Results for "Saxophone"

Hannah Krall

Lluc Casares

Born: August 31, 1990

Lluc Casares (Barcelona, 1990). Lluc is the first person from the Iberian Peninsula to have studied the Artist Diploma program at The Juilliard School in New York, under the mentorship of masters such as Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Washington, and Ben Wolfe.

Lluc has released five albums as a leader. The latest, Big Band vol. 1 (The Changes, 2025), is his first in this format; previous releases include Ride (The Changes, 2023), recorded in Amsterdam with guitar master Jesse Van Ruller; Septet (The Changes, 2021), and Sketches Overseas (Outside In Music, 2018), recorded in New York. Sketches Overseas won the “Best Jazz Album of 2018” award from Enderrock magazine. Red (Temps Records, 2015) was his debut album as a leader.

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 an alto saxophonist, composer, and improviser who has lived in Chicago since 2021. His debut album, Echoes of Thought, is “…an exceptional record by a killer band,” -All About Jazz. His music blends traditional and contemporary jazz concepts and consistently leaves plenty of room for dynamic improvisation with carefully chosen bandmates.

Hudson-Casanova has received awards, scholarships, and grants for his music, including individual artist grants from Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and the Illinois Arts Council Agency. In 2022, he was featured as a soloist with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra for their production of “Charlie Parker: With Strings.”

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 Next Quest, a groove-based jazz ensemble. Known for blending memorable melodies with infectious grooves inspired by funk, soul, and New Orleans brass bands, Ally’s emotionally charged jazz compositions have earned recognition, including a nomination at the 2022 Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards and multiple Music Nova Scotia award nominations.

Her 2023 album Interblaze — a bold and soulful exploration of grief, passion, and resilience — features standout collaborations with Grammy-winning musicians such as saxophonist Jeff Coffin (Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, Dave Matthews Band) and keyboardist Glenn Patscha (Bonnie Raitt). The record showcases Ally’s strength as a composer, performer, and producer, and has resonated with international listeners for its emotional depth and musical sophistication.

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