Results for "saxophone, alto"

Julius Tolentino

Born: April 29, 1975

The sounds of yesterday, today, and tomorrow are generated from the mind and soul of Julius Tolentino. With sophisticated technique and skilled interpretation, Julius creates a sound that is unique while also based on tradition. Composer and performer, Julius builds a rapport with his audience and strives to produce an authentic portrayal of jazz music. Born in Bloomfield, NJ, Julius started studying piano at the age of 7. He continued his musical endeavors, which included clarinet when he was 10. By 13 Julius made the transition to alto saxophone. It was with this instrument that Julius began to explore his love for jazz

Roberto Rega

Born: May 14, 1960

Studies 1981-1984 Music courses at “LAB2” Music Workshop (Rome) with Maestro Sandro Satta. Active member of Sandro Satta’s jazz workshop and harmony workshop. 1985 Music courses with maestro and jazz player Massimo Urbani. 1986- 1990 Followed 7-days seminars and workshops of American jazz players: Steve Grossman, David Liebman, George Garzone. 1995 Courses of electronic composition, digital composition and sound engineering. Experience As it would not be possible to retrace and include in this C. V. all my concerts, my collaborations and the places where I have performed since 1984, please find only a selection of main events: August 1985 Performance at the International Jazz Club Hot Brass in Aix-en-Provence (Marseille) with BSAA Quintet.Thanks to our great success were offered a second date. The quintet was composed of: Roberto Rega:alto sax Marco Aglioti: trumpet Marco Omicini: piano Stefano Cesare: electric bass Roberto Altamura: drums Winter 1986 Saxophonist in resident orchestra of TV Program Premiatissima (with Johnny Dorelli) on Canale 5/Fininvest Videotime Production. 4th May 1989 Live on Radio1 national broadcast: Evening Jazz. BSAA quintet and special guest American jazz player Tony Scott. 1989 Tourneè of concerts in various Italian cities (Perugia, Teramo, Pescara, Catanzaro…) with The Right View Jazz Sextet

Jon De Lucia

Born: November 26, 1980

Jon De Lucia is a Brooklyn based saxophonist and composer. Originally from Quincy, MA, Jon has become an integral part of the New York scene. Predominantly a student of jazz, he also has a deep interest in the folkloric music and instruments of Cuba, Japan, Ireland and Italy, having performed on a variety of ethnic flutes, drums and stringed instruments. Jon has led his groups and played as a sideman in Boston, New York and all over Japan with such musicians as Tommy Crane, David Tronzo, Bob Moses, Bob Gullotti, John Lockwood and Thomas Morgan among others. He leads the Jon De Lucia Group, and the baroque improvising Luce Trio

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Brian Scherman

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Bob Smith

Born: December 9, 1945

I was born in 1945 in Columbus, Ohio, the first child of a young pair of "Swing Kids". The radio and 78 rpm phonograph played big band instrumentals and vocals constantly. As an infant I was as familiar with Miller, Goodman, Shaw, Dorsey, Basie, Ellington and The Andrews Sisters as I was with our four room OSU campus area apartment. At age 10 I rented a metal clarinet from a local shop and started the life- long addiction to music. At 12 I began lessons on the clarinet with David Hite. In high school at Columbus Linden-McKinley I joined the dance band by learning to play bari sax

Evan Tate

Born: July 4, 1961

For more than a decade Saxophonist/Composer Evan Tate has provided an original voice in the european jazz scene. With such formations as the "Munich Saxophone Family", Joe Malinga's "Southern Africa Force", Hermann Breuer's "Blue Bone", Joris Dudli's "New York Propjekt" and "Funktett", Wolfgang Schmid's "Manaus", "The New Doug Hammond Trio", "Legacy" or the "Manhattan Symphony Orchestra" he has proven himself to be a valuable sideman and soloist. With his own projects "Spherical" and "Hittin' Hard", he continues to display his vision of playing and creating new music for the present age based on jazz tradition

Jaleel Shaw

Born: February 11, 1978

Raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Shaw attended Greene Street Friends School, the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts and graduated from George Washington High School. He studied with saxophonist Rayburn Wright, Robert Landham, and jazz instructor Lovette Hines, whose students have included Christian McBride and Joey Defrancesco. His many mentors in Philadelphia, including John Blake, Byard Lancaster, Alfie Pollit, and Grover Washington Jr. 

Shaw received a dual degree in Music Education and Performance in 2000 from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He subsequently attended the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, from which he received a master's degree in Jazz Performance in May 2002. He was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition that year. In 2008, he was awarded ASCAP's 2008 Young Jazz Composer Award.

Paul Smorag

Born: January 20, 1977

Darryl Reeves

Darryl Reeves was born in Jackson, MS to a musical family. He grew up in Miami, and quickly adopted the alto saxophone as his instrument. Moved by hip-hop samples originating from jazz, Reeves was led to being influenced by Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. Reeves graduated from Jackson State University with a Bachelors in Music Education, and subsequently released The Activator (2002), a straight-up gem that solidified his place as an emerging player. Reeves then completed his Masters of Music at the University of New Orleans. In 2004, Reeves released the funky and playful Diary of a Bandstand, to ample acclaim