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2azz1 Durst (saxophone)
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Today, 2AZZ1 is one of the most popular Adult Contemporary/ Smooth Jazz Bands on the Southern California club & Festival scene. The mixture of their original music and the 2AZZ1 arrangements of popular music keeps their audiences listening... -
A Troop of Echoes (saxophone)
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Muscular bass. Agile saxophone. Propulsive drums. Lithe guitar. In a music scene where many bands claim almost-divine levels of inspiration and originality (while still all sounding curiously alike), A Troop of Echoes shelves the self-... -
Aaron Aranita (saxophone)
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Jazz Saxophonist and Pianist Aaron Aranita a professional for 30 years has recorded three CD’s of original jazz compositions since 1987 to the present. He has written more than 100 jazz compositions and is currently writing and arranging... -
Aaron Hedenstrom (saxophone)
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Aaron Hedenstrom is a composer and saxophonist currently living in Saint Paul, MN. A versatile player, Aaron plays multiple woodwinds in all styles and has performed in many renowned groups, including the Aaron Hedenstrom Quintet, S.... -
Aaron Irwin (saxophone)
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Aaron was born October 26, 1978 in Decatur, Illinois. His mother and father both encouraged him to play music at an early age, and when he was 5 years old, he began taking piano lessons with Joanne Holmes at Macon Music. Although his... -
Aaron Sachs (saxophone)
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Aaron Sachs, who was born in New York City, started as a young swing protégé of Benny Goodman, and later eased into bebop music, playing with Earl Fatha Hines. He then formed his own bands, with some success recording and touring. He... -
Abel Mireles (saxophone)
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Ad Colen (saxophone)
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Ad is a personality in the Dutch jazzscene with his interpretator, compositions and his unique sound on the tenor and sopranosaxophone. Colen was born on July 12th 1961 in Geleen, Holland. In his formative years he played a variety of... -
Ada Rovatti (saxophone)
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Italian native Ada Rovatti started playing saxophone in high school after years of classical piano training. After winning a scholarship from Berklee College of Music in Italy she divided herself between Boston where she studied with Joe... -
Adam Bishop (saxophone)
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Born in England in 1974, Adam was raised in Canberra, Australia. He studied Jazz Performance at the Canberra School of Music receiving a Bachelor of Music there in 1995. His studies have also included time in New York with Ralph Alessi,... -
Adam Carrillo (saxophone)
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Adam Carrillo was born in San Antonio, Texas to musical parents and honed his jazz chops in the curriculum of the highly revered Texas Music Education Association system. Under the direction of Mr. Roland Sandoval of O'Connor High School... -
Adam Donohue (saxophone)
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Adam Donohue has been performing and teaching professionally since the age of 15. He attended Berklee College of Music in 1996 and earned a Bachelors of Music in Jazz Composition with additional studies in Music Education. After graduating... -
Adam Harris (saxophone)
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Adam Harris is an Oregon-based jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer and teacher. At 28 years old, he is already establishing a reputation for himself as a powerful voice in the Pacific Northwest music scene. In 2004, he moved from Oregon to... -
Adam Larson (saxophone)
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Originally from Normal, IL, twenty five year-old saxophonist-composer Adam Larson, endorsed artist for P. Mauriat saxophones, D'Addario Woodwinds, Lebayle and Bari mouthpieces, began playing saxophone at the age of 11. As a high school... -
Adam Melville (saxophone)
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New Zealand born, Chicago based soprano saxophonist. Teacher of saxophone and Jazz Improvisation. All Levels. http://adammelville.blogspot.com -
Adam Niewood (saxophone)
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Adam Niewood (Saxophones, various woodwinds, EWI / electronic wind instrument, Drums) is a jazz improviser and American composer living in Manhattan New York, USA. Adam grew up in a musical household in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. His father... -
Adam Pieronczyk (saxophone)
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Adam Pierończyk known as “one of the greatest innovators in Polish jazz”, performs in all parts of the world and has won numerous awards. In 2015 he was named, for the 11th consecutive year, as Jazz Forum magazine's “Best... -
