Results for "saxophone, tenor"

Michael Johnson

As an upstart, Michael has been making music for most of his life as a saxophonist, composer, arranger and improviser. Adding to his arsenal the flute, clarinet and piano, and he is poised to venture out, seeking to enhance and create as well as to entertain and educate.

Elin Larsson

Born: November 5, 1984

Swedish saxophone player Elin Larsson (born 1984) has been referred to as ”phenomenon”. Her expressive and dynamic saxophone playing makes her one of the most interesting players on the Swedish jazz scene right now. 14 years old Elin started playing the saxophone and found her true voice. By the age of 20 she was accepted to the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Elin’s carreer got started even before she graduated; debut album Live And Alive, released in 2009 with her own quintet Elin Larsson Group, was a major success in Sweden and was greeted with standing ovations from the press as well as from the audience

Junkes

Born: June 1, 1969

J'ai commencé avec le Sax Alto à onze ans dans un Groupe de New wave an début des années 80's avec mon frère et deux Amis d'enfance, puis à 16 ans, ma mère m'offrait un disque de Junior Cook. En cascade, je découvrai Parker, Coltrane, et bien d'autres noms juqu'à ce que je ne tombe émerveillé par le travail de Wayne Shorter sur " Speak no evil","JuJu"," Night dreamer", dont les harmonies si particulières et la poésie lunaire qui s'en dégagent nevaitme prennent des centaines d'heures dans mon petit appartement de la rue du Chai des farines à bordeaux où hélas, un type que j'avais voulu aider à sortir de la rue avait fini par emporter mon Mark 6 Selmer.....s'en était suivi une longue suite d'évènements tragiques(L'abïme conduit souvent à l'Abïme) dont il serait trop long de faire l'étal ici sinon que de raconter que huit ans après, ayant découvert à c�'té de chez moi deux musiciens avec lesquels j'ai pu apprendre des morceaux très complexes de musiques traditionnels d'Irlande, rencontrant des années après deux autres musiciens faisant la même chose, lors d'une tournée en Bretagne, allant acheter des anches dans un petit magasin de musique, je découvrais, O stupéfaction dans la vitrine, posé tel un trésor oublié, le saxophone que l'on m'avais volé ! Qui sait donc s'il existe des trames de la destinée...... Après tout ceci, et une longue dépression, je rencontrais une femme qui chantait et s'accompagnait à la contrebasse, qui dans une serre au milieu des plantes, était venue, m'écoutant jouer" Virgo "de shorter dans un coin, me proposer de faire un disque avec elle, que l'on peut écouter sur Myspace sous le nom de "JAZZ JONGLERS", très beau travail, arrangé sur place dans une jolie maison en Aquitaine et enregistré en une semaine, à "'arrache" comme on dit grâce au mécénat d'un homme qui nous avait remarqué lors d'une soirée organisée pour un anniversaire

Wataru Uchida

Wataru Uchida is a saxophonist and composer. He studied fundamental saxophone technique and jazz composition with Chico Freeman, who was a student of Muhal Richard Abrams, the composer and founder of AACM. In 2001, Wataru worked as a teaching assistant for Rory Stuart's rhythm analysis class at the New School University Jazz & Contemporary Music Program.

Since 2003, Wataru has been leading his jazz projects in New York. He began practicing straight-ahead jazz at his apartment with Terence Conley, former pianist of the Count Basie Orchestra, and performed with the legendary Bill Saxton, former soloist of the Count Basie Orchestra, in 2009.

Milos Mamula

Born: April 26, 1978

Amater musician

Todd Meredith Taylor

Born: November 22, 1965

Todd Meredith Taylor has performed wildly creative music with his tenor saxophone on stages throughout Europe and the states--from duets with paintings, videos and dancers to traditional jazz lineups.

Claudius Valk

Born: October 20, 1966

Claudius Valk (Tenor/Sopransaxophone, Bassclarinet, clarinet, flute) C-born 1966 in Ratingen/Germany -Jazz and classik saxophone studies at Musikhochschule Köln (with Hugo Read and Wolfgang Engstfeld ) -jazz-studies at Folkwangmusikhochschule Essen (with Matthias Nadolny ) -1994 Folkwang award für Musik Tours in many different ensembles and bands, mainly contemporary music and jazz in Germany, Benelux, Usa, Mexiko, Central und Southamerica, Japon, Skandinavia, Greatbrittain, East and South Europe, China, Cuba.... -Concerts on festivals in Tokio, Viersen, Leverkusen, Granada, Bergen, Budapest, Zürich, Brüssel, Berlin, Mailand, Madrid, Ljubljana, Eindhoven, Wien, Moers, Montreux etc. -1994-99 Member of the belgium saxophone quartet ”Blindmann“ the ensemle is cultural embassador of Belgium -Since 1994 ”Valktrio“ 1995 cd production of ”what else could I do“ featuring Joachim Kühn. Concerts im Trio wie auch im Quartett mit Kühn

Koen Nys

After living and playing in Canada, the USA and Japan, tenor player Koen Nys now lives in Belgium, where he's playing with his Quintet of the most talented young belgian jazz musicians.

Matt Anderson

Born: April 4, 1989

Originally hailing from the North Yorkshire Moors, London-based saxophonist and Dankworth Prize-winning composer Matt Anderson's fourth album 'Live at Leeds Jazz Festival' is out in March 2024, following on from 2022's 'The Town and the City,' both with his long-running Quartet. The son of a music teacher and based in Leeds for a time, Matt moved to London in 2015 to study at the Royal Academy of Music where he now coaches Junior Jazz ensembles.

Becoming part of the fertile jazz scene in the capital, he has since performed with artists/bands such as Greg Hutchinson (with the Jiannis Pavlidis Quintet), Ivo Neame, the Gareth Lockrane and Calum Gourlay big bands, Jamie Doe’s Magic Lantern and Hannes Riepler. Rooted in a deep love and respect for the jazz tradition from Sonny Rollins to Wayne Shorter as well as various rhythmic traditions from around the world, Matt’s music also explores more pastoral, spacious and folk-influenced sounds.

Jan Kopinski

Jan Kopinski has 25 years experience in performing and recording as leader and producer within a number of projects.These include PINSKI ZOO, MIRRORS REFLEKTOR LIVE SOUNDTRACKS to film, KOPINSKI & KONIKIEWICZ GHOSTMUSIC PINSKI ZOO 7, PZBASSCORP, JAN KOPINSKI QUARTET. Jan has toured extensively in the UK as well as Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, France, Austria, Italy, Norway and New York; he has also recorded various sessions for radio, fillm and TV. His RECORDINGS, 11 albums and 2 singles include, -PINSKI ZOO EARTH ZONE K GHOST MUSIC Jan is a singular musician who has followed a personal path, in a search of an expressive sax sound earning him a reputation as a true original.Born in the UK his father was a Polish bomber pilot and his mother Anglo-Irish