Results for "Saxophone"

Jerry Zucker

Born: December 1, 1971

Christophe Monniot

Marike van Dijk

Born: August 23, 1982

Dutch saxophonist/composer Marike van Dijk began playing jazz as a precocious 14 year old. She went on to study at the Rotterdam Conservatory from which she graduated (cum laude) in 2006. She continued her studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory, obtaining her master’s degree in jazz performance (cum laude). In 2009 Marike was nominated for the prestigious Dutch "Deloitte jazz award" and the "Amersfoort jazz talent award". JazzNL, a foundation for promoting young Dutch jazz talent, selected her as an "artist deserving wider recognition". In May 2013 she obtained her second masters degree, this time from New York University, for which she was awarded a full scholarship by the Dutch ‘Huygens Scholarship Programme’

Ruben Salcido

Born: June 3

Ruben grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, attended college on a music scholarship to the University of Nevada in Reno. After completing his studies, he performed throughout the bay area. He started a successful computer consulting business in Europe. While in Europe, he performed in various night clubs between consulting jobs. After returning from Europe, he composed and produced a CD of original latin jazz music dedicated to the memory of his parents. He performed at the 2nd Annual Latin Jazz Festival in Fort Meyers, sharing the stage with Celia Cruz, Tito Puente Jr. and Arturo Sandoval

Jason Fabus

Jason Fabus is enjoying a wonderful journey as a highly sought-after professional saxophonist throughout Southern California. This Milwaukee native is the leader of several groups, including his quintet, "The Fabus Five" and is a regular performer at Disneyland. Jason is also an esteemed educator, serving as a coach and clinician at several schools in the area, while also maintaining his own studio of private students in saxophone, flute, clarinet, and piano. Although he is still at the beginning of his professional career, Jason has already performed with many notable musicians including Arturo Sandoval, Jane Monheit, George Benson, Kim Richmond, Wayne Bergeron, Andy Martin, and Van Alexander

Carlo Muscat

Born: February 21, 1988

Born in 1988, on the island of Malta, Carlo began his musical education and explored his love for jazz music at the age of eleven. Little did he know that at some point he would be aspiring to the likes of Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Joe Lovano and Mark Turner, to name a few, in search of inspiration for his musical creations. Muscat describes his musical journey as an awakening process - one that is ceaseless, expressive and allows for freedom of interpretation. He made a name for himself through the local performances he gave around the island as he slowly began collaborating with renowned local and international musicians

Hayden Chisholm

Hayden Chisholm (born 1975 in Otahuhu, New Zealand ) is a saxophonist and composer. He was raised in New Plymouth, New Zealand, where his parents encouraged him to start with piano at the age of eight and clarinet two years later. His first saxophone experience came playing with the local school and Dixieland bands. At the age of seventeen he moved to Switzerland and soon after began his music studies in Germany. Hayden studied saxophone at the Cologne Musikhochschule with Frank Gratkowski where he received his Masters in Saxophone at the age of twenty-two. At the age of twenty-three he received a New Zealand Young Achievers’ Award and soon after, the prestigious City of Cologne Prize for Improvised Music

Luigi Grasso

Luigi Grasso born in 1986, has emerged as one of Italy’s most exciting jazz stars. Since his 12 years old he was invited around the world as guest in different type of bands, from duo to Big Band. Thanks to the exposure provided by his parents, he discovered jazz and classical music at a very early age. He began saxophone studies at age 5 as a cure for asthma, and was almost entirely self-taught until the age of 11 when he started to attend clinics held by the Berklee College of Music at the Umbria Jazz Festival (Perugia, Italy). He was subsequently offered a full tuition scholarship to travel to Boston for the Berklee Summer Program. In 1997, he won the international young talent competition “Bravo Bravissimo”, which launched his professional jazz career, resulting in performances at the most prestigious festivals, clubs, theaters and TV shows throughout Europe. In 1999, at the age of 13, his debut recording “A Love Supreme” (Java records), was released. He continued his studies in Italy with the American guitarist Agostino Di Giorgio, in addition to his close apprenticeship with NEA Jazz Master Barry Harris as a participant and educational assistant in Dr

Roberto Ottaviano

Born: December 21, 1957

Roberto Ottaviano is an Italian saxophonist.

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Matthew Levy

Matthew Levy has been hailed by the Saxophone Journal as “a complete virtuoso of the tenor saxophone” and by the New York Times for his “energetic and enlivening” performances. A recipient of composition fellowships from the Independence Foundation and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, he has scored four motion pictures, including PBS’s Diary of a City Priest, featured at the Sundance Film Festival. His music is highlighted on three PRISM recordings on Koch and innova; he has also recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Tzadik, and Grammavision; collaborated with a host of choreographers/dance companies, among them Peter Sparling and Scrap; and appeared as a guest artist with the Detroit Symphony and counter)induction