Results for "saxophone, tenor"

Marcio Resende

Born: June 23, 1961

Marcio Resende was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 23, 1961. He began playing the flute at age seven and performed his first amateur musical show when he was sixteen with the band Semente that featured himself alongside Mario Adnet, Zé Luis Oliveira, and Claudio Nucci. His first professional show was with Nana Caymmi, the daughter of Dorival Caymmi. In 1981, Resende traveled to Boston, MA, to begin his musical studies at Berklee College of Music. He transferred to New England Conservatory one year later, studying with Jimmy Giuffre, George Russel, Joe Allard, Dr. William Thomas McKinley, John McNeil, Jack Reilly, and George Garzone, and graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree and Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies

Kevin Robinson

Born: December 6, 1975

Kevin Robinson, is a performer/composer /educator multi- woodwind instrumentalist, and practitioner who explores various interdisciplinary approaches to composition and improvisation. He is a native of Baltimore, MD and is currently based in Los Angeles, CA. He received his BFA in Jazz Reeds from California Institute of the Arts where he studied composition with Wadada Leo Smith and Vinny Golia. Robinson is the leader of the band The Kevin Robinson Ensemble (KREation) which was established in 2003. The group has recorded ten studio albums. He has performed at various festivals and venues throughout the United States such as the Studio Museum in Harlem in New York City, The Made in LA 2012 Biennial in Los Angeles and at The Outsound Festival in San Francisco

William Hoshal

Born: August 14, 1964

Composer, arranger, and performer William Hoshal draws creative influence from the worlds he inhabits. Originally trained as an instrumentalist, his award-winning music has been featured in jazz festivals and on the concert stage both here and abroad. A native of the Pacific Northwest, William's artistic roots began in the rich Portland, Oregon music scene and took him to the jazz and commercial worlds of the east coast. He relocated to the desert southwest where a lifelong fascination with indigenous music of all kinds developed. Influenced by jazz legends John Coltrane, Michael Brecker and Joe Henderson, as well as European artists like Jan Garbarek and Nils Petter Molvaer, he began incorporating the indigenous traditions into the harmonic and rhythmic structures of jazz and contemporary classical music. As a jazz and commercial musician, he has performed with artists such as Pat Metheny, The Brecker Brothers, Clark Terry, James Moody, Bob Mintzer, Michito Sanchez, Doc Severinson, Maureen McGovern, Hans Zimmer, Celine Dion, and Lou Rawls. William was a staff musician/orchestrator/composer for the Walt Disney Company for over a decade and currently composes and designs sound for the video game industry

Dustin Hill

Born: May 3, 1994

Philadelphia based Saxophonist currently studying at University of the Arts.

Claus Waidtlow

Born: January 17, 1967

Prolific, adventurous and a true virtuoso and visionary, Claus Waidtløw has been one of the most highly respected jazz musicians in Denmark for nearly two decades. Originally an alto saxophonist, Waidtløw is primarily known today for his tenor work and audacious compositional sense. Internationally celebrated, Waidtløw has long been one of the leading trendsetters in European jazz. Born in 1967 and a presence on the Danish music scene since 1989. He is educated from the Rhythmic Conservatorium in Copenhagen, where he also studied modern composition with Bob Brookmeyer. In 1995 he won the international jazz competition in Gexto, Spain, with the group Science Fiction Quartet. In 1997, Waidtløw released his debut as a leader, Claustrophobia (Stunt Records), which featured the Danish trumpet player Jens Winther

Juan Alzate

Born: August 14, 1965

Juan Alzate is considred of the most important jazz saxophone players and educator in Mexico and in Latin-America countries, he teaches at Conservatorio de Las Rosas, Michoacan State University and Escuela DIM at Mexico City,and give masterclasses and concerts around Mexico and other Latin-American countries he studied at Escuela Popular de Bellas Artes, Conservatorio de Las Rosas and Berklee College in Boston where his teachers included Jim Odgren, Bill Pierce, Hal Crook, and studied privately with Jerry Bergonzi. Juan also attended Dave Liebman's course at East Stroudsburg University

Marty Gilman

Born: October 20, 1945

Graduate of Berklee College of Music. Skills include: reading, improvisation, arranging, band leader. Perform on Saxes, flute, piano/Hammond Organ and sometimes bass. Taught music at high school, college and graduate school levels. Music theory and Jazz history courses. Pro experience performing with Temptations, Platters, Tommy James, Ray Bloch and many more.

Al McLean

Hands down Montreal's preeminent talent of the Jazz saxophone, Al McLean owns the night in this grand old Jazz city. Mentoring countless students of the music, McLean's brute force, and seemingly bottomless depths as an improviser keep his professional cohorts honest. The bar he sets is sky high, with an equally nimble command of bebop, and more avant-garde repertoire rooted in the language of Coltrane. MacLean is also a sought after saxophone restoration expert. Specializing in vintage instruments from the first half of the 20th Century, McLean makes the old horns sing. He can be found most nights of the week in Montreal's numerous Jazz hot spots, glittering vintage horn in hand, wowing audiences, inspiring (or unnerving) his band mates.

Bernard Scavella

As a teenager, Bernard Scavella started his music career studying with the great Joe Henderson. Thanks in large part to Henderson's influences, Scavella also had the opportunity to perform alongside Billy Cobham and George Cables, as a co-founder of the New York City-based group, The Jazz Samaritans. Other artists include: Clark Terry, George Coleman, Clint Houston, Frieda Lee, The Freeman Brothers, Johnny Hartman, John Wright, Jodie Christian, Freddie Cole, Marlene Rosenberg, Charles Heath, Larry Gray, Chuck Webb, Henry Johnson, Curtis Robinson, Robert Shy and Charlie Johnson. Having honed his skills as a band leader and sideman, Scavella served as the principle arranger and saxophonist of the jazz group The Groovemasters during the 1970s and '80s.

Jonathan Beckett

Born: January 1, 2005

Jonny Beckett has been playing saxophone professionally for many years. He has been a featured soloist with the world famous One O’clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas as well as the Dallas Jazz Orchestra, recording several albums with each group. He has shared the stage with Gene Perla, Rick Margitza, Bobby Shew, Harry Connick Jr., Rosemary Clooney, Steve Allen, Jimmy Heath, Joe Williams, Stefan Karlsson, Lynn Seaton, Kenny Rogers, Ray Price, The McGuire Sisters, The Temptations, The Coasters, The Ojays, Papa Grows Funk, and Brave Combo among many others. He has a Bachelor of Music degree from Loyola University (New Orleans), a Master’s degree from University of North Texas, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Illinois