live at the Yippie", with bassist Michael Bisio, was released on NoBusiness Records in November 2009....Lounge Muziek Sparrow Jazz Trio
Lounge trio Sparrow jazz (http://www.jazz-lounge-muziek.nl) speelt toegankelijke lounge muziek en hippe jazz in een lounge jasje, is swingend maar niet dwingend, met een relaxte sound met beats en controleerbaar volume. Ideaal voor...
Luca Donini
LUCA DONINI Luca is considered by critics an artist prestige in Italy and abroad, a musician with a strong artistic originality and multifaceted features. Born in Verona (Italy), graduated with honors in Saxophone, Clarinet and Jazz...
Marc Mommaas
Marc Mommaas, tenor saxophonist and composer was born in Tegelen, Netherlands on Sept. 12th, 1969. He grew up in Amsterdam and since 1997 made NYC his home. His father Henk Mommaas, was a well-known painter/artist in the Netherlands and...Marcelo Coelho
A native of Brazil, Marcelo Coelho began his music studies when he was fourteen years old. His first instruments were the clarinet and the alto saxophone. When he was eighteen years old, he changed to the tenor saxophone that would become...Marcus Tenney
Marcus Tenney began his love for music back in the 6th grade. While playing trumpet back then, he quickly became known for his solid tone and natural understanding for the harmonic structures in which he encountered. After winning the...Marcus Wolfe
Marcus Wolfe is a saxophonist, composer and educator who lives and works in the Chicago area. He has served as a member of the music faculty at Triton College in River Grove, Illinois where he taught Music Appreciation and directed the...Mark
On requestMark Hanslip
Mark started out playing on the Birmingham jazz and - then- embryonic, now-flourishing - improvised music scenes, working regularly in groups led by pianist Steve Tromans and altoist Chris Bowden. He was an early member of Hans...
Mark Shim
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, saxophonist Mark Shim moved to Canada then later settled in Richmond, Virginia. He started on saxophone in seventh grade, graduating from high school in 1991 and attending Virginia Commonwealth University...
Mark Turner
Born November 10, 1965 in Fairborn, Ohio, and raised in Southern California, Turner originally intended to become a commercial artist. In elementary school he played the clarinet, followed by the alto sax and then the tenor...
Martin Sather
Martin Sather is an up and coming artist on the New York jazz scene. After receiving his B.M. Jazz Performance from Western Connecticut State University he is now pursuing a Masters in Jazz Studies at SUNY Purchase. Martin brings a unique...Martin Uherek
Though not growing up in family of solely musical profession, Martin Uherek came in touch with music since the earliest age, through a church choir led by his father. He soon showed a lot of interest in music, having a good time figuring...
Martin Van Blockson
Martin Blockson started his musical journey at the tender age of eight learning to read music in school bands playing clarinet and eventually picking up the saxophone at age 11 in jr. high school. As he honed his talents in band, Martin...
Marty Krystall
Born in 1951 and raised in Los Angeles, Marty's early interest in music was prompted at age 5 by chasing his baby brother in circles under a grand piano as their father played Chopin, Beethoven and Scriabin. His father also installed a...Masson
In 1992, Nicolas Masson meets Cecil Taylor in New York and takes lessons from Frank Lowe and Makanda Ken McIntyre. Back home in Geneva, he enrolls in the Jazz program at the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique de Genève with Maurice...Matt Anderson
Born in North Yorkshire in 1989, Matt has been playing the saxophone since the age of 13. In 2007 he moved to Leeds to study on the BA (Hons) Jazz course at Leeds College of Music, graduating in 2010 with First Class Honours and also...
Matt Bauder
Matt Bauder is a saxophonist and composer who has studied with Ed Sarath, Anthony Braxton, Ron Kuivila and Alvin Lucier. In the past 12 years he has been an active member of the new music scenes in Ann Arbor, Chicago, Berlin and New York,...Matt DiGiovanna
Matt DiGiovanna is an accomplished young saxophonist who recently completed his degree in jazz studies at California State University Northridge. He currently resides in New York City and is pursuing his master’s degree in jazz...
Matt Otto
Matt Otto Education: __________ Indiana University, Jazz Performance (1985-86) Berklee School of Music, Jazz Performance (86-89) The New School for Social Research, Bachelor of Arts Jazz Performance (96-98) California Institute of the...
Matt Parker
Matt Parker isn’t eccentric or reclusive—far from it, he’s super-friendly and down to earth—and his work isn’t primitive or obscure. But there’s still something of the outsider artist in the 33-year-old tenor saxophonist. A...
Matthew Dacso
Matt Dacso trained as a tenor saxophonist under the skilled tutelage of Houston jazz legend Martin Langford and is a founding member of the Galveston-based Smooth Touch Quartet. He has played at numerous local events as a side-man to...Matthew Silberman
Born in Los Angeles and raised in Venice and Santa Monica, California, Matthew Silberman has been around music his entire life. Since being in utero he was attending his mother's opera performances. Silberman began his formal musical...Matti Sax
Matthias graduated spring 2007, from The FIH (Icelandic Musicians Union) School of Music in Iceland. He also graduated from the music teacher line at the same school spring 2006. He's a composer, arranger, music teacher, saxophone,...
