Results for "saxophone, tenor"

Fred Hess

Born: September 3, 1944

”Hess has an obvious affinity for a wide range of jazz-related idioms; he melds them into a cool, brainy, and utterly natural composite. On tenor, Hess has a mellow, Lester-ish tone and what seems to be an encyclopedic knowledge of the tenor giant’s style. Still, his melodic sense also draws from the best of the modern idioms. His articulation is smooth and light; harmonically, he’s not adverse to going “out,” though he never discards the changes of a tune for the sake of expedience.” - All Music Guide Born in Abington, Pennsylvania, Hess grew up in New Jersey, attending Trenton State College, before moving to Colorado in 1981

Tommy Rodriguez

Born: December 29, 1930

"Tommy Rodriguez is one of the pioneer Jazz Musicians in Mexico and he outstands as one of the most important Sax-Players of the 20th century in our country Mexico".....CONACULTA (Mexico`s National Bureau of Culture & Arts"). Texts from the liner notes of researcher Luc Delannoy, author of the book CALIENTE Una Historia de Jazz Latino published by Fondo de Cultura Económica in 2001: At age 70, legendary saxophonist and flutist Tommy Rodr

Ayo Awe Joseph

Born: March 3, 1968

Ayo Awe Joseph is featured on Outbound Radio Ayo Awe Joseph lives in Lagos Nigeria , West Africa . He is married with a daughter. Ayo started his music career at the age of 18, while enlisted in the military. He started his musical exploits as a trombonist with the Nigerian Army School of Music, having completed a course of instruction in the same institution. Ayo later resigned from the Army out of the desire to make His music more purposeful, he started playing the saxophone in 1995. "Since MAN has become the battleground for negative and positive forces, the influence of any of these will determine the output of an individual" hence my decision to join the positive force 'THE KINGDOM OF GOD'. "Playing Jazz teaches self esteem and independence" 'TRUE', so says Jameys Aebersold,a Jazz music instructor. As a Jazz music player, Iam also convinced that listening to jazz music backed up with lyrics of the Kingdom, will not only enhance self esteem and independence but bring forte a lifestyle of productivity and fruitfulness. Ayo plays Jazz and blues rhythm in a variety of settings both within the church community and beyond. His newly released CD, WHAT A FRIEND..

Tom Tallitsch

Born: May 3, 1974

Tom performs at jazz clubs and in NYC, Philadelphia, and throughout the east coast. Venues include: Smalls Jazz Club, The 55 Bar, Birdland, Minton’s, The Sidedoor, Chris’ Jazz Cafe, Arts Council Of Princeton, WhyNot Jazz Room, Cornelia Street Cafe, The Garage, Bar Next Door, Paris Bistro, South Jazz Club, and many more. He regularly and tours throughout the United States as a leader and sideman. In addition to having his compositions and arrangements played by vocalists and musicians throughout New York and Philadelphia, Tom’s works have been performed by individual dancers from the Martha Graham Dance Company at various choreographer showcase venues. He is musical director, and composer for the multi-media dance company Big Sky Project, founded by his wife Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch

Walter Smith III

Born: September 24, 1980

From an early age, Walter began taking music very seriously. “My first gig was playing at a McDonald's in Houston with another saxophone player. I took a solo on “Blue Bossa.” It was terrible. People clapped, and I figured if I could get away with that and get applause, how could I fail?”

Although it may appear Smith is a new voice on the scene, he is widely recognized as an adept performer, accomplished composer, and inspired educator. Smith’s recent release, return to casual, garnered critical acclaim from audiences and critics alike. “return to casual [is] Smith’s deeply poised first album as a leader for Blue Note... The whole enterprise rings of cool sophistication in a small-group style that Smith and his contemporaries helped define... In that sense, return to casual is not just a homecoming of sorts, but also an emphatic confirmation.” In September of 2024, Smith released his sophomore album for Blue Note Records, “three of us are from Houston and Reuben is not”, featuring a new offering of original music.

Aaron Rossi

Born: December 27, 1975

Bay Area saxophonist. Saxophone studies with George Garzone, Eric Person and Charles Davis. Graduate of New School jazz program in New York City, 2000. Studies or playing situations with many of the greats from that faculty including Chico Hamilton, Junior Mance, Cecil Bridgewater, Jane Ira Bloom and George Garzone. Classmates included now recognized jazz performers such as John Ellis, Matt Otto, Marcus Strickland, Evan Schwamm, Robert Glasper, Mike Moreno, and many burners that you will never hear of that are doing their own thing all across this great planet. Current performances with own duo and trio, the Nick Rossi Set (Hammond Rhythm and Blues combo), and The New Squatoolas sax trio (witch includes Bay Area saxophonists Charlie Gurke and Jim Peterson).

Adam Ray

Born: March 25, 1983

Adam Ray grew up grabbing every instrument he could lay his hands on. He studies jazz and music production in graduate school and has been performing and producing music for the last decade. Favoring progressive and electronic mediums, Ray strives to bring together sound and light for a result that stuns not only the senses, but the mind. Ray performs regularly in the OKC and Tulsa areas with his jazz trio, his dance bande, the AtomRay Funktet, and his electronic amalgam, The Phase. Adam Ray is also the owner of Phaze Studios.

Buck Hill

Born: 1927

Buck Hill is a living legend, who has been dazzling audiences for over forty years. Born in 1927, Buck Hill started playing saxophone at the age of 13. By the mid-fifties, he was married with three children and supporting them by driving a cab and delivering mail. Despite the family demands, he continued to practice and perform. He was discovered by Charlie Byrd and became a regular on the local jazz circuit, appearing with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Shirley Horn. In 1957, he appeared on his first recording with Charlie Byrd and later appeared on numerous recordings with Shirley Horn on the Verve label

David Ronald

Born: April 22, 1958

Ian Tordella

Saxophonist Ian Tordella is an emerging voice on the West Coast jazz scene, and has worked with guitarist Peter Sprague, pianist Joshua White, saxophonist Jason Robinson, and others. His sound is rooted in the hard-bop players of the ‘50s and ‘60s, drawing inspiration from Sonny Stitt, Hank Mobley, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, and Coltrane. Tordella’s jazz compositions, however, incorporate sounds from trip-hop, rock, and electronica; he cites Meshell Ndegéocello, Stereolab, and Warp Records as influences, alongside jazz composers like Wayne Shorter and Kenny Wheeler. Raised in the Washington, DC area, Tordella attended the University of North Texas before transplanting to California in 2003, where he furthered his studies under altoist Charles McPherson.