Results for "saxophone, alto"

Peter Cobb

Born: February 3, 1976

Saxophonist Peter Cobb grew up outside of Boston and had the privilege of studying with some of the greatest musicians in the world, including Antonio Hart, John LaPorta, Jerry Bergonzi and Bob Sinicrope. Most significantly, he spent 5 years under the tutelage of the legendary Joe Viola of Berklee College of Music. Peter later attended Berklee from 1995-1996. Peter then took a brief hiatus from jazz to pursue a career in public interest and international law, working in Switzerland and later attending the University of Pennsylvania Law School before serving as an attorney for several years after that

Jamie O'Donnell

Born: 1968

Jamie O'Donnell is a London based alto saxophonist. He began playing alto saxophone aged 17 after falling in love with the music of Charlie Parker, growing to love the playing of the great alto players Phil Woods, Jackie McLean, Cannonball Adderley, Art Pepper and Sonny Stitt. Jamie studied saxophone with Aubrey Frank before attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London where he studied with Jean Toussaint and Simon Purcell. Jamie has also studied with the Bebop legend, pianist Barry Harris. A prolific composer, Jamie writes tunes for his own quartet "S.A.O.L.E." which has been together since 1998

Paul Towndrow

Born: December 13, 1978

Alto Saxophonist/ Composer / Arranger / Educator

Other instruments : Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Whistles,Clarinet

​Saxophonist Paul Towndrow is best known as a bandleader of ensembles ranging from duo to sextet. From 2001-2021 he was a member of Scotland’s flagship jazz orchestra, The SNJO, before leaving the organisation to focus on solo pursuits. More recently he has worked as a composer and saxophonist for the groundbreaking Grit Orchestra. Performing professionally since the age of 15, and having spent his formative musical years studying on both sides of the Atlantic, Towndrow has become one the UK’s busiest musicians.

Jakob Wind Elvstrøm

Born: February 16, 1966

Having played the alto-saxophone for more than 20 years, Jakob Elvstrøm decided it was about time to make his first funky solo-album!
The result has been worth waiting for. The fourteen instrumental and one vocal track, is a personal blend of funk and contemporary jazz.

Jakob Elvstrøm has played professionally for almost two decades, always focusing on the soulful and funky side of jazz and pop music. His new album certainly reflects this.

It was not necessary to persuade friends and fellow musicians to participate on this almost entirely self-penned record, many of them being the best in the country, touring among others with "Zap Mama" and "Michael Learns To Rock".

Gabrielle Fournier

Born: February 10, 1986

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Caleb Wheeler Curtis

Born: December 28, 1985

Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Caleb Wheeler Curtis is a musician known for his "intensely focused and garrulously inventive" style, which draws from a wide range of influences including progressive bop and post-Coltrane/Ornette free improvisation. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Caleb is a leader and core member of several bands, including Ember, Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band (2x GRAMMY Nominated), Walking Distance, and the Fat Cat Big Band. His third album as a leader, HEATMAP, was released on Imani Records in 2022 and features pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Eric Revis, and drummer Gerald Cleaver. The album received widespread critical acclaim, with All About Jazz calling him "one of the more interesting alto saxophonists to emerge since 2000," and Jazzwise describing it as "exhilarating post-Ornette free-jazzmaking." DownBeat Magazine said HEATMAP "radiates with brilliance," and Musica Jazz (Italy) described it as "a masterpiece."

Heidi Minke

Hamburg

Bret Sexton

Born: June 16, 1974

Leader of Trio Fungus, Sanskrit, Bret Sexton ad hoc and Bret Sexton Trio. Played with Uversa, Cornbread, Filty Mcnasty, Phantasmorgasm, East Colfax All-stars, Dave Cieri and Friends, Sons of Armaggedon, Corruptor, Nightshark, Almira Gulch, and LOG.

Currently member of SeFa LoCo and recent collaborations with Hugh Ragin, Vinnie Golia, Sam Newsome and Walter Thompson.

Paul Baylis

Born: November 10, 1959

Paul Baylis born 1959 .Worked with Carmel,John Stevens,Mervyn Afrika,Stuart MCcallum,Nick Stephens,Phil Wachsmann,Dave Cliff,Manu Dibango(W Carmel) and many others.CDs reviewed in Cadence Magazine and The Wire. Soundcloud page https://soundcloud.com/plbaylis I am currently exploring solo saxophone.

Zaid Nasser

Zaid Nasser is one of the most authentic voices on saxophone today. As the son of jazz and blues great Jamil Nasser (nee George Joyner), Zaid was born and bred on the jazz scene. As a young saxophonist, he often spent his days with Papa Jo Jones, getting lessons in jazz and life from Ffather Time himself. Early on, he was sitting in with Lou Donaldson and George Coleman. He has been on the New York scene now for over twenty years. He's played with Cecil Payne, Junior Cook, Jon Hendricks, and Harold Mabern. Zaid spent three years with Calvin Newborn's band in Memphis, crisscrossing the south and playing in roadside juke joints, developing a rich, deep sound all of his own