Results for "saxophone, tenor"

Iman Spaargaren

Iman is a multi-reed player, arranger and composer. He has a distinctive way of playing and a very personal tone on his horn. Over the past years Iman has been busy with a wide variety of music groups such as Undercurrent Trio, StarkLinnemann Quartet, Voice of Monk, Iman Spaargaren Quartet & Septet, Captain Hook, European Union Quartet and Thelonious4. He is actively involved in the theatre piece My Father Held A Gun and the dance & music performance We Are The Everlasting Guests. In 2019 Iman released High Tide Low Tide on Flea Boy Records with Undercurrent Trio featuring Guillermo Celano and Marcos Baggiani

Martin Sather

Born: August 23, 1983

Martin Sather is an up and coming artist on the New York jazz scene. After receiving his B.M. Jazz Performance from Western Connecticut State University he is now pursuing a Masters in Jazz Studies at SUNY Purchase. Martin brings a unique sound and approach to the tenor saxophone as well as his own charismatic method to playing and composition. In 2007, he was awarded Outstanding Soloist from DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE'S Student Music Awards. Martin has studied with Dr. Dan Goble, Andrew Beals, Eric Alexander, Hal Galper, Todd Coolman, and John Abercrombie.

Enric Peidro

Born: February, 1971

A self taught musician,Peidro began playing tenor at the age of fourteen.A couple of years later he was playing on several blues and rhythm and blues bands. His interest in Jazz developed quickly and since then,Peidro has remained loyal to his musical heros: the big-toned tenors in Jazz,like Ben Webster,Don Byas or Gene Ammons and specially the Texas tenor school of Jacquet,Cobb,Tate,Johnson..etc Although his sound and phrasing are deeply rooted in the swing-era,his approach is so natural and genuine that he has achieved popularity as a real "keeper of the flame" among the classic jazz lovers all over Spain. Often reviewed as an "outsider",a "rara avis" or "an stylist swinmming agains the current" by jazz critics who appreciate his honest,unpretentious approach and invariably point out the richness of his tenor sound.

Dave Le Febvre

Jazz saxophonist and composer Dave Le Febvre (pronounced "Le Fay" in the US) has performed throughout California, Europe and Japan for the past 25 years. Dave has performed with many notable artists and ensembles, including The Don Ellis Orchestra, The Don Piestrup Big Band, Joe Williams, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Wayne Newton, and Robert Goulet, and has appeared at many local jazz festivals such as the Concord Jazz Festival, Berkeley Jazz Festival, Napa Valley Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, Concerts at the Museum (Los Angeles) and as a headliner at the Fete de la Musique in Auxerre, France

Mark Hanslip

Born: October 22, 1979

Mark started out playing on the Birmingham jazz and improvised music scenes, working regularly in groups led by pianist Steve Tromans and altoist Chris Bowden. He was an early member of Hans Koller Ensemble, recording 2 CDs, and shortly after moving to London he co-founded the Loop Collective and became one of the busiest players on the capital's new jazz scene, working with groups including Nostalgia 77, Outhouse, Twelves, Jonathan Bratoeff Quartet and Keith Tippett. He has played at many major festivals and venues in the UK, Europe and US and has been broadcast several times on Resonance 104.4FM, BBC Radios 1 and 3, and on the internet

Miguel De Caro

Born: September 29, 1945

Miguel De Caro has brought his music all over his country, with countless live shows,appearences in local radio and TV and in well known theaters like San Mart�-n and Alvear. Among other distinctions, he has been nominated for the 1993 ACE award (The National Show Critics' Prize) for his first recorded work "Saxotangueando", sharing the pool with Astor Piazzolla and Raúl Garello. He was also nominated for the 1995 Estrella de Mar award in the "best live show" category, this time alongside singer Susana Rinaldi and trumpeter Fats Fernández. Both his Argentina's and Brazil's live performances and his recordings have obtained excellent reviews in local , Brazilian, Italian and US media

Michael Massaro

Born: July 16, 1956

The Massaro Magic: Michael Massaro is no stranger to the Canadian air waves as he is one of Canada’s premier musicians. His distinctive saxophone recordings have been heard internationally since the eighties with major instrumentals such as ‘Flying Easy’, ‘L.A. Days New York Nights’, and ‘Wings of Glory’. His talents were heard on a Redmond Broadcasting compilation recording with some of Canada’s foremost instrumental performers including David Foster, Liona Boyd, Moe Koffman, Andre Gagnon, and Frank Mills to name only a few. Michael Massaro was thrilled to be included with such a stellar lineup and was humbled when the album was titled after the Massaro hit, ‘Flying Easy’. He has appeared at Skydome in Toronto performing the national anthems of Canada and the United States before various sports events

Igor Lumpert

Born: October 27, 1975

A progressive tenor saxophonist and composer, Igor’s music represents a unique fusion of jazz, funk, Eastern European rhythms, and modern neo-bop sketches. He has performed with jazz legends including Reggie Workman, John Abercrombie, Chico Hamilton, Sonny Simmons, Boris Kozlov, and Andy McKee.

Born October 27, 1975, in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, Igor began his professional training at age 19 at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz, Austria, where he studied with Doug Hammond and Harry Sokal. During this period, he was a member of Munich-based band Sidewinders, winner of the“Best Jazz Group of Germany” award.

Jimmy Rivera

Born: July 31, 1979

Hi everybody, I was born in 79 in LA and started playing the Tenor sax in my early teens. I've moved to NY at the age of 19 to attened Manhattan School of Music. I've recorded two quartet albums and has been playing regularly in many NY jazz clubs. These days I'm teaching in several music schools around the NY area and working on a trio album which would be released in November.

Kenneth Whalum III

Born: June 21, 1983

A remarkable bandleader, composer, arranger, and tenor saxophonist, New York City-based jazz musician Kenneth Whalum has set a new direction in music that can be described as creatively engaging, intense, and artistically real, to push the conventional boundaries of contemporary emerging artists. Whalum fuses together straight-ahead jazz, pop, soul, gospel, R&B, blues, and country—-creating Picasso-like colors and brimming textures, of even richer musical hues. His music creates a soundscape of lyrical cities�"towering sounds of romance and love, ornate acoustic funky rhythms, bridging emotion and melody, song and dance, wonder and faith