Max Ionata
Born in 1972, Max Ionata is considered as one of the most important jazz saxophonists in contemporary Italian Jazz scene. Although his late debut after having moved to Rome in 2005 and started his living only by music, Ionata has already...
Med Flory
Med Flory has enjoyed both a profitable music career and successful stints as a television and film writer and actor. His alto sax and clarinet work are deeply influenced by the classic bebop sound, notably the playing of Charlie Parker....
Meilana Gillard
Stan Getz’s 1952 rendition of “Body and Soul” set her on her career path. Educated herself with albums, traveled for hours to take four lessons a week. Was playing professionally at age 16. Meilana McLean Gillard is a young tenor...Mel Márquez
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Melissa Aldana
Saxophonist Melissa Aldana was born in 1988 in Santiago, Chile. At age 7 Melissa began music studies, specifically the saxophone, under her father Marco Aldana’s tutelage. Marcos is one of the first Chilean musicians to...Mette Henriette Martedatter Rolvag
...Michael Bello
Played saxophone for 17 years
Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and exposed to jazz at an early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist. Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock music not as the enemy but as a viable musical option,...
Michael Johnson
As an upstart, Michael has been making music for most of his life as a saxophonist, composer, arranger and improviser. Adding to his arsenal the flute, clarinet and piano, and he is poised to venture out, seeking to enhance and...
Michael Pedicin
During a prolific career that spans more than four decades, tenor saxophone master Michael Pedicin has toured with such jazz greats as Maynard Ferguson, Dave Brubeck, Stanley Clarke, and Pat Martino, as well as R&B, rock, and pop icons...Michael Webster
Tenor Saxophonist and composer Michael Webster manages to reside comfortably in the crease of New-York-style instrumental improvisational music while maintaining an eclecticism and sincerity all his own. The same can be said of Webster as...Miguel De Caro
Miguel De Caro has brought his music all over his country, with countless live shows,appearences in local radio and TV and in well known theaters like San Mart�-n and Alvear. Among other distinctions, he has been nominated for the 1993...
Miguel Fernandez
His first aproach to music was trough a classical enviroment obtaining the Classical Saxophon Degree in Pamplona, Spain. After That he moved to Boston and attended to Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied "Jazz Performance"...Mike Frost Project
CHICAGO - After over 20 years as a professional musician in the Chicago area, saxophone player Michael Frost has finally released a debut CD, "Nothing Smooth About It" featuring his jazz group, the Mike Frost Project. Since the Release...Mike Hall
Mike Hall is an Educator/Jazz Saxophonist and Coordinator of Jazz Studies and academic tutor (Jazz Studies) at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. For about 10 years at the RNCM he is tutor in Jazz Studies, jazz saxophone,...Mike Laatz
Mike Laatz hosts jazz programmes on Cape Town's Fine Music Radio (streaming on www.fmr.co.za ) and is a full-time musician based in Cape Town. He plays soprano,alto and tenor saxes, and drums. He has recorded with Jack van Poll, Andrew...Mike Lebrun
Growing up in South Florida, Mike picked up the alto saxophone at the age of twelve . A growing musical interest led him to the Alexander Dreyfoos School of the Arts for his final years of high school. While attending the Northwestern...
Mike Lee
Saxophonist Mike Lee Mike Lee’s musical career has taken him many places musically and around the world. From the mid to late 80’s he resided in Brooklyn, New York where developed his musical concepts with many associates and mentors....Milos Mamula
Amater musicianMischa van der Wekken
Dutch saxophonist Mischa van der Wekken (b. 1979) recorded his first album as a leader 'Momentum' early 2008. This features his international quintet, trumpetplayer Eric Vloeimans, and a suite he composed and arranged for saxophone...
Mitchell Endick
Big Bands I have rehearsed or performed with with: Mike Longo/Bill Whited/Russ Kassoff/Peter Silver/ David Berger/Abe Silverman/IceExpress/Larry Gillespie/Tim Ouimette/Ron Apria/Lee Konitz Nonet/ Dave Matthews Nonet/Howard Williams/Wayne...
Mosaic
Mosaic is an ensemble/collective dedicated to forging an original voice in Jazz. Together they perform an eclectic range of styles to create a music that's unique and experimental yet remains accessible. Expanding on the traditions of...
Nadav Haber
Nadav Haber started to learn the clarinet at the age of 10. In 1988-89 he lead a qaurtet in the Tel-Aviv clubs in Israel, and played in a blues duo. In the 90's nadav has switched to the tenor sax, and began to explore Ethiopian music. He...
