Results for "saxophone, alto"

Lucien Dubuis

Briefly Born in Porrentruy, Switzerland, June, 20th 1974, father of two children, teacher in the association "Ton sur Ton" in La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH), Lucien Dubuis is a musician and composer in several bands of avant-garde Jazz and improvised music. Instruments Alto saxophone, bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet. Studies French Gymnasium, Bienne (CH), Montreux Conservatory (CH), Jazz professional schedule. Musical experiences Lucien Dubuis has been an active musician in the jazz and improvised music scene for several years. He also performed theater music, film music and "Chanson francophone". He is representant of the Conservatory of Montreux at IASJ (International association of School of Jazz) meeting in Sienna (IT), with Dave Liebman as president, 1997 He receives the music prize of the State of Bern (CH), 1998 He is also the Swiss representant of the European Jazz Youth Orchestra (In Europe) directed by Pierre Dorge, 1998. Plays with Hans Koch, Martin Schütz and Christian Müller for the final of the Swiss National Expositon: Expo.02 in Bienne (CH), 2002. Receives a composition order from Pro Helvetia, 2002. Tour in Iran with his trio, 2003 Event for the Opening of the "Swiss Diagonal Festival" and other concerts in Switzerland with the guitar player Marc Ribot (New York) as guest, 2005. Tours in Colombia, Bolivia and Poland with his trio, 2005 Records a triple album as a tribute to Swiss writers Francis Giauque and Hugues Richard (Voix d'Ici), 2005. Tour and record with "La Bouillie d'Heidi", tribute project to Le Corbusier by Christophe Studer with Linda Sharrock (voc), Christophe Studer (keys), Daniel Erdmann (ts & bs), Lucien Dubuis (bcl & cbcl), Calle Callima (guit), Lionel Friedli (dr), Diane Labrosse (samp & el). Festivals Copenhagen Jazz, Copenhagen (DK), 1998 Diplom concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival (CH), 1999 Cropettes, Genève (CH), 2001 Onze+, Lausanne (CH), plays the first concert of Dave Holland Quintet, 2001 Jazz Contreband (CH-FR), 2001 Rhinojazz, Rive-de-Gier (FR), 2001 Cully Jazz, Cully (CH), plays the first concert of "Steve Coleman & Five Elements", 2002 Knock Out, Moutier (CH), 2002 Out Of Tune, Bévilard (CH), 2002 Swiss Jazz Diagonals, Zürich-Genève-Lugano-Schaffhausen (CH), 2003 A.R.N., Lausanne (CH), 2004 Other Jazz, Neuchâtel (CH), 2004 Swiss Jam, Swiss Cultural Center, Milan (IT), 2004 Schaffhauser Jazzfestival, Schaffhausen (CH), 2004 Villa Celimontana Jazz, Roma (IT), 2004 Europhonics, Dortmund (DE), 2004 Swiss Jazz Diagonals (feat

Mark Whitecage

Born: June 4, 1937

Mark Whitecage is internationally known as an innovative instrumentalist and composer in the fields of jazz and new music. He performs at the highest level of creativity, constantly transforming and reconfiguring his wealth of musical experience to offer a fresh and unique voice in any musical setting. In his five decades of experience, Mark has explored bop and post-bop, free-wheeling improvisation, electronics, musical opera, music for dance, solo to big band ensembles, even sound collages with homemade instruments. Mark says of his experience, "I've played in every type of band there is except klezmer." Born in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1937, he began performing on alto sax at age 6 in his pianist father's family band along with his brother and sister

Sheila Cooper

Canadian-born, New York-based singer, alto saxophonist, composer and arranger, Sheila Cooper is -- as saxophone legend Lee Konitz has noted -- "a singer on her horn and with her voice, and that's the best playing for me." Ever since she moved to New York, she has been wowing audiences at the city's top venues, including the Blue Note, Birdland, The Knitting Factory and Five-Spot. And her European tours in support of her acclaimed first CD "Since You Were Mine" which featured world-class rhythm section Renee Rosnes, Scott Colley and Billy Drummond were triumphantly successful, playing to enthusiastic audiences in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia

Cleave Guyton

Summary Cleave Guyton is a professional musician who plays the Saxophones, Flutes and Clarinet. He has been fortunate to have worked with artists such as: Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Nat Adderley, Abby Lincoln, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Jon Hendricks, The Ray Charles Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, The Count Basie Orchestra, The Cab Calloway Orchestra, Spike Lee, Joe Williams, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Ronny Jordan, The Mingus Big Band, Cleo Laine, Chaka Khan, The Boys Choir of Harlem and many more. Work History The Count Basie Orchestra • European Tour

