Results for "saxophone, alto"

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.

Heidi Minke

Hamburg

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

Tim Lowerson

Born: June 2, 1971

Tim Lowerson, originally from England, is an experienced saxophonist and composer based in Oslo. With many years of experience as a performing musician, Tim has played both in Norway and internationally. He has participated in numerous recordings, both as a bandleader and as a freelance musician.

Tim has founded and led several ensembles, including Kinetic Brass Collective, Luna Horns, Lucky Novak, and Sounds of the Unexpected. He has also performed with groups such as Oslo Swingers Club, Flying Rabbit, Oslo Gnawa, and Maghreb Funk, and has been part of the Django jazz scene in Oslo. Throughout his career, Tim has explored a wide range of musical styles, including jazz, electronica, reggae, funk, soul, and folk music.

Connor French

Born: September 23, 1992

I am a high school musician who has played the alto sax for 5 years. I have studied jazz for all of these years and am up for any challenge when playing music. I play the electric bass and sax in a heavy metal band, but it doesn't represent my full range of musical abilities. I'm starting a jazz/funk/rock fusion band with some friends soon and I'll update that info soon. As you can see, I have diverse musical interests, but first and foremost is jazz.

David Milazzo

F Hailing from New Hampshire, David Milazzo is being recognized as an in-demand saxophonist and woodwind player within the New York music scene. He has performed with Jon Faddis, Ulysses Owens Jr, George Garzone, Bill Charlap, Sean Jones, Jamie Cullum, Ambrose Akinmusire and many more. David has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Bern Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Cancun International Music Festival, The Blue Note, Dizzys Club Coca-Cola, Zinc Bar, Fat Cat, Smalls Jazz Club, DROM, to name a few. He has performed throughout the US, as well as Japan, Mexico, Canada, and Europe. David was awarded the Presidential Scholarship at Berklee College of Music in 2012 and graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Music in Performance degree, moving to New York that fall

Guy Sion

Born: February 7, 1980

Guy Sion was born in 1980 and raised in Ashdod, a small city on Israel Mediterranean coastline were there was not much to do in the afternoons except going to the beach or studying music in the music Conservatory. Guy started playing the Recorder at age seven. At nine he switched to the Alto Saxophone and joined the city of Ashdod youth band. During his years at the Conservatory, Guy played different kinds of saxophones, from the Baritone Sax to the Soprano Sax, toured with the band among other places to Germany, Spain, China and gained knowledge in classical music. At the age of thirteen, after playing a Charlie Parker solo in a lesson, Guy fell in love with Jazz

Bob Mabane

Born: January 25, 1914

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Dmitry Baevsky

Born: May 24, 1976

Dmitry Baevsky was born in St-Petersburg, Russia in 1976. He started piano lessons at six and discovered his passion and seriousness for music as a teenager, when he picked up an alto saxophone. In 1991, he entered the Mussorgsky College of Music in St-Petersburg and studied with the brilliant Russian jazz saxophonist Gennady Goldstein. Throughout the nineties, Dmitry Baevsky appeared in many jazz venues and international festivals throughout Russia. In addition, he participated and was awarded prize places in several jazz and classical competitions. Upon his arrival in New York in 1996, he was accepted to the Jazz Department at the New School University on a full scholarship