Nat Birchall
Saxophonist Nat Birchall has always been something of an enigma, a sublimely soulful saxophonist hidden from view in the Northern hills of England. His debut album Sixth Sense (1999) first announced him to the jazz world as an urgent tenor...Nate LePine
Nate LePine has been an active musician in Chicago since 1991. He has toured internationally with various groups including NRG Ensemble, Liquid Soul, Indoor/Outdoor, Jive Council, Manishevitz, Smog, Sister Machine Gun, to name afew. He...Neil Welch
Seattle-based saxophonist Neil Welch represents a new breed of young players who thrive in today's eclectic musical atmosphere. With one foot rooted in the tradition of those who have preceded him (one can't mistake the influence of John...Nestorovic Sasa
SAŠA NESTOROVIĆ (Zagreb, 1964) was a member of the EBU Big Band Orchestra during a concert tour in Montreal and other cities of Canada in 1999.He is now playing lead soprano and tenor in Renato Rozic Consort, Synth and all the winds in...Nick Rundle
Named by Jazzwise Magazine as one to watch in 2012, Nick Rundle is a professional contemporary saxophonist currently based in Birmingham, England. Nick has been busy on the Birmingham scene for the last few years, building a reputation...Nicole Duffell
NICOLE DUFFELL - TENOR SAXOPHONE A formidable soloist in her own right, Nicole is a prolific composer/ arranger & also a graduate of the West Australian Conservatorium of Music. From age 18 she was already prominent in the West...Nicole Glover
Saxophonist Nicole Glover, 18, is a graduate of Tigard High School in Tigard, Oregon. As a member of the Pacific Crest Jazz Orchestra and American Music Program directed by Thara Memory, Nicole has performed -- and placed first -- across...
Noah Becker
Noah Becker is a tenor sax player. His albums have featured George Colligan, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Josh Dixon, David Ephross, Brad Turner, Terry Deane, Jesse Cahill and more. Noah's recordings are available at iTunes.Ole Kühl
Saxophone player, bandleader, and composer. Ph.D. Kühl joined the Danish free-jazz movement in the late 1960s, where he played with John Tchicai, Pierre Dørge, and others. In the 70s, he became involved with the fusion between...Ole Mathisen
A critically acclaimed saxophonist, Ole Mathisen is an active performer on the New York and the international jazz scene. In addition, he steadily works as a studio musician, composer, arranger, and producer. Over the years he has been...
Oleg Kireyev
Oleg Kireyev is an internationally recognized musician. He is touring a lot, being in minds since long ago and being loved by people both locally and overseas. He posted his name on most innovative and provocative international jazz...
Olivia Meyer
Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Olivia Meyer first encountered the tenor saxophone when looking under her father’s bedroom dresser. There she discovered a large black case covered with dust containing a Mark VI. After playing that, she...Omar Ignacio Farias Espinoza
Biography missing, add it now.Oscar Amortegui
Born in Bogota, Colombia 32 years ago. Traveled to New York after completing music studies at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. As many other great musicians will remain unknown until something makes us jazz lovers turn our heads to this...Oscar Javier Murcia Beltran
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Ove Johansson
Ove Johansson, tenorsax, composer, has since the end of the fifties been leading his own groups and been a driving force of the Swedish jazz scene, he is also musical director of [[MWENDO DAWA]]. Although he has been very active on...
Patrick Lynch
Patrick Lynch is a saxophonist, clarinetist, improvisor and composer living in Sarasota, Florida with his partner and collaborator, artist Jen Nugent.
Paul Ahlstrand
When the hectic summer touring season cools down, things begin to heat up in a cozy Cambridge, MA music venue. On Sunday nights you may find saxophonist Paul Ahlstrand at Toad in Porter Square, leading his stellar quartet through jazz...
Paul Austerlitz
Reed player, composer, and ethnomusicologist Paul Austerlitz combines his background as an ethnomusicologist specializing in Afro-Caribbean music with his creative work as a jazz musician. As an instrumentalist, Austerlitz has dedicated...
Paul Carlon
The Paul Carlon Octet brings together musicians of various backgrounds and music of various origins in a combination that is both blisteringly Afro-Cuban and elegantly Jazz- inflected, both searchingly innovative and nostalgically...
Paul Gonsalves
Although his reputation is often hung upon the mighty gallery-rousing performance he gave at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival with Duke Ellington, tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves was at heart an introspective balladeer. His true legacy...Paul Kendall
Paul Kendall started on clarinet in the 4th grade in New York public school. When the 9th grade band director asked who would play baritone sax, he volunteered. Paul entered college as a baritone saxophonist, but added flute, tenor, and...
Paul Quinichette
Many men tried, but Paul Quinichette was the most successful at emulating the style of Lester Young. (Young called him "Lady Q", a term not exactly meant at as a compliment.) With a nice smoky tone, Quinichette worked with many great...Paul Wainwright
PAUL WAINWRIGHT BIO Smooth jazz and pop favourites never sounded so good. This funky, sax-driven groove music has the whole scene buzzing. Wainwright's choice of material is always fresh, his horn always hot and great vocals complement...Pavel Arakelian
Pavel Arakelian, was born in 1985 in Baku,in 1988 he moved to Minsk, where he finished musical school(piano classes,teacher-Galutkina L.G.) In 2000 he entered Jazz department of Musical College named after Glinka(saxophone classes),which...Peter Natterer
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Peter Slocombe
Peter Slocombe was born in Wolverhampton, England 1984. At six, Peter picked up the Clarinet, and at nine started on Saxophone. When his family moved to California in 1996, he quickly became involved in the young music scene. By the end of...Peter Sommer
Peter Sommer, saxophonist and composer, is in demand as a performer, clinician and recording artist throughout the state of Colorado. Since establishing himself among the area’s elite jazz musicians, Peter has contributed his muscular...
