Jeff Rupert
Jeff Rupert is a freelance tenor saxophonist, a Yamaha Artist and a record producer under the Flying Horse Records label.
His numerous recordings as a featured soloist include dates with Maynard Ferguson, Sam Rivers, Diane Schuur, Mel Torme, Benny Carter’s Grammy winning recording, Harlem Renaissance (Music Masters), and the New Jersey Blues band TheFins, to name just a few.
He has been featured on his own quartet recordings, Jeff Rupert, Jeff Rupert + Dirty Martini, Jeff Rupert & Kenny Drew Jr From Memphis to Mobile, in recordings with the Flying Horse Big Band, with blues group The Fins, and Jazz pianist, vocalist, and radio show host Judy Carmichael, among his many appearances.
His debut album,”Do That Again,” with The Jazz Professors, charted in the top ten of the JazzWeek charts in the Spring of 2013. He recorded “Jazz Town” with the Flying Horse Big Band in 2012, “From Memphis to Mobile” with Kenny Drew, Jr. in 2009, and “Save Your Love for Me” with Jeff Rupert + Dirty Martini in 2004. He's also been featured on recordings with Benny Carter, Diane Schuur, and Mel Tormé.
Jeff’s busy tour schedule includes performances in Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, the Middle East, South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Jeff is a long time member of Sam Rivers’ band, with whom he performed at Lincoln Center for Ed Bradley’s Jazz from Lincoln Center broadcast on NPR.
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“Rupert shines once more...” - Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
“Jeff Rupert, he is dynamite!” Mel Torme.
“Rupert is just the kind of soloist needed to spur a band on to heroic heights.” George Kanzler, music critic, The Star Ledger.
“From the moment I first heard Jeff Rupert with my band I considered him one of the great jazz players of today.” Maynard Ferguson.
Primary Instrument
Composer/conductor
Location
Orlando
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
Jeff Rupert is a full professor and the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Central Florida. Rupert Directs the Flying Horse Big Band, the Jazz Workshop, and teaches The Evolution of Jazz and jazz saxophone majors, and works privately with a small group of UCF students.
Clinic/Workshop Information
Rupert is a highly sought-after clinician and adjudicator who offers a number of clinics utilizing an integrated teaching method with students and professional educators across the country
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Jeff Rupert
Location: Orlando
Instrument: Composer/conductor
Born: September 6, 1964
Publicist: GNUStar - Talent Services Division
