Results for "saxophone, tenor"

Keith Gamble

Born: February 20, 1959

Keith Gamble began playing clarinet in fourth grade, and by age 16 tenor saxophone. His High School music teacher Ernest Rodgers was a major influence in his life as he taught Keith Gamble to play saxophone. While a student Keith Gamble began playing professionally with a disco/top 40`s group called the Unique Experience Band. The Unique Experience Band mostly played cabaret halls in Detroit from 1975-1978. Also during this period Keith Gamble began playing with the New Detroit Jazz Development Workshop under the direction of trumpeter Marcus Belgrave. During his college years from 1978-1982, Keith Gamble attended Oakland University in Rochester, MI

Bob Roper

Born: January 18, 1950

I studied music in New York City from 1973 to 1987. I studied with Lynn Oliver for the last nine years of that interval. I played in his big band which used the books of most of the historic swing and jazz big bands, and studied improvisation in his nonet which focused on his four hundred chart book of arrangements of standards and compositions of Horace Silver and material done by Art Blakey's band. I played mainstream jazz in the school, and with other groups outside at least four days a week on average from 1976 to 1987. Since then, I haven't had as many opportunities to play since most musicians elsewhere seem to insist on playing only at paying engagements, and likely prefer to watch TV otherwise

Christian Gonsior

Born: February 19, 1969

Tom Moon

Born: November 3, 1960

A tenor saxophonist who played with the late Canadian bandleader Maynard Ferguson, Moon assembled a variety of Philadelphia musicians for what he calls the Moon Hotel Lounge Project, an all-instrumental collection that touches on elements of jazz, bossa nova and atmospheric fusion.

Inspired by Moon’s stays in snazzy hotel lounges while on the book tour for “1,000 Recordings,” the album is a cool and breezy listen, but the scraping guitar of Kevin Hanson on “Scaffolding, How to Dismantle” and a moody rearrangement of “Rock of Ages” (complete with a synthetic backdrop of vinyl “static”) are among the factors keeping things from drifting too far into the background.

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