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Braxton Cook
NYC/DC Jazz Saxophonist
About Me
As a young emerging saxophonist, Braxton Cook has already garnered several honors and
accolades. While in high school, he had been honored to be one of 30 other high school
musicians selected from a nationwide competition to participate in the 2009 Grammy Jazz
ensemble, held during the same week as the Grammy Awards. Braxton had also been
accepted into the Vail Jazz Workshop, a select group of musicians nationwide, where he
studied with Jeff Clayton, John Clayton, Bill Cunliffe, Terrell Stafford and Lewis Nash.
Shortly thereafter, he won a Gold medal in the 2009 National ACT-SO competition
sponsored by the NAACP. During his freshman year at Georgetown University, Braxton was
selected as NFAA's 2010 YoungARTS Finalist and participated in a fully-paid expense week
in Miami, Florida with 150 other Finalists. While there, he received the Silver Medal and was
selected to participate in another YoungARTS week in New York with other Silver and Gold
Medalists.
In the Fall of 2011, Braxton had transferred from Georgetown University, where he
studied English, to the prestigious Juilliard School on the Illinois Jacquet Scholarship to
hone his skills as a jazz saxophonist. Since his transition, he has been fortunate to share
the stage with Wynton Marsalis, Jon Batiste and Christian Scott. Most recently, Braxton has
become the newest member of trumpeter Christian Scott's band. He has toured nationally
with his group and in the Fall of 2012 went on a 3 week international tour with the
Christian Scott Sextet as well. This allowed him to see the world for the fist time and gave
him an invaluable learning experience. In the Summer of 2013 Braxton was selected as a
semifinalist in the International Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition where he
competed for a twenty five thousand dollar cash prize and a record contract with Concord
Music. In his remaining years at The Juilliard School, Braxton will continue to study music
privately with Ron Blake and Steve Wilson. In addition, he hopes to continue performing
regularly with the Christian Scott Sextet as well as his with his own group.
For more information, please visit www.braxtoncook.com