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Alto saxophonist Steve Wilson's website features reviews, sound bites, itinerary,
biography, cds.
“Adept in almost any setting, Wilson has the rare ability to say more with less and to let the space between each note breathe and resonate” (George Varga, The San Diego Tribune). It is these qualities that have earnedSTEVE WILSON the enviable position of being on the bandstand and in the studio with the greatest names in jazz. He is also “gifted with fabulous technique and a first-rate sense of what’s musical” (Dan Neal, The Palm Beach Post), qualities that have earned him critical acclaim as a bandleader. A musician’s musician, Wilson had been documented on over 100 recordings with the likes of Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Dianne Reeves, O.T.B., Donald Brown, Billy Childs, Don Byron, Bill Stewart, James Williams, and Mulgrew Miller. Wilson has six recordings under his own name. His sidemen read as a who’s who: Lewis Nash, Cyrus Chestnut, Kevin Hays, Steve Nelson, Gregory Hutchinson, Dennis Irwin, James Genus, Larry Grenedier, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley, Mulgrew Miller, Nicholas Payton, and his current working quartet of Bruce Barth, Ed Howard and Adam Cruz.
In a New York Times poll, Wilson was cited by his peers as one of the most likely artists to break out [on his own] as an established leader. And break out he does with his debut Stretch Records release, Generations. His second release for Stretch Records, Passages, features Bruce Barth, Ed Howard and Adam Cruz, with special guest Nicholas Payton, and nine original tunes written by Wilson. It establishes Wilson as an eclectic songwriter and bandleader, recording for the first time with his working band. The original material reflects upon the wonderful legacy left behind by some of the legends the jazz world has recently lost, and explores straight-ahead swing jazz and delves into strains of R&B, Afro-Cuban and Latin music. Wilson's first four CDs (New York Summit, Step Lively, Blues for Marcus and Four For Time) are on the Criss Cross label ...
biography, cds.
“Adept in almost any setting, Wilson has the rare ability to say more with less and to let the space between each note breathe and resonate” (George Varga, The San Diego Tribune). It is these qualities that have earnedSTEVE WILSON the enviable position of being on the bandstand and in the studio with the greatest names in jazz. He is also “gifted with fabulous technique and a first-rate sense of what’s musical” (Dan Neal, The Palm Beach Post), qualities that have earned him critical acclaim as a bandleader. A musician’s musician, Wilson had been documented on over 100 recordings with the likes of Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Dianne Reeves, O.T.B., Donald Brown, Billy Childs, Don Byron, Bill Stewart, James Williams, and Mulgrew Miller. Wilson has six recordings under his own name. His sidemen read as a who’s who: Lewis Nash, Cyrus Chestnut, Kevin Hays, Steve Nelson, Gregory Hutchinson, Dennis Irwin, James Genus, Larry Grenedier, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley, Mulgrew Miller, Nicholas Payton, and his current working quartet of Bruce Barth, Ed Howard and Adam Cruz.
In a New York Times poll, Wilson was cited by his peers as one of the most likely artists to break out [on his own] as an established leader. And break out he does with his debut Stretch Records release, Generations. His second release for Stretch Records, Passages, features Bruce Barth, Ed Howard and Adam Cruz, with special guest Nicholas Payton, and nine original tunes written by Wilson. It establishes Wilson as an eclectic songwriter and bandleader, recording for the first time with his working band. The original material reflects upon the wonderful legacy left behind by some of the legends the jazz world has recently lost, and explores straight-ahead swing jazz and delves into strains of R&B, Afro-Cuban and Latin music. Wilson's first four CDs (New York Summit, Step Lively, Blues for Marcus and Four For Time) are on the Criss Cross label ...
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1. steve wilson
Alto saxophonist Steve Wilson's website features reviews, sound bites, itinerary,
biography, cds.
“Adept in almost any setting, Wilson has the rare ability to say more with less and to let the space between each note breathe and resonate” (George Varga, The San Diego Tribune). It is these qualities that have earnedSTEVE WILSON the enviable position of being on the bandstand and in the studio with the greatest names in jazz. He is also “gifted with fabulous technique and a first-rate sense of what’s musical” (Dan Neal, The Palm Beach Post), qualities that have earned him critical acclaim as a bandleader. A musician’s musician, Wilson had been documented on over 100 recordings with the likes of Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Dianne Reeves, O.T.B., Donald Brown, Billy Childs, Don Byron, Bill Stewart, James Williams, and Mulgrew Miller. Wilson has six recordings under his own name. His sidemen read as a who’s who: Lewis Nash, Cyrus Chestnut, Kevin Hays, Steve Nelson, Gregory Hutchinson, Dennis Irwin, James Genus, Larry Grenedier, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley, Mulgrew Miller, Nicholas Payton, and his current working quartet of Bruce Barth, Ed Howard and Adam Cruz.
In a New York Times poll, Wilson was cited by his peers as one of the most likely artists to break out [on his own] as an established leader. And break out he does with his debut Stretch Records release, Generations. His second release for Stretch Records, Passages, features Bruce Barth, Ed Howard and Adam Cruz, with special guest Nicholas Payton, and nine original tunes written by Wilson. It establishes Wilson as an eclectic songwriter and bandleader, recording for the first time with his working band. The original material reflects upon the wonderful legacy left behind by some of the legends the jazz world has recently lost, and explores straight-ahead swing jazz and delves into strains of R&B, Afro-Cuban and Latin music. Wilson's first four CDs (New York Summit, Step Lively, Blues for Marcus and Four For Time) are on the Criss Cross label ...
biography, cds.
