Results for "saxophone, tenor"

Swng Time

Born: October 14, 1954

Originally from Baltimore, MD. While in Baltimore I played in the Bing Miller Big Band which did a tour to Frankfurt, West Germany in 1985. I also played musical shows for local theaters and played in backup bands for Carmella Quinn and Al Martino. In addition I taught saxophone and clarinet privately. In 1988 I rejoined the military band program. This time I joined the Navy Band Program. In 1978 - 1981 I was in the Army Band Program.The Navy's Atlantic Fleet Band brought me to this area. While in the Navy Band in Norfolk and Orlando I played in various ensembles which included Jazz Ensemble, US Navy Show Band, Concert Band/Wind Ensemble, TGIF and Full Speed Ahead Variety Bands, Four Star Edition Rock Band, Navy Band Orlando Show Band, Reception Combo

Feigl

Born: June 14, 1961

Biography - dates - Sigi Feigl Studies: Master Degrees in clarinet classic and saxophone jazz at the University of Music, Graz. Works: 1987 - 1989 member of orchestra „Vereinigte Bühnen Wien“ (musical shows at Raimundtheater, and Theater an der Wien) 1980 - 1997: founding of „Big Band Süd“ and all time leading as artistic director. 1986 - 2003: founding of „Symphonisches Orchester Leibnitz“ and all time leading as artistic director 1989 - today: teaching at the Univesity of Music and dramatic arts, Graz. Jazzdepartment 1993 - 1996: founding and leading a private musicschool in Styria „Musikschule Sigi Feigl“ 1994 & 1996: establishing a jazzcompetition for composition and arranging in Leibnitz. with Bill Holman, Bob Brookmeyer and Herb Pomeroy as a jury 1996 - today: founding and chairman of „Kultur in Leibnitz“ - cultural society in organisation of cultural events 1999 - 2003: founding and leading „Jazz Big Band Graz“ as artistic director 2002 - today: founding and leading of „HGM Jazzorkestr Zagreb“ as artistic director CD-Recordings: 1993 Big Band Süd „Meet Big Band Süd“ 1995 Big Band Süd „Remember Big Band Süd“ - featuring Art Farmer 1997 Musikschule Sigi Feigl „Volume 1“ 2009 HGM Jazzorkestar „HGM plays The Beatles“ 2010 HGM Jazzorkestar „HGM plays our songs“ Concerts, radio recordings, tv-recordings with such artists as: Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Bobby Shew, Randy Brecker, John Riley, Barbara Dennerlein, Jim McNeely, Karlheinz Miklin, Michael Philip Mossman, Luis Bonilla, Dave Liebman, Peter Herbolzheimer, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Don Menza, Joseph Bowie, ..

Nicole Duffell

Born: August 6

NICOLE DUFFELL - TENOR SAXOPHONE A formidable soloist in her own right, Nicole is a prolific composer/ arranger & also a graduate of the West Australian Conservatorium of Music. From age 18 she was already prominent in the West Australian music scene - her versatility as a tenor saxophonist has kept her involved in a diverse multitude of musical projects nationally & internationally, extending across a comprehensive range of musical styles. After years of touring as a session musician across Australia, Nicole decided on settling in Europe. Then, after passing through Singapore in 2002 on what was supposed to be a stop-over, Nicole landed a contract to perform with the “Way Kool” band at the renown Somerset Jazz Club

Anna Webber

Born: November 26, 1984

Anna Webber (b. 1984) is a New York-based flutist, saxophonist, and composer whose interests and work live the overlap between avant-garde jazz and new classical music. Her new album, Clockwise, featuring a septet comprised of several of the most creative musicians working in New York’s avant-garde, will be released on Pi Recordings in February 2019. Webber is joined on Clockwise by Jeremy Viner, Jacob Garchik, Chris Hoffman, Matt Mitchell, Chris Tordini, and Ches Smith.

In addition to this septet, Webber also leads the critically acclaimed Simple Trio, featuring drummer John Hollenbeck and pianist Matt Mitchell, with which she has released two albums on Skirl Records: Binary (2016) and SIMPLE (2014). She has furthermore recorded for Munich’s Pirouet Records with the now defunct Percussive Mechanics. Her other projects a big band co-led with Angela Morris; Jagged Spheres with Devin Gray and Elias Stemeseder; EAVE with Erik Hove, Evan Tighe, and Vicky Mettler; and The Hero of Warchester with Nathaniel Morgan and Liz Kosack.

Melissa Aldana

Born: December 3

On her first jazz quartet "Visions", award-winning saxophonist Melissa Aldana connects her work to the legacy of Latina artists who have come before her, creating a pathway for her own expression. Inspired by the life and works of Frida Kahlo, Aldana creates a parallel between her experiences as a female saxophone player in a male-dominated community, and Kahlo’s experiences as a female visual artist working to assert herself in a landscape dominated by men. On her first jazz quartet recording, Aldana adds a new dimension to her sound, resulting in a transformative movement of expression and self-identity

Kyle Nasser

Saxophonist Kyle Nasser was a student of Economics and Political Philosophy at Harvard University when his life was changed by an encounter with Hank Jones. The legendary pianist, then in his late 80s, visited Cambridge to teach and play a concert with the Harvard Jazz Band, making a profound impact on the young saxophonist. “Seeing him in peak form and expressing joy through music at such an advanced age was really deep,” Nasser recalls. “We took him out to dinner, ended up playing a three-hour session, and then he asked us to take him home so that he could get in some practicing before bed

Jovan Alexandre

Born: September 5, 1988

Jovan Alexandre is a New York City-based saxophonist originally from Connecticut. He has been playing professionally since 2007 when he debuted nationally, performing at the Grammy after-party with the Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Orchestra. Jovan has since performed, toured, or recorded with world-class musicians such as Curtis Fuller, Frank Wess, Ralph Peterson, Franklin Kiermyer, Winard Harper and others. He is the grandson of the memorable singer Fred Parris, who's single “In The Still of the Night (I'll Remember)” with The Five Satins was the only song to chart the Billboard 100 three separate times. Jovan embraces the different cultural and musical influences he was born into

Mike Hall

Fear of Faces

Daniel Rorke Saxophones and Laptop / Rune Nergaard Bass / Tomas Järmyr Drums Recorded by Stein Bratland in Skansen Lydstudio Trondheim, Norway, May 2009. Thematic improvisation defines this trio. The Mismeasure of Man is an eclectic mix of music, experiemental yet melodic. These three blaggards of jazz met at the infamous Trondheim Jazzlinja which has educated the vast majority of Norway's jazz talent over the last few decades.Rune Nergaard may be familiar to fans of improvised music as the bassist from the group Bushman's Revenge that record on the Norwegian Runegrammofon label. Daniel Rorke has recently released a CD "San'an" also on SATU featuring Nergaard, Icelandic guitarist Hilmar Jensson whose work with Jim Black's Alas No Axis is well known, and Per Oddvar Johansen who already has a number of ECM releases under his belt with the likes of Christian Wallumrød, Trygve Seim and The Source.

Adam Schneit

Saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer Adam Schneit grew up in Portland, Maine, and has made Brooklyn his home since 2006. He earned a Master’s degree in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with esteemed artists including Steve Lacy and Bob Brookmeyer. Since moving to New York, he has contributed to the work of performers in a range of genres, from jazz musicians to singer-songwriters. His main project, the Adam Schneit Band, combines the freewheeling, improvisational spirit of jazz with the visceral directness and melodic purity of rock and folk music