Phil Hargreaves
phil hargreaves is a Liverpool-based instrumentalist and composer working in the field of improvised and experimental music. I began playing as a guitarist in a punk band in the West Midlands, where i grew up, before moving to Liverpool...
Phil Urso
Subtlety and restraint defined the playing of Phil Urso, a member of the 1950s' cool school who owed a strong artistic debt to Lester "Pres" Young but never came across as a clone of him. Urso started out on clarinet, but the tenor sax...
Quamon Fowler
Quamon Fowler was born, reared and educated in the great city of Fort Worth, Texas. His musical journey started with an elementary school music program, orchestra and band in junior high school, then high school band. He began listening...Rafael "Jimmy" Jenks
Rafael “ Jimmy” Jenks presenta unas credenciales inmejorables: ha tocado el saxo tenor en giras y grabaciones de Omara Portuondo, Ibrahim Ferrer y Buena Vista Social Club, NG La Banda, Chucho Valdés, "Cacha-to", Arturo Sandoval. Sus...
Rafael Garces
RAFAEL GARCES SAXOF"N TENOR / pianista de jazz CONSERVATORIO NACIONAL DE ESTUDIO DE LA HABANA , Conciertos mas relevantes Rafael Garcés Festival Mundial de la juventud y los estudiantes Pyong Pyang 1989 ( Maggie Carles ) Teatro de la...Rainer Pusch
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Ralph Bowen
Saxophonist Ralph Bowen has made his mark on the New York jazz scene for over three decades, while bringing his "casual perfectionism" to clubs, concert halls, and festivals worldwide. Bowen's discography of over 70 titles includes...
Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane- tenor and soprano saxophonist, bandleader, and composer - has fronted a variety of jazz lineups, recorded critically-hailed albums as leader, produced recordings by other artists - including his mother, worked as sideman for...
Ray Gelato
In addition to regular headline slots at ‘Ronnie’s’, Ray has also performed throughout the UK, Europe, USA, Canada and Brazil at prestigious venues, festivals and events such as The Blue Note (NYC), Edinburgh Festival, VE Day...Reggie Houston
One need only witness a Reggie Houston performance to understand why his talent has been courted by legends like Fats Domino, Peter Gabriel, Dr. John and The Neville Brothers.More than a master vocalist and saxophone player,...
Rich Halley
Rich Halley is a saxophonist and composer who has released more than a dozen critically acclaimed recordings. He performs in settings that range from solo to large groups and frequently with the Rich Halley 4 which includes Michael...
Richard Cole
Fans, critics and musicians place Richard Cole in the first rank of his generation's players. A nationally acclaimed talent, Richard is among the most in-demand musicians in the burgeoning jazz scene in the Pacific Northwest. Beside work...Richard Maegraith
by Matt McMahonRichard Maegraith, like the musicians he has assembled for this recording, is one of the most respected musicians in the city in which he spends most of his time in Sydney. It is always tempting to list the great...
Richie Kamuca
Richie Kamuca - tenor saxophone - (1930 - 1977) A superb tenor saxophonist who is another of those jazz musicians who deserved better recognition, Richie Kamuca had a reputation based on his tone, soloing capabilities and solid...Rick Jensen
The Rick Jensen Trio was started in 1999,We are an improvising group, all of our music is spontaneous, making every performance completely unique. Many different musicians have played with the band, some only once and others have stuck...
Rick Margitza
Rick Margitza, who has long been regarded as one of the « Young Lyons » of the International Jazz Scene, is nowadays one of the most respected musicians of his generation. Excellent tenor and soprano saxophonist, mostly inspired by John...
Ricky Ford
Ricky Ford - tenor saxophone Tenor Saxophonist Ricky Ford was born 4 March 1954, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Ford started to play drums, and then changed to tenor saxophone at the age of 15, inspired by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Ran Blake...Rob Barics
Biography missing, add it now.Rob Jacoby
Rob Jacoby is a New York-based musician concentrated in jazz. Although mainly a tenor saxophonist, he also has acute abilities on clarinet, flute, and the other saxophones, as well as bassoon and bass clarinet. Rob also plays club dates...