Aidan Dempsey (saxophone)
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Lead Alto/Soprano with the Essential Big Band, Dublin. Monday night session @ Grainger Public House, Malahide Road, Dublin, Ireland, Western Europe. Tenor/Alto/Soprano with the Dublin Jazz Pigs -
Al Belletto (saxophone)
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Raised in New Orleans, red-hot saxophonist/clarinetist, Al Belletto was able to make the transition from traditional jazz to swing to bop. While working towards his undergraduate degree, Belletto led his own band. He then began playing... -
Al Falaschi (saxophone)
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Saxophonist, vocalist, writer and producer with Phat Phunktion. Also recorded with Bon Iver, Clyde Stubblefield, Leo Sidran, The Cash Box Kings, and The Jimmys. -
Al Maniscalco (saxophone)
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Al Maniscalco has been making strong contributions to the East coast jazz scene since 1993. Born in Staten Island, New York and raised in Hollywood, Florida, Al migrated north to Maryland after receiving his Bachelor of Music degree in... -
Al Seg (saxophone)
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Alain Bradette (saxophone)
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Saxophonist, Alain Bradette, was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. An accomplished performer, composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist, he has performed in Canada, Europe and the United States. In 2004, two of Alain’s... -
Alain Samba (saxophone)
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TENOR/SOPRANO SAX PLAYER, COMPOSER AND PERCUSSIONIST.HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN POINTE NOIRE (CONGO BRAZZAVILLE). HIS MUSIC IS A MIX OF MODERN JAZZ, TRADITIONAL AFRICAN MUSIC SUCH AS POLYPHONIES AND POLYRHYTHMS. HE IS LOOKING FOR CONTACTS... -
Alastair Penman (saxophone)
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British saxophonist Alastair Penman is a dynamic and versatile performer and composer, presenting contemporary music in new and exciting ways. Having obtained masters’ degrees in both Information and Computer Engineering (University of... -
Alban Darche (saxophone)
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Album after album, through an ever increasing number of line-ups and experiences, Alban Darche has been building a highly original, free-spirited and coherent body of work. He's the ingenious leader of the AD3 trio (with bassist Frédéric... -
Albert Beger (saxophone)
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Born in Turkey in 1959 and raised in Israel, Albert Beger's musical sensibilities were informed from a young age by the vast cultural melting pot that surrounded him. The deeply diverse and eclectic range of sounds he heard offered a rich... -
Albert Cirera (saxophone)
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Albert Cirera is saxophonist famous for his vigorous sound, melodic and coarse (at the same time) musical phrasing with great style versatility. He takes part on many projects, ranging from classical jazz to the most contemporary and... -
Aldevis Tibaldi (saxophone)
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Saxophone player, based in London since 2004, where I played and recorded with Jake Vegas, Ronnie King, Hot Orange Big Band, Jay Craig, Ian Pierce, Frank Griffith, Guillemots, Paloma Faith, my own sextet, Willie Garnett, Ray Gelato, Mitch... -
Alec Haavik (saxophone)
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Tenor and soprano saxophonist Alec Haavik, hailing from the New York City area, is now based in Shanghai, China. His urban, yet personable compositions fuse the multi-textured language of jazz with the raw energy of rock. The result is an... -
Alex Budman (saxophone)
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Alex Budman is an active musician of 20 years with performing experience on all saxophones, clarinets, flutes, electric and acoustic basses. His versatility has allowed him to perform and record with a wide range of artists including Liza... -
Alex Churchill (saxophone)
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Alex started playing the tenor saxophone while he was a student at Northcote College. After graduating, he studied Jazz Performance at the New Zealand School of Music, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree with First Class... -
Alex Foster (saxophone)
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A musical heavyweight, saxophonist Alex Foster has been a part of many of the world’s most influential sounds to date. Best known in recent years for his work as the alto saxophonist in the house band of Saturday Night Live, he has also... -
Alex Han (saxophone)
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Saxophonist and composer, Alex Han, is widely regarded as the “Young Jazz Lion" of his generation. With performances at well over a dozen internationally recognized Jazz venues, countless musical awards, and a refreshingly original... -
