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David Borgo

Born: February 8, 1970

David Borgo started playing alto saxophone at the age of 8. He had formative jazz experiences growing up in the Washington D.C. area, and went on to earn his B.M. in Jazz Studies at Indiana University, under the tutelage of renown jazz educator David N. Baker.

After graduation, David began touring widely, and his travel experiences in Turkey, Israel, Morocco, and more, sparked an interest in "world music" and the academic field of Ethnomusicology. He went on to earn M.A. and Ph.D. degress in the field from UCLA, studying with one of the world's preeminent Ethnomusicology faculty.

Panta Rhei

By David Borgo

Label: Borgoriginals
Released: 2026
Track listing: Blissando; Panta Rhei; Farewell; Mid Evil; Flow; Paro; Stray Thoughts; Málaga; Dark Days; Longing

New Music From Andy Sheppard, Rita Marcotulli, & Michael Benita Plus More

by Bob Osborne
September 10, 2026

This playlist pairs a diverse selection of new and forthcoming contemporary jazz releases with a pair of foundational live recordings. The first ten tracks highlight recent and current directions in improvised music--spanning modern piano trios, cross-cultural collaborations, and adventurous small-ensemble arrangements. Providing historical context, the final two tracks deliver classic live performances from John Coltrane and ...

Uplift

By David Borgo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: All the Time; Rejection; Reminiscence; InFormation; Cool Call; Uplift; Little Niles; The Lick; Fluctuating Friends

Cycles

By David Borgo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Cycles; Fire; 7 by 7; Bright Sun; Nocturnal; Sisyphus; Tanpura; Endless; Jurjuna

Relational

By David Borgo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Prognostication; Whac-A-Mole; Solas; Something Borrowed Blues; Bass Urges; Affluenza; Empty Nest; Relational; Satiesfied; Russian Dragon; Nighty Naughty; Like Trane

Persistence

By David Borgo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Pilgrimage; Segmented; Tabula Rasa; Peace of Mind; Blues Implication; Senescence; Relational View; Eudaimonia; Persistence

Pathika

By David Borgo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Mumbai; Mombasa; Aqaba; Limassol; Lisboa; Dubrovnik; Azrou; The Bath.

David Borgo: Pathika

by Dan McClenaghan
July 25, 2023

San Diego's David Borgo, a top-tier jazz saxophonist and an ethnomusicologist with a professorship day job at the University of California at San Diego, says, “Ethnomusicology is like the anthropology of music." He puts this concept into practice with his teaching for the “Semester At Sea." This educational cruise program takes students to various ...

Cautiously Optimistic

By David Borgo

Label: pfMentum
Released: 2022