Rob Lavers
Saxophonist, flautist and composer Rob Lavers has established himself as an accomplished jazz musician. Early on in his career he gained runner-up in the Young Jazz Musician of the Year and has since toured worldwide, performing with...Robert "Bootsie" Barnes
Premier jazz saxophonist Robert “Bootsie” Barnes has been proclaimed a Philadelphia treasure. “Bootsie” began his musical career at age 6 on piano switching to drums at 10. His grandmother gave him a saxophone at age 19 and he...Robert MacGregor
Robert MacGregor (b. 1983 / Los Angeles, CA), of European and Chinese descent, is rapidly developing a unique voice combining such saxophone influences as Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Stan Getz, George Coleman, and Joe Henderson, with a...Robert Stewart
Robert Stewart - tenor saxophone Tenor sax sensation Robert Stewart did not even begin to play the saxophone until the age of 17. Born and raised in Oakland, California, basketball had been the primary passion of his youth. His 6ft....Roger Manins
New Zealand saxophonist Roger Manins has previously recorded with Mike Nock & James Muller. This is his debut album for Jazzgroove (originally released on Ode in New Zealand) and features Manins with his Hip Flask band. HIP FLASK includes...
Roger Neumann
Roger Neumann is a Los Angeles-based jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and music educator. He has contributed arrangements to some of the most important artists in jazz, including the Count Basie, Buddy Rich. Ray Anthony and Ray Charles...Roman Deschenko
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Ronnie Scott
The son of a musician, Scott became a saxophonist in his teens. Eventually, as the owner of the UK's most famous jazz club, his name was virtually synonymous with jazz in the country. Working on the Atlantic oceanliners in the late 1940s,...
Roxy Coss
New York City based Musician and Composer Roxy Coss has performed around the world in places such as Germany and Paris, and festivals including the North Sea, Vienne, and Montreux Jazz Festivals in Europe, IAJE in Toronto, and the JVC -...
Russ Gershon
E/O founder/leader/saxophonist/composer Russ Gershon was born in New York on August 11, 1959 and grew up in Westport Connecticut. After studying violin and piano as a wee small lad, under the influence of Rahsaan Roland Kirk and John...
Russ Nolan
Saxophonist and composer RUSS NOLAN hails from Gurnee, IL, a near Chicago suburb. Through the first half of his life, it was not music that was his passion, but athletics. Practicing his jump shot and fastball as much as a prodigy puts...
Ruud de Vries
Ruud de Vries developed a big saxophone sound and is one of Holland's most active players in various styles. Ruud performs mostly with his own jazz related projects, like: Beter R. De Vries Band (souljazz-funk-rock), Scoops (traditional...Ryan Anselmi
Ryan Anselmi is a saxophonist living and working in New York City. He was born in Paola, Kansas, close enough to Kansas City and its rich musical heritage that he couldn’t shake wanting music to be a part of his life. At the age of...Ryan Lillywhite
Biography missing, add it now.Ryan Oliver
Although the tenor saxophone ranks second only to the trumpet in Barry Kernfeld's "Instrumentarium" of the most frequently played instruments in Jazz, it was an instrument without a lineage until Coleman Hawkins joined Mamie Smith and her...
Salim Washington
A master tenor saxophonist, multi-reedsman, composer, and jazz educator, Salim Washington is one of the fastest rising stars on the New York Jazz scene today. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, the eldest of five children born to...
Sam Rivers
Samuel Carthorne Rivers (born September 25, 1923, El Reno, Oklahoma) is a jazz musician and composer. He performs on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, and piano. Rivers was previously thought to have been born in...
Sandy Mosse
Sandy Mosse (May 29, 1929, Detroit, Michigan - July 1, 1983, Amsterdam) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist influenced by Lester Young. Mosse learned clarinet and alto saxophone early in life, and switched to tenor sax at the beginning...Saxuet
Biography missing, add it now.Scott Burns
A native of Dayton, Ohio, saxophonist Scott Burns began his education and professional career in jazz music in nearby Cincinnati. After graduating at the top of his class from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music,...Scott Gilman
Scott Gilman first picked up the saxophone at age 10, inspired by his Dad’s late night jam sessions with other local jazz musicians. The rock scene in Massachusetts also influenced him and it wasn’t long before he picked up...
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton is the premier 'mainstream' saxophonist of today. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1954, he came along at the time when the kind of jazz he loved-the small-group swing of such great stylists as Illinois Jacquet and Eddie...
Seamus Blake
New York based tenor saxophonist/composer Seamus Blake is recognized as one of the finest and most creative young players in jazz. {{John Scofield = 4151}}, who hired him for his “Quiet Band,” calls him “extraordinary, a total...
Sean Nowell
Sean Nowell is a tenor saxophonist and composer from Birmingham, Alabama steeped in the southern traditions of blues, gospel, jazz, and funk fused with the complex harmonic and world rhythmic concepts that permeate the music of New York...Sebastien Victor Pinto
Biography missing, add it now.Seth 'Shesh' Jorgensen
Jazz tenor saxophonist . . .more later.Seth Jorgensen
A professional musician in the Green Bay area. Jazz saxophonist and pianist that is soon to hit the Myrtle Beach scene in 09. A much more in depth Bio will be coming soon.Seth Kibel
On his first solo album, The Great Pretender, tenor saxophonist Seth Kibel brings his raucous, blues-drenched sound to 10 songs with support from some of the most skilled artists in the Mid-Atlantic and beyond. Adding their talents to two...Shakers n Bakers
The Shakers n’ Bakers are an improvising ensemble that reinterprets the music of the utopian religious community known as the Shakers. Their repetoire is primarily drawn from the body of work known as the “Vision” or “gift” songs...
