Critics have called Cleveland-based saxophonist/composer Bobby Selvaggio “aspiring and gifted” (Bob Agnew, LA Jazz Scene) and “intensely creative” (Lee Prosser, JazzReview.com). The Cleveland Free Times' Chris Hovan adds, “Selvaggio plays with fluidity and a highly melodic sense of purpose that at times recalls the work of Phil Woods.”
A veteran of groups such as Joe Lovano's 52nd Street Nonet, the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, he has performed across the United States and Canada both as a sideman and as a leader of his own groups. He is also a Conn-Selmer and Rico Reeds artist, an active teacher/ clinician, and the founder of the Aurora Center for Jazz Studies in Aurora, Ohio.
His fourth recording as a leader, Unspoken Dialogue (Playscape Recordings), featuring pianist Kenny Werner, trumpeter Paul Tynan, bassist Ben Street, and drummers Matt Perko and Jamey Haddad, will be released on August 28th, 2007.
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