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Jay Thatte is a tenor saxophonist from Livingston, New Jersey. He is the student of saxophonist Mr Julius Tolentino and plays lead tenor in various big bands: Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Big Band, Newark Academy Chameleon Jazz Band and New Jersey All-State Jazz Ensemble. He has won awards at Essentially Ellington and Mingus Festivals, and was recently named grand prize winner of the 2026 Gerry Mulligan Jazz Challenge, and was also selected as one of two tenor saxophonists in the national Next Generation Jazz Orchestra. Jay loves jazz and its ability to heal people and communities, and is constantly seeking new voices and sounds to absorb into his own musical language

Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Saxophonist Jay Thatte

by Sanford Josephson
August 1, 2026

Jay Thatte has been playing music since he was seven years old, starting out on classical piano. In the sixth grade at Newark Academy, a coeducational private day school in Livingston, NJ, where he lives, he was exposed to jazz by Julius Tolentino, the Director of Bands. “He introduced me to clarinet and saxophone," Thatte recalled. ...