Skipp Pearson
Thales Thomas “Skipp” Pearson, South Carolina’s ambassador of Jazz Music, played professionally for the first time at the age of 14, leading his first commercial band at age 15. Upon completion of his formal education, Pearson...
Spike Robinson
Henry "Spike" Robinson was born in Kenosha,Wisconsin on 16th January 1930. He begain playing alto in the early 40's and in 1948 entered service in the U.S Navy as a musician. He somehow got a posting to London in 1950 and very quickly...
Stan Getz
Beginnings... Stan Getz was born at St. Vincent's Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Feb. 2, 1927. He had one brother, Robert, who was born on October 30, 1932. His parents had come from the Kiev area in the...
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine was one of the most distinctive tenor saxophonists in jazz. Known for his big, warm, sound, "The Sugar Man" or the original "Mr. T" found inspiration in the blues and turned it into a hugely successful career...Stefan Zeniuk
Stefan Zeniuk is a New York City based musician and filmmaker. Often seen performing on the tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, and oboe, he is noted for his intense musical personality and dynamic...stefano ferrian
Stefano Ferrian is an italian musician, composer and improviser based in Novara, in the north-west part of Italy. He plays guitars since the age of 9 studying various genres like Classical, Blues, Rock, Fusion, Funky and Avantgarde...
Stephan Kammerer
Born and raised in Denmark, saxophonist Stephan Kammerer has made his career in the states. A scholarship to Berklee College of Music brought him to Boston, MA in 1993. After graduating with honors in 1997, he stayed in Boston performing...
Stephen Gauci
Stephen Gauci is a tenor saxophonist based in Brooklyn, NY. He is among the new vanguard of improvisors emerging in New York City. Some of the people he's performed with include William Parker, George Garzone, Sabir Mateen, Tony Malaby,...Stephen Norfleet
Stephen Norfleet began playing saxophone in his hometown of Newport News, VA at the age of 9. At Newport News' Menchville High School, Norfleet received the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award and was also selected as a member of the...Steve Heckman
Originally hailing from Brooklyn, NY (the next neighborhood over from where many amazing modern tenor saxophonists, including Bob Berg, Steve Grossman, Dave Leibman, and Eddie Daniels lived), Steve has resided in the San Francisco Bay Area...
Steve Marcus
Steve Marcus, a jazz saxophonist who was an early exponent of the style that came to be known as fusion. A graduate of the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Marcus, who played tenor and soprano saxophones, had worked with Stan Kenton,...
Steve Wood
Steve Wood started his professional training at Oakland University where he studied with Marvin "Doc" Holladay and Sam Sanders. He also studied with legendary trumpeter, Marcus Belgrave in his Jazz Development Workshop. In 1990...Steven Delannoye
Steven graduated in 2006 at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven in the jazz department, where his teacher was Frank Vaganée. He was also taught by John Ruocco, Ben Sluijs and Tony Malaby, and he took workshops with Phil Woods, Dave Liebman,...
Steven Rogers
Steven Rogers is a composer, saxophonist, and teacher currently residing in Washington, DC. His compositions and performances encompass a number of styles including jazz, fusion, computer generated music, and concert band/orchestral...Stratos Vougas
Saxophonist Stratos Vougas was born in Athens in 1967. His musical studies were initiated at the age of five, with a series of piano lessons both one-to-one as well as at the Athens Conservatory. After successfully completing his classical...Sunyata Jazz Quartet
Matt Clauhs - Saxophone & Flute Matt Clauhs grew up in Bucks County, PA. He studied saxophone and flute at Penn State University while obtaining a B.S. in music education. In the State College area, Matt led his own group, the Freedom...Svein Magnus Furu
Svein Magnus Furu was born 10. Nov 1983 in Oslo, Norway. His musical career started playing alto saxophone in a school band, later also in a big band for youngsters. This is also where he picked up the tenor, witch would later be...Swing Train
Biography missing, add it now.Swng Time
Originally from Baltimore, MD. While in Baltimore I played in the Bing Miller Big Band which did a tour to Frankfurt, West Germany in 1985. I also played musical shows for local theaters and played in backup bands for Carmella Quinn and Al...
Sydney Jazz Collective Band
Sydney Jazz Collective is a band of professional musicians offering live music entertainment solutions tailored to the specific needs of your wedding, party, or corporate function. The Collective offers an extremely versatile...Ted Hefko
Ted Hefko’s sound is at once old and new. An avid composer, he is capable of presenting an evening of entirely original compositions, each memorable piece setting a unique mood. Yet, he draws from almost a century’s worth of music as...