Alex Hitchcock (saxophone)
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Alex Hitchcock is a London-born saxophonist and composer. As well as leading his own projects at venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, The Vortex, and The Royal Albert Hall, he plays as a sideman in various other bands including Resolution 88... -
Alex Jackson (saxophone)
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Studied at the Guilhall School of Music and Drama, London England and at Middlesex University in London. Graduated with BA(Hons)Music(JAZZ). Toured on the Smash Hits Pop Tour, 1997. Been working on cruise ships to pay bills and just moved... -
Alex LoRe (saxophone)
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Noted by Nate Chinen of the New York Times as a “crisp, young alto saxophonist”, Manhattan-based saxophonist and composer Alex LoRe is quickly making himself known throughout the New York City jazz scene. Originally from Tarpon... -
Alex Mathias (saxophone)
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“The audience was captivated by the notes of a true master musician" -
Alex Walker (saxophone)
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Alex started his musical career at age 3 while playing the piano and moved on to saxophone at 15, along the way he “dabbled" in trumpet, clarinet and flute. He realized that he could recognize many personalities from the saxophone,... -
Alex Weiss (saxophone)
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Alex began playing the alto saxophone when he was twelve years old. At the age of fifteen, he began performing with The John Payne Saxophone Choir through his first teacher, Duncan Martin, at the Tam O'Shanter in Harvard square Cambridge,... -
Alfonzo Blackwell (saxophone)
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Alfonzo Blackwell burst on the contemporary jazz music scene in May 1995 with his debut CD release “Let's Imagine" and made his mark on modern American music. Mr. Blackwell broke out of the box of music categorization. With his debut... -
Allan Chase (saxophone)
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Allan Chase is a jazz saxophonist, composer, educator, and researcher. Since 2008, he has chaired the Ear Training department at Berklee College of Music in Boston and teaches courses in improvisation and jazz history as part of... -
Allan Meyerson (saxophone)
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Allan Meyerson has been playing and teaching saxophone, flute and clarinet for 45 years. He is an accomplished classical as well as jazz and blues musician. His first professional jobs in the late 60’s were playing in the show bands of... -
Allana Southerland (saxophone)
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Allana Southerland is a native of Jacksonville, Florida and is gifted in the smooth sound of the saxophone. Her style of jazz and new-soul vibe, with her group, Fusion, is synonymous with that of Kirk Whalum, Gerald Albright and Najee.... -
Allen Eager (saxophone)
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Allen Eager (Jan. 10, 1927, New York City - May 13, 2003, Daytona Beach, Florida) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Eager first played jazz as a teenager during World War II in the bands of Bobby Sherwood, Sonny Dunham, Shorty... -
Ally Fiola (saxophone)
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Ally Fiola is a film composer and saxophonist based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has a debut jazz album, entitled Dreaming Away, that was released on July 26th, 2018; this was made possible by being the recipient of the 2017 Dream... -
Alon Farber (saxophone)
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Saxophonist and composer Alon Farber is one of the leading jazz musicians in the Israeli jazz scene. His style is very unique and innovative and combines rich harmonies with contrapuntal writing. As a wind player Alon has great sensitivity... -
Ami Nakazono (saxophone)
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Ami Nakazono is one of the most versatile and inventive saxophonists working professionally in the U.S. and Japan today. A relentless explorer of improvisation and compositional form, she is building her fan base and repertoire... -
Amy Lee (saxophone)
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Jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger Amy Lee has been on the national/ international music scene since 1990. Her newly released solo CD titled USE ME marks her 2nd solo album and is currently being sold exclusively at her website Amy... -
Anat Cohavi (saxophone)
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Anat Cohavi Born 1979, Israel. Experimentalist, plays with massive amount of control and expression, yet stands and executes her art with a serene intention. Along with participation in various improvised music ensembles, Anat composes and...
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