Results for "Woodwind"

Sha

Born: July 5, 1983

'Moon and its clouds always guiding me through a life of lives...' (lyrics from 012) 'He wails in on alto sax, like a banshee trying to charm a cobra.' Dan McClenaghan at allaboutjazz.com about Sha. "R'n'B', Minimalfunk, Ambient", is Sha’s (*1983) answer to the question about influences on his music. Isa Wiss (vocals), Mik Keusen (piano), Thomas Tavano (bass) und Julian Sartorius (drums) have been working with him in his band Banryu since 2004 and with 'Chessboxing Volume One' are now presenting their first album. Sha conveys the meaning of the Japanese band name 'Banryu' as follows: "Banryu, the dragon ready for jumping, lets everything come up and roll by, while not loosing its tension and posture at any moment and ready to strike anytime..." All the pieces of music were composed by Sha during the past few years, the lyrics of the first song being made up by Isa Wiss

Rose Rutledge

Born: October 20, 1983

Rose Rutledge is a New York based multi-instrumentalist, specializing in performance on flute, oboe, clarinet, piccolo, alto, tenor, soprano, C melody and baritone saxophones. Playing genres such as jazz, classical, commercial, experimental, Broadway, salsa, funk and everything in between Rose has performed with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Chris Potter, The Cab Calloway Orchestra, Eddie Daniels, The Seattle Symphony, Conexion Latina Salsa Band, Jimmy Owens, Jon Braman, Mike Longo and The New York State of The Art Jazz Ensemble, Kenny Werner, Brian Lynch, George Garzone and more!

Colin Stetson

Woodwind player Colin Stetson can play powerfully while circularly breathing for long periods, can draw multiphonics out of a sax with great skill, and can command an audience's attention with his focus and melodic improvisations. Stetson was born and raised in Ann Arbor, MI, where he became proficient on assorted saxophones, clarinet, and flute. He earned a degree in music from his hometown school the University of Michigan in 1997, studying with Roscoe Mitchell, Donald Sinta, and Christopher Creviston; afterward, he went on to study with Steve Adams and Henry Threadgill as well. While still in college, he co-founded Transmission (which later became Transmission Trio), and in 1998 he played with progressive Detroit-area jazz-rockers Larval on their Knitting Factory album Larval 2. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area that summer along with the rest of Transmission, which released its first album in 1999

Peter A. Schmid

Born: October 2, 1959

Musically active for over twenty years in various groups blurring the boundaries between jazz, improvised music and modern classic music. In (almost) every formation, own compositions and concepts with plenty of room for structured or free improvisation are used. A melting and fusing of composed and improvised parts is a central concern. Over the past few years, duos ��" beside wind ensembles - have become more and more my favorite form. They allow a very direct and personal communication between two independent musicians, and furthermore, it usually means regular collaboration poses no organizational problem… Since 2003, I play regular duo concerts at my homeplace in Uster, Switzerland, with both musicians with whom I play duets for years as well as with “new” musicians, who meet for spontaneous improvised concerts. CD trilogy with woodwind duos: September Duos with Evan Parker, Birdology with Vinny Golia and en passant with Ned Rothenberg. An important field is music in special architectonical and acoustic buildings. Concerts and recordings in an empty water cistern in Zürich (with Vollmond, September Winds and in duo with Evan Parker and Matthias Ziegler)

Frank Vacin

Frank Vacin has been living and working in New York City since 1991. He presently lives with his family in Manhattan . A baritone saxophonist and woodwind doubler Frank also plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones, contra alto, bass, alto and soprano clarinet, flute and bassoon. Frank began studying music in preschool and piano at age five. He received his first lessons from his Aunt Nancy Darnall in Alva, Oklahoma. He started clarinet in elementary school and began classical saxophone lessons from Vince Gnojek in high school. Frank Vacin has been blessed to have many great teachers over his lifetime, including Rich Matteson, Hamiet Bluiett, Reggie Workman, Jimmy Owens and many others