Ted Nash
Grammy-nominated artist Ted Nash enjoys an extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Los Angeles, multi-instrumentalist Nash's interest in music started at an early age. He was exposed...Tedd Baker
Tenor and soprano saxophonist Tedd Baker brings raw energy to every performance by creating a unique soulful sound full of original phrases based firmly in the tradition. Tedd strives to connect immediately with his patrons and fellow...
Teddy Edwards
A pioneer hard bopper on the tenor and recognized as one of the masters in the L.A. Central Avenue scene, Edwards leaves a huge legacy of recorded music, stretching from the Forties right through to his death in 2003. Born in Jackson,...The Kingsize Five
We are The Kingsize Five. We are reporters and interpreters. We have a point of view and a perspective. We have lived and we are living. We are teachers, parents, dreamers, poets, musicians, performers. We are wankers, bullshitters,...The Recollection Trio
Matt Parker - Tenor Sax Gavin Fallow - Bass Marc Cincone - Drums
The Stoner
With extraordinary vitality, a fresh concept, a zest for creating new music, The Stoner are turning a new page for jazz. They have something new for the heart, the head and the feet. The Stoner are a traditionally set up jazz quartet -...
Theo Travis
The London-based saxophonist and composer Theo Travis has made a name for himself on the British jazz scene for his virtuosity and soulful style as well as his fine compositions. Born in Birmingham, Theo studied classical music at the...Theodore George Brown
Cool-influenced tenor saxophonist who once studied under Lennie Tristano. Brown learned banjo and violin from his father, and clarinet and tenor sax from his uncle. After playing in army bands from 1945 - 1947 nd the in Hollywood from '47...
Thomas Jonasson
THOMAS JONASSON (born 1948), is one of southern Sweden's best kept secrets. Thomas has played with jazz giants such as Scott Hamilton, Lars Erstrand and Jan Lundgren to name a few. American sax player Branford Marsalis was very...
Tim Ballard
TIM BALLARD (1948-2009) was a multi-faceted, master entertainer (vocal, saxophone, trumpet) whose career spanned over four decades and delighted audiences on a countless volume of music in many genres, including classic jazz, smooth jazz,...
Tim Warfield
Tim Warfield, Jr., a native of York, Pennsylvania, began studying the alto saxophone at age nine. He switched to tenor saxophone during his first year at William Penn Sr. High School where he participated in various musical ensembles,...
Tina Brooks
Tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks was one of the unsung geniuses of the horn, a brilliant soloist with a pure, smooth tone and a mind that created patterns of great intricacy, logic and beauty. Almost his entire output as a sideman and leader...Todd Meredith Taylor
Todd Meredith Taylor has performed wildly creative music with his tenor saxophone on stages throughout Europe and the states--from duets with paintings, videos and dancers to traditional jazz lineups.Tom Gullion
Saxophonist Tom Gullion brings a deep, soulful performance style, a sophisticated avant-garde sensibility, and a quicksilver technique. Now, at the peak of his musical maturity, he is launching several new projects: a solo CD Catharsis,...
Tom Moon
A tenor saxophonist who played with the late Canadian bandleader Maynard Ferguson, Moon assembled a variety of Philadelphia musicians for what he calls the Moon Hotel Lounge Project, an all-instrumental collection that touches on elements...
Tom Tallitsch
Tom Tallitsch is a Saxophonist, Composer, Music Educator, and Radio Host. He currently lives in New York City. He performs throughout NYC, Philadelphia, the Northeast, and regularly tours throughout the U.S. at clubs and festivals....Tomas Challenger
Tomas Challenger is a leading figure of the young progressive jazz/improvisation scene in Britain. He is both a saxophonist and composer, and leads many of his own projects. He is also an active sideman and educator, and works in a variety...
Tomko
Presently touring with the A B ROAD QUINTET: The Beatles in JAZZ!! Also with TOMKO Jazz Quintet with a Tribute set to Ray Charles. Songwriter, Singer, Saxophonist…… American, from San Francisco. Side man with several French names...Tommy Morimoto
Tenor saxophonist Tommy Morimoto is originally from Matthews,NC, but moved to New York in 2003 in search of more playing opportunities. He has appeared in concert with Dave Brubeck, Les Paul, Anita O’Day, Clint Eastwood, Bob Cranshaw,...Tommy Rodriguez
"Tommy Rodriguez is one of the pioneer Jazz Musicians in Mexico and he outstands as one of the most important Sax-Players of the 20th century in our country Mexico".....CONACULTA (Mexico`s National Bureau of Culture & Arts"). Texts from...
Tony Barba
Tony Barba is a recent addition to Chicago after living in New York City for the last decade. Graduating in 2001 from the NYU jazz department, Barba studied saxophone with such notables as George Garzone and Ralph Lalama. SInce then, Tony...
