Results for "Saxophone"

Phil Scarff

Born: December 7, 1956

Saxophonist and composer Phil Scarff performs Indian classical music and jazz, and leads the acclaimed world-jazz ensembles, Natraj and the Lewis Porter-Phil Scarff Group. World-jazz appearances include India's JazzYatra and Prayojana International Music Festival; PANAFEST, Ghana's major international festival; the Guelph Jazz Festival, Canada; the Boston Globe Jazz Festival. Indian classical performances include India's famed Tansen Samaroh (Gwalior); Nehru Center, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. and Dadar-Matunga Cultural Centre (Mumbai); Saptak School of Music (Ahmedabad); Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture (Kolkata); ICCR Theater and India Habitat Centre (Delhi); and JKK (Jaipur)

Kurtis Adams

Born: March 10, 1979

Award-winning jazz composer and saxophonist Kurtis Adams found his passion for music at an early age while raiding his parents’ eclectic music collection. As a member of the jazz scenes in Denver, Atlanta, and points in between, he has been privileged to share the stage with great musicians including Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D’Rivera, Joe Lovano, Conrad Herwig, Bob Mintzer, Tom Harrell, Greg Gisbert, Pat Bianchi, Brad Goode, John Gunther, and Chip Stephens. His compositions have received high praise including an award for Best Original Composition from Downbeat Magazine. He can be heard on Seabreeze Records as a member of the Mike Pagan Big Band as well as on various small group recordings including his first release as a leader, Two Weeks From Tuesday, and newest release, Collage

Craig McGorry

Born: April 8, 1969

Craig W. McGorry is a tenor and soprano saxophonist and music educator. He is a co-founder and leader of Interchange Jazz, a jazz combo performing in various settings throughout New York City. As a performer, he frequently organizes and plays in duo, trio, quartet and larger ensemble settings for cafes, restaurants, and private corporate and non-profit organization events. He also organizes weekly jazz workshops to work with other jazz musicians on the never- ending process of developing as improvisational musicians. As an educator, Craig is committed to bringing musical experiences to children

Jason Justice

Born: February 25, 1965

Jason Justice stepped onstage for the first time at the age of 8. After that there was no stopping him from his passion, his path, in a way. That pathway has always led to the stage. Jason's love of the theatre began in 1973 at Oral Roberts University Department of Broadcasting. In 1977 a saxophone was placed in his hands by his parents, and the whole family braced themselves for the caucophony of honks and squeaks that were destined to come. But "only tunes and clear notes came" as his mother, Janice, recalls. And thanks to a steady diet of 50s and 60s pressings from the Verve catalog, the direction was clear

Steve LoGrande

Currently playing alto and soprano sax in the Charlie von Nordeck Quartet

Eddy Nubine

Born: April 25, 1965

Saxophonist Eddy Nubine is the seventh child among nine siblings, and is a powerfully anointed child of God. He was called to preach at the age of fifteen with the inspiration of the Lord. Eddy Nubine’s heart for God and love for people has allowed him to see lives changed for the better through both his music ministry and through his preaching. Eddy is a gifted preacher and musician. To that gifting he has added more than twenty-five years of daily practice through which he has become skillful in the discipline of the saxophone. He has also been preaching for more than 15 years. Thus, it is with spiritual and personal discipline he now writes and records Spirit-breathed music and preaches under the anointing. Eddy is an alumnus of the University of Wyoming where he studied music education

Asia Fajardo-Wright

Born: September 20, 1983

Asia Fajardo-Wright is a saxophonist and composer and leads the band Asia Jazz Project. She is also a member of the latin reggae band Mono Verde. Asia Fajardo holds a Bachelor's of Science in Music Performance and Music Management from the University of Colorado-Denver. During high school, Asia studied jazz piano with jazz master Ted Alexander, who introduced her to the intricate world of theory, composition, and arranging. While in college, Asia studied with Ron Miles, Mark Harris, Drew Morrell, Fred Hess, and Paul Musso. Asia has performed with world renowned Flamenco guitarist Miguel Espinoza, who is one of her greatest influences

Charles Langford

Born: May 11, 1969

Charles Langford has been writing music since his teenage years. This Springfield, Massachusetts jazz man does it all...tenor, alto, soprano sax, clarinet, and flute. Mr. Langford came to the Northeast United States after attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the New School for Social Research in New York City. He studied composition and teaching with Billy Harper, Donald Byrd, and Barry Harris, among others. Prior to that, Mr. Langford studied with Archie Shepp and Yusef Lateef. Since then, Charles Langford has become one of the Boston area's top A-list players. He's played with artists ranging from The Toni Lynn Washington Blues Band to The Temptations and Mighty Sam McClain

Patt Casion

Born: December 31, 1963

Music has been described as the language that transcends all barriers, and it is the gift of Music that has given opportunity for Patt to travel around the world. Her dedication to her call leads into diverse settings such as prisons, juvenile facilities, music festivals, schools as well as churches and concert halls. Not at all concerned with the boundaries of style, she speaks many different musical languages from classical to jazz. Her first album are "Come Sunday" was an acoustic jazz project followed around the theme of a Sunday Morning Church Service. Her arrangements bring new life and flavor to traditional songs, and her originals give evidence of her abilities as a composer as well as a performer

Steve Hooks

STEVE HOOKS (Saxophones, Flute, Double Sax, Songwriter/Composer) Born: March 25, 1946 in Ottumwa, Iowa (USA). Schooling: Music scholarship to Memphis State University. 1964: Began playing professionally in Memphis, Tennessee. Hung out with some of the Memphis Horns during the 60's Memphis "Scene". 1965: Made first recording for HI Records (Al Greene's label). 1966-68: U.S. Army Band. 1969-1974: St. Louis, Dallas, Los Angeles, Nashville, etc. (playing soul, rock & roll, country and jazz with various artists). 1975-1995: Los Angeles, California: (working as a sideman for many artists and band leader of a popular jazz band, The Steve Hooks Band). 1995-Now: Munich, Germany: (working with many artists and studio work for records and film)