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Alisha Pattillo started playing the saxophone at the age of 11 at the United World College of S.E Asia. Five years later; she could be spotted playing in professional working bands around Singapore’s night clubs and bars. At the age of 17, Alisha was awarded the Trinity High Scorers Award in Singapore, after playing at the Trinity Concert 2003 located at the Singapore DBS Arts Theater. Upon graduating high school, Alisha moved to Vietnam for six months to play in a blues and Top 40 band. After a taste of what it was like to be a full time musician, Alisha decided to move back to her homeland Australia, to attend University, majoring in music.
At the end of 2006, Alisha received a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Saxophone and Education Preparation from Australia’s prestigious Queensland Conservatorium of Music, in Brisbane.
As of 2007, Alisha relocated to the USA (Houston, Texas) to further pursue her musical career, and has been actively involved in the blues and jazz scene around town. In 2010 she was approached by "King of the Texas blues piano," Ezra Charles to join his band The Ezra Charles Band, which features an all-female horn section. In January, 2012, Alisha started a side project and formed her current jazz quartet Alisha's Quartet. The band cut its debut CD Along for the Ride, in September of that year.
Aside from performing, Alisha shares her passion for music in the form of teaching. She has worked as a woodwind instructor, at Rockin’ Robin, Teachers2Go, and Music & Arts. In 2011 she decided to test her entrepreneurial skills and set up her own business, saxophonelessonshouston.com
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Billabong Island Sound: Spring Baby
by C. Michael Bailey
There exists music that is perfect for ambient listening (read that: “while in an altered state"). My favorite for many years has been UB40's debut Signing Off (Graduate Records, 1980). The groove on this recording is so highly refined and organically performed that its vibe just sinks into you as a listener, almost by osmosis. I have been hoping that some new music would come along that was as seamlessly created that it would forgo any thought digestion and go ...
read moreAlisha Pattillo: Houston by Way of Singapore
by C. Michael Bailey
Reed multi-instrumentalist Alisha Pattillo has a ubiquitous presence in Houston Texas, appearing with her own groups, which take on a variety of formats: Alisha's Quartet, Alisha's Quartet + 1 and Alisha's Quartet - 1. She is also the reed player for the Ezra Charles Band and Steve Krase & The in Crowd. Pattillo has recently released her self-produced debut, Along for the Ride (2012), celebrating the spirits of saxophonists Eddie Harris and fellow Houstonian Wilton Felder. Her ...
read moreAlisha's Quartet: Along for the Ride
by C. Michael Bailey
Alisha Pattillo's tenor saxophone case sports an impressive variety of destination stickers, real and metaphorical, where the young artist has visited in her life. Anglo-Australian, Patillo was raised in Singapore and proceeded to woodshed throughout Southeast Asia before receiving a first-rate schooling at Australia's Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane, majoring in jazz saxophone and education preparation. So, after completing her studies in 2006, where does Pattillo finally land? Well, in Houston, Texas, of course, where she has become a ...
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