Results for "saxophone, tenor"

Arnan Raz

Born: October 4, 1985

Influenced by the legacy of giants like Lester Young, Stan Getz and Warne Marsh, as well as the innovations of Mark Turner, Arnan Raz and his quintet create a refreshing fusion of the traditional and modern jazz. While clearly introducing/implementing elements of American and Israeli folk music, this band, in it's classic instrumentation of tenor sax, alto sax, piano, bass and drums, definitely has a 'New York' sound. With solos that successfully match the compositions in their extremely melodic and intuitive nature, the quintet delivers an energetic yet elegant performance, projecting both unity and harmony. Arnan Raz was born in Kibbutz Merchavia, a small village in the north of Israel to a musical family- his grandfather was a music teacher and a painter, his uncle a famous conductor and his mom and his brother both are professional guitar players

Kęstutis Vaiginis

Born: September 6, 1978

Kęstutis Vaiginis, an initiator and leader of a number of international projects, revealed his compositional talent while still a student at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Prince Claus Conservatorium and Amsterdam School of the Arts (the Netherlands), as well as Manhattan School of Music in New York. Since then, as a member of various collectives the saxophonist (and flutist) performed his compositions not only in Lithuania, but also the Netherlands, Spain, France, the USA, Germany, Poland, Turkey, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Belarus. During his study years Vaiginis started composing for big bands as well

C. Grant Maledy

Born: May 5, 1981

Raised In Salem, MO where he started playing, Grant attended Missouri State University in Springfield, MO, earning a Bachelors of Music Education and most of a Masters of Music in Conducting (here's hoping for august). Grant has taught at public schools in Branson, Eldorado Springs and Odessa, MO and is currently in his first year as the Director of Instrumental Music in Sedalia, MO. He teaches privately in the area and can be contacted via this website for those interested.

Elliot Spero

Born: July 4, 1959

Tenor & Soparino Saxophones, Percussion, Flutes Elliot Spero / E. C. Spero Productions - Musician /Producer/ Manager/ Booking Agent/Teacher. San Francisco City & State Collage From Forest Hills, Queens N.Y. has been in the music profession for 40 years. West coast in the bay area of San Francisco and then back to the NYC metro area. Started on piano at age 8 in NY and than on to playing Tenor sax in high school band at age 13 in Clearwater FL. Influenced by his older brothers Roger and Buck's love of jazz, musicians themselves, up from the basement of his house as a kid in Forest Hills Gardens NY came the sounds of Miles, Mingus, Coltrane & McCoy

Vasilis Xenopoulos

Saxophonist, composer and educator, Vasilis Xenopoulos is one of the most accomplished Greek jazz musicians of his generation and a genuine representative of straight ahead jazz. London became his permanent home after graduating with honors from the Berklee College of Music in Boston and gradually established himself as one of London’s up and coming jazz saxophonists. He has worked with some of the best musicians of the International Jazz Scene as a band leader, a section leader and as a guest soloist at various projects. In 2009 he formed “The Xtet" and their debut album “Loud City" containing 8 original compositions was released on 33Jazz Records in 2011

Daniel Rotem

Daniel Rotem is a saxophonist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, and producer. Since arriving in Los Angeles six years ago to attend the acclaimed Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance Program, he has established himself as a prominent member of the local creative music scene, and a voice to be reckoned with within the international jazz community. Growing up in Israel by the Mediterranean Sea, Daniel fell in love with the freedom and potential for expression he found in Jazz after starting to play saxophone as a teenager. His musical beginnings in Israel's Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts and the Rimon School of Music instilled in Daniel a deep reverence and love for the tradition and history of jazz, and a yearning to travel far and wide to receive the best musical education he could, on and off the bandstand

Li Gao Yang

Born: 1994

Aged 18, the Beijing-born saxophonist Li Gaoyang is already considered a representative of new-generation Chinese jazz music. He is a wonderful player skilled in tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone with rich experience of improvising, and, together with his band, played at many international events and jazz festivals, with his performance and music being considered as " the closest to the original jazz " by critics. Together with Hong Kong-based pianist Jim Schneider, Australian drummer Cameron Reid and Swedish bass guitar player Richard Malsten, he played a leading role at the opening ceremony of Hong Kong International Jazz Festival on 7 october 2012

Eric Schugren

Saxophonist, and composer Eric Schugren lives in New York City where he moved from Los Angeles in 2008. He has played and recorded with a host of jazz luminaries young and old including the late Billy Higgins, Harold Land, Teddy Charles, and the thriving Willie Jones lll, Richard Grant, Danny Grissett, and Bob Hurst, to name a few . He has written sound tracks for the films of artist Bob Branaman which are in the Museum of Modern Art's Beat Generation archive. Additionally, Eric is in his 7th year as the woodwind clinician at the International Summer Jazz Academy in Krakow, Poland. Originally from Berkeley California, he has a degree in Ethnomusicology from UCLA, and has traveled Europe and China as an ambassador of Jazz

Tony Barba

Tony Barba is a recent addition to Chicago after living in New York City for the last decade. Graduating in 2001 from the NYU jazz department, Barba studied saxophone with such notables as George Garzone and Ralph Lalama. SInce then, Tony has performed in the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia and Africa with such artists as Andrew Hill, Josh Ritter, Escort, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, David Murray, Angelica Sanchez, Al Vizutti, Tony Scherr, Steven Bernstein, Ellery Eskelin, Shane Endsley, the Violent Femmes, Pete Yorn, Antibalis, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. From 2001 until 2010, Tony led and self-released two albums with his funk band the Barbarian Horde, which featured many of Brooklyn's finest musicians

Rich Merrick