Results for "saxophone, tenor"

Tony White

Born: May 6, 1967

Saxophonist and music educator, Anthony “Tony” White began his music career on clarinet before moving to tenor saxophone in high school. Inspired by musical greats John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Ernie Watts, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, Jan Garbarek, Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock to name a few. Mr. White went on to study music at The University of California, Riverside where he performed in the jazz studies program under the direction of Bill Helms, adding soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute and the Electronic Wind Instrument (EWI) to his arsenal of instruments. It was during his college career that he began performing in groups ranging from pop to rock and hip hop and Latin jazz

Gerard Lebik

Born: July 23, 1980

Gerard Lebik - sound artist, musician living Wroclaw/Poland. Works with improvised, experimental and intermedia music. H's the author of sound installations and sound interventions in public space. Creates music and sound either by improvisation, musical notation or through directly manipulation of sonic material using electro and acoustic media. Explores the audible phenomena field through various tools and techniques: saxophones, zopan wave generators, air compressors, VHS recorders, video objects, electronics, analog video feedback, software. In 2007 graduated Wroclaw Academy of Music

Dean Mongerio

Born: June 9, 1977

Dean has cultivated his passionate and commanding playing style through a vast range of experience in Jazz, R&B, Rock, Pop, Funk, and Gospel, as well as producing and arranging numerous projects and leading several of his own groups in various musical genres. On the more traditional side, Dean has performed with jazz artists Rufus Reid, Marcus Printup, Sam Rivers, and Danny Gottlieb, as well as contemporary artists such as Chieli Minucci, Marc Antoine, Ed Calle, Chris Standring, Mike Phillips, Craig Chaquico, Will Donato, and Blake Aaron. He’s also performed and/or recorded with a diverse array of mainstream artists including The Temptations, The O’Jays, Steve Cropper, The Drifters, Ryan Shaw, Khristian Dentley (Take 6), and Tony Battaglia (Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Mandy Moore, Shinedown)

Alex Blaine

Alex Blaine is a New Orleans based tenor saxophonist, though he also plays piano, keys, and organ. Born and raised in New Jersey, a stone’s throw from New York City, he began saxophone at age 7 and was marching in parades with high school bands by age 10. Being the son of a professional saxophonist and music teacher, Alex was raised with music as a major part of his life. Blaine recently contributed to an album credited with a 2015 Grammy nomination in the Best Blues Album category (Bobby Rush’s “Decisions”) along with many other fantastic players.  He has worked with prominent individuals such as Dr

Gerit von Stockhausen

Born: May 22, 1978

Thomas

Born: March 15, 1971

Thomas Hass, who is largely self-taught, got a foothold in the jazz scene as a member and co-initiator of the hard bop quintet Page One, who in 1987 won the International Jazz Federation contest for young European jazz groups in Leverkusen, Germany. In the group were talents like Thomas Blachman, Lennart Ginman, Henrik Bolberg and Erik Orum von Spreckelsen and they released two albums live from respectively Montmartre, Copenhagen and Ronnie Scotts in London. At the same time he was member of the fusion group The End with such musicians as Morten Grønvad, Niels Ratzer, Ole Skipper Moesgaard with whom he released two albums with

Henrik Gad

Born: September 30, 1977

"Henrik Gad is a 37 years old jazz saxophonist from the northern parts of Sweden. He started to play jazz at the age of 9 and has done so ever since. He has a “master of fine arts and improvisation” from the university of Gothenburg. Henrik has played with most of the well known jazz artist from Sweden and started his own quartet 3 years ago. Now it´s time for Henrik Gad Quartets debut album “For You” that will be released in the autumn of 2015!" www.henrikgad.com

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