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Karl Stabnau
Award winning jazz baritone saxophonist and multi instrumentalist
About Me
DownBeat award winning Karl Stabnau is hailed as a highly versatile and valuable
musician...well versed in the tradition and future of the music.Performing on the
baritone saxophone, he has made a name for himself as a both a leader and a
sideman having toured nationally with his own groups as well as internationally
with the Grammy winning “Gil Evans Centennial Project.
Karl has been a featured artist at jazz festivals across the United States and in
Italy and has appeared as a sideman with The Gil Evans Centennial Project,
Dqayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers, Tia Brazda, Lou Christie and Bobby
Rydell. He has played in concert with greats such as Marvin Stamm, Gary Foster,
Jeff Beal, Dave Glasser, Dick Oatts, Pat LaBarbera, Adam Niewood, Lew Soloff, and
Chuck Mangione.
His education includes a Bachelor of Jazz Performance and Master's of Music
Education degree from the renowned Eastman School of Music as well as a
Master's of Music Business degree from Syracuse University. He has studied with
Ray Ricker, Walt Weiskopf, Jose Encarnacion and Chien-Kwan Lin, Bruce Johnstone
and Joe Temperley.
Besides being recognized as a gifted improviser on alto, tenor and baritone
saxophone, Karl is also in demand as a woodwind specialist performing on flute,
clarinet and bass clarinet. He maintains an active teaching studio, serves on
faculty at SUNY Brockport College as director of jazz ensembles and music
business, and teaches saxophone and improvisation at the Birch Creek Summer
Jazz Camp. www.karlstabnau.com