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Zaid Nasser

Zaid Nasser is one of the most authentic voices on saxophone today. As the son of jazz and blues great Jamil Nasser (nee George Joyner), Zaid was born and bred on the jazz scene. As a young saxophonist, he often spent his days with Papa Jo Jones, getting lessons in jazz and life from Ffather Time himself. Early on, he was sitting in with Lou Donaldson and George Coleman. He has been on the New York scene now for over twenty years. He's played with Cecil Payne, Junior Cook, Jon Hendricks, and Harold Mabern. Zaid spent three years with Calvin Newborn's band in Memphis, crisscrossing the south and playing in roadside juke joints, developing a rich, deep sound all of his own

Squeeze In Tight, jazz and blues songs for solidarity

By Eli Yamin

Label: Jazz Power Initiative
Released: 2025
Track listing: Squeeze In Tight Blueswash Freight Train Blues For My Sister My Babe Listen to the Young Cats Let His Love Take Me Higher Climate Change Make Room Parado Al Borde De Las Lagrimas Heartbreak Hotel Zaid's Blues

Off Minor

By Zaid Nasser

Label: Smalls Records
Released: 2009

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