Damian J Sanchez

Born: October 15, 1980

Damian J Sanchez, biography July 19, 2016 A Miami native by way of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Damian J Sanchez remembers the “Magic City” amidst the 1990s onslaught of Cuban refugees and enduring his teenage years in one of Miami's roughest neighborhoods, Little Havana. His musical journey commenced at the age of 12. He began by learning music theory before picking up an instrument with Jon Hamm at Citrus Grove Middle School and later guitar, piano, oboe, and saxophone from Mr. Hamm and band director, Carlos A. Perez. "It was a different time then, we were so focused on the music that there was no room for learning how to ride a bike or drive a car", reminisces Damian J

Christof Knoche

Saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and composer Christof Knoche was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1967. At about 16, he started playing the saxophone. Following his graduation from high school and two years of obligatory German civil service, he pursued jazz saxophone studies at the Hocheschule für Musik and Theater in Hannover, Germany. Throughout his time there and his prior two years in civil service, Knoche found time to jam with the many talented musicians in the rich Hannover scene (including master trombonist and improviser Albert Mangelsdorff) and to play as a sideman on local world music festivals

Paul Lieberman

Born: July 1

Early in saxophone and flute player Paul Lieberman’s career during a session at Mickey Hart’s, Gil Evans commented to Airto “everything he plays sounds right”—and David Sanborn responded to a NY performance with a surprise kiss. Paul’s critically acclaimed new CD “Ibeji” reached multiple best of the year lists and generated nominations for Latin Jazz Flutist of the Year & Brazilian Jazz Album of the Year. It looks at Brazilian music and Jazz as twin children of Mother Africa separated at birth, raised in distant parts of the world and now reunited, with the stellar support Rufus Reid & Nilson Matta on bass, Duduka da Fonseca, Tim Horner, and Allman Brothers co- founder Jaimoe on drums, Joel Martin on piano, and Eugene Friesen on cello.
 Reviewers say "Lieberman [who] is a soulful player on any instrument, conveying deep emotional content...demonstrates his instrumental mastery and also reveals himself as a formidable composer" in this “stunning, heartfelt, and emotional” recording

Nick Paul

Born: April 5, 1939

Nick Paul was born and bred in London. He was very active during the 60s, 70s and 80s in the south of England and also in Europe playing New Orleans Jazz. Paul played with many bands including The Barry Martin Ragtime Band, Malc Murphy's Storyville Stompers, Bill Brunskil, The New Iberia Stompers, The New Revival Jazz Band and spent time in New Orleans listening to the masters and improving his knowledge of the music. Influences include George Lewis Cpt. John Handy. He left England in 1987 for sunnier climes and lived aboard his sailing boat "Storyville" in Cyprus for ten years playing in hotels and clubs

Craig Buhler

Craig Buhler is Director of the 17-piece "Stardust Dance Band" in which he plays first tenor sax. He is also director of the two big bands at Camp Heebie Jeebies http://www.campheebiejeebies.us/, Music Director for the Carmel Big Band Workshop in Calif., and director of one of the two big bands at the Northwest Big Band Workshop http://www.nwbb.info/ For the past 15 years, Craig has been a full-time instructor in clarinet, saxophone, flute, ear training, and improvisation. The comprehensive Second Edition of his revolutionary New Ears Resolution is helping musicians worldwide learn to improvise http://craigbuhler.com/play-by-ear/ . Craig is a charter member of the rock band "HONK," http://www.honkband.com/index.htm whose yearly reunion concerts are still a priority for California audiences raised on HONK's 5 albums (including the successful soundtrack to "Five Summer Stories"), and their numerous appearances with "The Beach Boys," "Loggins & Messinah", "Chicago," Dave Mason, Jackson Browne, etc. Among his nine CD's are six jazz combo collections and three original contemporary worship albums. He has been a professional jazz, rock, & dance musician for many years, having participated in over 25 recordings and live appearances in Europe, Asia, & North America with 100+ bands. Craig studied music privately with Bill Green, Al Learned, and Mitchel Lurie and at UCLA & the University of Redlands, later earning an M.S