Tony Malaby
Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Tony Malaby has been permanently based in New York since 1995 and has been a member of many notable jazz groups including Charlie Haden’s Liberation Orchestra, Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, Mark...Victor Posch
Soulful Dutch saxophoneplayer (Amsterdam, 1961). Blues, jazz and rock 'n roll. Has his own jazzband: the Bad Mad Honkers.Vince Wallace
Wallace was born in Port Townsend, WA in 1939. At 22 months he moved with his mother to California. After spending a little time in the San Joaquin Valley, he ended up settling in Oakland. His earliest recordings were on the Black Jack...
Virginia Mayhew
Saxophonist-composer-arranger Virginia Mayhew has been an active participant in the New York jazz scene since 1987. A native of San Francisco, Virginia came to New York to enroll in the New School's Jazz Performance program, and was...
Von Freeman
Earl Lavon Freeman jazz tenor saxophonist, originally became known for his work with the Horace Henderson Group during the Late 1940s, and Sun Ra's band in the early '50s. During that period, he also played with his musical brothers,...
Walter Smith III
Walter Smith III began playing the saxophone at the age of 7 in his hometown of Houston, TX. At Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, in 1998, Smith received a Clifford Brown/ Stan Getz Fellowship from IAJE and NFAA;...
Wardell Gray
Wardell Gray was one of the truly great, yet by now almost obscure, bebop tenor saxophonists. With a smooth mellow and consistent tone, he created a tenor style that veered from swing to bebop, a style that was elegant, sure-footed, mature...
Warne Marsh
Marsh came from an affluent background: his father was the cinematographer Oliver T. Marsh (1892-1941), and his mother Elizabeth was a violinist. Mae Marsh, the actress, was his aunt. He was tutored by Lennie Tristano, and along with Lee...
Wataru Uchida
Wataru Uchida, a saxophonist and composer, was born in Yokohama, Japan. He moved to New York in 2000 and studied with Chico Freeman to achieve the "fat" sound that is the Chicago tenor player's trademark.Wataru has ever performed at...
Wayne Escoffery
Since moving to New York City in 2000, tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery has become one of the Jazz world’s most talented rising stars and in-demand sidemen. He began his professional NY career touring and recording with The Eric...
Wendell Harrison
Detroit-based jazz musician Wendell Harrison is a recording artist,
performer, teacher, author and entrepreneur. His fame as a clarinetist and
saxophonist has spread throughout the United States, Africa, The...
Wild Bill Moore
In the summer of 1948, Texas tenor saxophonist Wild Bill Moore scored a hit on the R&B charts with a kicking number called "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll," one of the first tunes whose title combined two words--"Rock" and "Roll"--that...
Willie Akins
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Willis "Gator" Jackson
Willis “Gator” Jackson originally established himself as a
honking R&B tenor saxophonist before modifying his style
and becoming a success in hard bop/soul-jazz.
Jackson was born in Florida, where he played as a teen-
ager with...
Willow Neilson
Willow Neilson was born in the small hippy town of Nimbin, Australia. His parents were entertainers and environmental activists, Willow spent the early years of his life marching in protests or sleeping in his father’s velvet lined...
Wilton 'Bogey' Gaynair
Tenor saxophonist Wilton 'Bogey' Gaynar was another of
the
stellar graduates of the famous Alpha Boys School in
Jamaica who left behind a brief but enduring legacy as a
prominent jazz musician of his time.
After leaving Alpha, he began...
Wilton Felder
Wilton Felder is well known to jazz fans as the saxophonist
and composer who spent some thirty years playing, along
with Joe Sample, Stix Hooper, and Wayne Henderson in the
phenomenally successful Crusaders. The group’s
combination of...
Woody Parker
Woods cajoled piano lessons while singing harmonies with gifted siblings each Sunday, learning the art of whistling from his father, introduced to woodwinds during a third-grade music appreciation class during summer school, playing...Xavier Perez
Raised in the Hialeah, Florida area to Cuban parents, Xavier represents two distinct cultures in his musical compositions and life. Although he has chosen jazz music as his vehicle for self-expression, elements of his Cuban Folkloric and...
Yaron Elyashiv
For a long time modern jazz has been misrepresented to
the public as music for musicians. Noted for his fresh
approach to jazz, saxophonist and composer Yaron Elyashiv
stays true to tradition as he keeps looking forward into
the...
YolanDa Brown
Think saxophones, and most of us will immediately start thinking of jazz,
specifically trad jazz. No bad thing, maybe, as there are few instruments as
beautiful as the saxophone, and few sounds as effortlessly beautiful as jazz,
but...
Yuri Honing
From the very start saxophonist Yuri Honing entered the jazz scene in the early nineties, he found new
ways to move people with his slightly melancholic sound and crystal clear constructions he uses for his
improvisations. He started...Zac Hurren
This debut recording of the Zac Hurren Trio was a creative, inspired session that left me inspired as well.
Their free flowing, spontaneous approach within each piece is what jazz music is all about.
Bravo !!!!
- Joe Lovano
This offering...
Zoot Sims
John Haley "Zoot" Sims was born in Inglewood, California.
Growing up in a vaudeville family, Sims learned to play both
drums and clarinet at an early age. His father was a
vaudeville hoofer, and Sims prided himself on remembering
many...
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