Davey Yarborough

Davey Yarborough is a native of Washington, DC who has been wowing audiences for twenty years. He is a fine flautist and saxophonist as well as a distinguished composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher. After formal training from UDC and Howard, he studied with flute master, Frank Weiss, and saxophone with the great Sonny Stitt. These intensive and challenging have served him well not only as a performer but as a composer and teacher. Throughout his career he has performed with some of the greatest stars in the jazz constellation: Dizzy Gillespie, Lena Horne, Clark Terry, Jimmy Weatherspoon, and Joe Williams

Robert Anchipolovsky

Born: October 15, 1974

Born 1974 in Kiev (Ukraine).In his music family father was also jazz saxophonist, and grandfather was professor of academy of music in Kiev. At around the age of nine Robert has begun to play the clarinet under direction of his father and grandfather. He started practicing the classic music of Mozart, Weber, Shpor, etc. In 1982 he has started to practice at music college in Kiev. In 1988 Robert has started to practice alto saxophone because he loved jazz music more, and of course, he loved the musice of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. He continued learn at academy of jazz music in Kiev. 1991 Immigrated to Israel he immediately joined the forefront of the Israeli Jazz scene. In 1992-1996 Studied in New York under direction of Mr.Phil Woods. 1996 back to Israel since then he has formed and lead several bands in the country. Since 2002 Robert Anchipolovsky working in popular international television Show " Seven Birds" He continues to participate in Jazz festivals all over the world and his career includes work with legendary musicians from the first line such as: Phil Woods, Valery Ponomarev, Randy Brecker, Brian Linch, Larry Willis, Curtis Fuller, Steve Turre, Mulgrew Miller, Jim Rotondy, Deborah Brown. Taking jazz on traditional main-stream, Anchipolovsky has established himself as a virtuoso instrumentalist, a brilliant performer and an artist passionately committed to his music. The intensive concert appearances were combined with musician's participation in big jazz contests

Frank Valeriani

Born: November 26, 1966

Frank J. Valeriani (pronounced Valeryani) was born in Newark (New Jersey). Started to study saxophone at age of 15. When his family moved to Italy he started his first band. The band was mediterranean blues oriented. In Italy he graduated from the music conservatory in Naples with excellent scores (magnum cum lauda). In those years he approched jazz with some of the best italian saxophone players, such as Franco Giancola, Anthony Balsamo, Maurizio Giammarco. After the conservatory years he started several bands (jazz - fusion -latin jazz etc), and partecipated to festivals that featured some of the best italian bands, such as Antonio Onorato trio, Jerry Popolo quartet, Marco Zurzolo band and many others

Layla Angulo

Born: March 12

Born into a long line of artists and musicians, Layla Angulo started playing the piano at age 6, the sax at age 10 and performing Jazz Clubs during High School. After graduation, she played in various groups ��" Funk, Jazz, Pop, and Salsa. She performed as the horn section leader of various Salsa Bands around the Northwest and developed the idea to write her own music soon after. In her early 20’s, Layla lived in Santiago de Compostela, Spain - where she began building her Latin Jazz career and performed her new music with Spanish and Cuban musicians . Upon her return to the US, ‘Live at the Triple Door’ CD was recorded

Shawn Maxwell

Born: November 1, 1976

“This is bold music. Maxwell isn’t afraid to try out new ideas and take chances…” – Frank Alkyer, Downbeat Magazine

From his youth in the school music programs of Joliet, IL, through the Music B.A. program at

Millikin University, to 25 years of performing on the Chicago music scene and touring the United States, Shawn Maxwell has developed a unique voice on the saxophone.

“A spirited free-thinker and committed non-conformist” – Bill Milkowski (Millstream album notes)

From his first album of original compositions in 2005, to the 2026 release of his fourteenth album Frenetic Domain, he has forged a distinctive style of writing and arrangement. The traditions of jazz form the foundation for Shawn’s music; he builds on that with inspiration from the music he grew up with – rock, funk, hip hop, R&B, classical. Though his compositions have been compared to Frank Zappa, Philip Glass, the Canterbury Sound, and Bach…

Shintemirov

Born: January 7, 1974

Almaty State Concervatory on clarinet and saxophone 1993-1998; Radio and Television Orchestra since 1993. In 1996 began composing and arranging.