Results for "Saxophone"

Erik Rothenstein

Born: December 10, 1973

Erik Rothenstein (1973, Slovakia, Bratislava) jazz bariton saxophone player. He is leading his own Quintet, where the core of the repertoire are his author´s compositions and world ethno group DUDUK Ensemble. Also performs as a sideman in several bands and projects. His band plays modern mainstream jazz combined with etnic elements of middle-eastern and southern Europe. He had studied alto saxophone at conservatory in Bratislava. After the graduation he left for austrian Graz to Music university (Kunst Universität Graz) to jazz department, where he started playing baritone sax and started doing composition and arranging

Chris Clark Music

Born: June 19, 1987

Chris Clark is a Brooklyn-based saxophonist, composer, and instructor. Equally comfortable performing in a wide variety of settings ranging from straight-ahead and modern jazz to free improvisation and pop/contemporary styles, he has established himself as a versatile and unique player within the realm of creative music. His debut album, Cedar Wisely, was released in March of 2013 on Vancouver-based label Songlines Recordings, alongside albums from notable jazz artists such as Bill Frisell, Dave Douglas, James Carney, and Tony Malaby. Chris has performed extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Reno/Lake Tahoe area with his own ensembles and as a sideman, and since relocating to the East Coast has quickly begun to build a presence in the Boston and NYC music scenes

Paolo Profeti

After graduating with honors from the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi in Milano, Paolo also received a diploma at the Accademia Internazionale della Musica (Milano). For a brief period, he attended CMDL (Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood) in Dammarie-Lès-Lys (Paris, France), and further with great saxophone players such as Jesse Davis, Rosario Giuliani, Billy Harper and Mauro Negri. He performed for several years in the Civica Jazz Band directed by Enrico Intra. He has collaborated with the Time Percussion, a project of Tony Arco, and the Contemporary Ensemble directed by Giovanni Falzone. With Camilla Battaglia’s To Book A Rest Quintet he arrived as a finalist in the Barga Jazz Competition 2012

Tim Green Saxophone

Forging a deeply personal sound from a broad swath of the jazz landscape, saxophonist, composer and arranger TIM GREEN has emerged as a powerful new voice, melding deftly swinging hard bop, fluid modernity, and soulful gospel. Called “a player to watch” by JazzTimes, Green seized the attention of the jazz community with his second-place finish in the 2008 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. He delivered on the promise of that prestigious honor with the release of his 2012 album Songs From This Season, on his own True Melody Music label. The album, a stylistically diverse set distinguished by Green’s knack for establishing direct emotional connection to his listeners, features a stellar cast of established and rising jazz stars

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Milo Lombardi

Born: August 9, 1988

Milo Lombardi (born August 9, 1988 in Fano, Italy) is an Italian saxophonist, composer and innovator in the modern music scene.

Renowned for his captivating fusion of jazz and meditative music, his distinctive sound is energetic, intense, and soothing all at once.

With his exceptional performances on prestigious stages worldwide, Lombardi has garnered
critical acclaim and amassed a devoted fan-base.

Notably, he has made groundbreaking contributions to blockchain music releases through
his solo project, Nifty Sax, and as a co-founder of Nifty Music, generating over $1 million in
music sales. 

Roelant Hollander

Born: May 10, 1976

I started playing violin at the age of 6 (1982) but lost interest about 5 years later, replacing the violin with my first saxophone in 1990 after a few years without. In 1994 I discovered software sequencers and started writing music using PC and synthesizer with Steinberg’s Cubase. Between 1998 and 2000 I studied at the Jazz department of the Constantijn Huygens Music Academy (Nowadays named Artez) in Zwolle, The Netherlands (teachers: Rolf Delfos & Allard Buwalda). During my study I played with many different groups and artists and started a Jazz-Hop/Nu-Jazz project called "HSS" (later renamed to “DJazz”) together with DJ Phaze (Olivier Schreuder)

Cynthia Johnson

Cynthia Johnson is an American singer, songwriter, actress and producer and is best known as the lead singer of the band Lipps Inc. with the worldwide smash hit "Funkytown". _________________________________________________________ Prior to being the lead singer of the popular Minneapolis-based band Lipps Inc., Johnson had become well-known locally for winning the 1976 Miss Black Minnesota, USA pageant, and for being the lead vocalist of the well-known Minneapolis band Flyte Tyme. Being also an accomplished saxophone player, Johnson utilized her saxophone talents in Flyte Tyme, while she was also the songwriter of many of their songs

Mateusz Chorazewicz

Born: December 18, 1990

Mateusz Chorazewicz is Polish jazz saxophonist of the young generation. He graduated from the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk. He was developing his musical skills under the guidance of the most distinguished Polish jazzmen – Maciej Sikala, Adam Wendt, Maciej Obara, Jerzy Malek and many others. He also participated in numerous workshops led by such personalities of jazz as Ed Partyka, Piotr Wojtasik, Jim Black, Ole Morten Vaagan, Jon Falt, Tom Arthurs, Dominik Wania, Zohar Fresco, Peter Hertmans, Andy Middleton and Wayne Horvitz. He is passionate about juicy, hardbop sound of Benny Golson's saxophone, but also does not avoid experimental sounds of Yusef Lateef, Dewey Redman and Pharoah Sanders

Simas Petkevicius

Born: May 29, 1995