Results for "Saxophone"

Dave Becker

Idris Ackamoor

Born: January 9, 1951

Idris Ackamoor (born Bruce Baker) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director. He is the Founder, Executive/Co-Artistic Director of the multi-disciplinary San Francisco performance company Cultural Odyssey. Ackamoor is also the Artistic Director of the world music/jazz ensemble The Pyramids. He grew up in Chicago, and founded the Pyramids in the early 1970s at Antioch College, Ohio, as part of Cecil Taylor's Black Music Ensemble. They toured Africa in the 1970s, adding musicians and new instruments, before returning to the US and settling in San Francisco

Rob DeBellis

Michael Hudson-Casanova

Born: May 20, 1994

Originally from Detroit, Michael Hudson-Casanova is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, improviser, and educator quickly becoming a staple in the Chicago jazz and creative music scene. His debut album as a leader, Echoes of Thought (2021), has been praised as “…an exceptional record by a killer band,” by All About Jazz. His music blends traditional and contemporary jazz concepts, and always leaves plenty of room for dynamic improvisation with carefully chosen bandmates.

Gabe Preston

Viktor Haraszti

Born: April 30, 1972

About Viktor Haraszti

Hungarian-born saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Viktor Haraszti has carved out a distinctive voice in contemporary jazz and experimental music. Now based in the Netherlands, he is known for fusing improvisation with electronic textures and immersive technologies, exploring the tensions between human expression and the digital age.

“I’m interested in music as a bridge—between cultures, disciplines, and states of mind. For me, jazz is not just a style but a mindset of curiosity and transformation.”

Ally Fiola

Ally Fiola is a Nova Scotian saxophonist, film composer, and bandleader of the groove-based jazz ensemble, The Next Quest. Quirky melodies combined with joyous grooves and unexpected twists and turns, The Next Quest is inspired by funk, soul, and traditional New Orleans brass band. As an experienced composer, Ally connects to a wide-range of listeners with music that is emotionally charged, infused with personality yet widely accessible. “Thoughts of Home”, an original composition from her latest album, was nominated for the 2022 Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards in the jazz category. 

Greg Yasinitsky

Born: October 3, 1953

Greg Yasinitsky, saxophonist and composer, leader of the YAZZ Band, winner of the American Prize for Composition, has hundreds of pubiished musical works, which are performed in over forty countries world-wide, and is a recipient of grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Commission Project of New York, Meet the Composer West, ASCAP, Artist Trust, Washington State Music Teachers Association (WSMTA) and the Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA). Yasinitsky has written music especially for David Sanborn, Clark Terry, David Liebman, Sean Jones, Tia Fuller, Jeff Coffin and the USAF “Airmen of Note” big band

Brian Morris

Mia Dyberg

Mia Dyberg (b, 1986) is a danish saxophonist, improviser and composer currently residing in Berlin, Germany, where she works as a freelance musician. Performing with improv-musicians such as Clayton Thomas, Dag Magnus Narvesen, Casey Moir and Tobias Delius. Her ability to combine sound experiments with melancholy in a unique melodic expression, makes her one of the new exciting voices on the european jazz scene. She is active project leader & co-founder of the international improvisers collective The Community. Mia is a part of the Copenhagen jazz/improv. scene and holds a Master Diploma in Music ‘2015 from the Conservatory of Copenhagen