Jazz Articles about Melissa Aldana

Melissa Aldana: Living a Second Cycle

by Marta Ramon
January 1, 2013

Melissa Aldana may still be in her early twenties, but the tenor saxophonist already knows what it is like to play with big jazz names like saxophonists George Coleman, Benny Golson and George Garzone. In a short time, Aldana has found her own place in the difficult New York jazz scene because she has developed a new voice that has commanded the attention of both the public and her peers.An obvious talent, one which made Greg Osby stand ...