“Adept in almost any setting, Wilson has the rare ability to say more with less and to let the space between each note breathe and resonate” (George Varga, The San Diego Tribune). It is these qualities that have earnedSTEVE WILSON the enviable position of being on the bandstand and in the studio with the greatest names in jazz. He is also “gifted with fabulous technique and a first-rate sense of what’s musical” (Dan Neal, The Palm Beach Post), qualities that have earned him critical acclaim as a bandleader. A musician’s musician, Wilson had been documented on over 100 recordings with the likes of Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Dianne Reeves, O.T.B., Donald Brown, Billy Childs, Don Byron, Bill Stewart, James Williams, and Mulgrew Miller. Wilson has six recordings under his own name. His sidemen read as a who’s who: Lewis Nash, Cyrus Chestnut, Kevin Hays, Steve Nelson, Gregory Hutchinson, Dennis Irwin, James Genus, Larry Grenedier, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley, Mulgrew Miller, Nicholas Payton, and his current working quartet of Bruce Barth, Ed Howard and Adam Cruz.
In a New York Times poll, Wilson was cited by his peers as one of the most likely artists to break out [on his own] as an established leader. And break out he does with his debut Stretch Records release, Generations. His second release for Stretch Records, Passages, features Bruce Barth, Ed Howard and Adam Cruz, with special guest Nicholas Payton, and nine original tunes written by Wilson. It establishes Wilson as an eclectic songwriter and bandleader, recording for the first time with his working band. The original material reflects upon the wonderful legacy left behind by some of the legends the jazz world has recently lost, and explores straight-ahead swing jazz and delves into strains of R&B, Afro-Cuban and Latin music. Wilson's first four CDs (New York Summit, Step Lively, Blues for Marcus and Four For Time) are on the Criss Cross label ...
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2. ronnie cuber
Baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber's website features reviews, sound bites, cds, itinerary, projects, biography.
Ronnie Cuber, born December 25, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, has been composing, arranging and leading his own groups since 1959. He is acknowledged to be one of the greats among baritone saxophonists, with a sound that is an exciting amalgam of straight-ahead jazz, hard bop, soul, R& B, and Latin, and with a power that has been compared to that of Pepper Adams. As a youth, Mr. Cuber's musical studies concentrated on the tenor saxophone. In his teens he was chosen to perform in Marshall Brown's Newport Youth Band at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival. Brown already had a tenor saxophone player and offered Mr. Cuber a seat in the baritone saxophone section, an event that opened up a new performance world to the young artist.
By 1962 he had recorded with Slide Hampton, then went on to work and record with Maynard Ferguson's band from 1963-65. The following year Ronnie took the jazz world by storm as part of the orginal George Benson Quartet in a swinging hard bop quartet driven by the mighty Hammond B3 organ of Lonnie Smith. The band recorded 4 memorable albums for John Hammond at Columbia Records. After a stint with Lionel Hampton and filling the coveted baritone chair on Woody Herman's Band, Cuber augmented his New York session work by performing and recording with the the great Latin bands of Eddie Palmeri, Charlie Palmeri, Mario Bausa and Mongo Santamaria. Simultaneous to his early tenue with Palmeri, Ronnie was playing alongside and recording with R&B legend King Curtis while and backing Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin ...
Ronnie Cuber, born December 25, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, has been composing, arranging and leading his own groups since 1959. He is acknowledged to be one of the greats among baritone saxophonists, with a sound that is an exciting amalgam of straight-ahead jazz, hard bop, soul, R& B, and Latin, and with a power that has been compared to that of Pepper Adams. As a youth, Mr. Cuber's musical studies concentrated on the tenor saxophone. In his teens he was chosen to perform in Marshall Brown's Newport Youth Band at the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival. Brown already had a tenor saxophone player and offered Mr. Cuber a seat in the baritone saxophone section, an event that opened up a new performance world to the young artist.
By 1962 he had recorded with Slide Hampton, then went on to work and record with Maynard Ferguson's band from 1963-65. The following year Ronnie took the jazz world by storm as part of the orginal George Benson Quartet in a swinging hard bop quartet driven by the mighty Hammond B3 organ of Lonnie Smith. The band recorded 4 memorable albums for John Hammond at Columbia Records. After a stint with Lionel Hampton and filling the coveted baritone chair on Woody Herman's Band, Cuber augmented his New York session work by performing and recording with the the great Latin bands of Eddie Palmeri, Charlie Palmeri, Mario Bausa and Mongo Santamaria. Simultaneous to his early tenue with Palmeri, Ronnie was playing alongside and recording with R&B legend King Curtis while and backing Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin ...
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3. tim armacost
Tim Armacost Official Site.
He has led a life of constant motion. He has gathered knowledge and experience around the globe, which forms the foundation of his passionate brand of jazz ...
music, jazz, saxophone, zen, horn, player, new york, band, quartet, quintet, big band, music education, sheet music.
He has led a life of constant motion. He has gathered knowledge and experience around the globe, which forms the foundation of his passionate brand of jazz ...
music, jazz, saxophone, zen, horn, player, new york, band, quartet, quintet, big band, music education, sheet music.
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4. claire daly
Baritone saxophonist Claire Daly's website features reviews, sound bites, cds, itinerary, projects, biography.
Claire will tell you that her life changed on Sept. 23rd, 1971, when as a very (very) young girl, playing saxophone for 3 months, she heard a big band concert at the Westchester County Center. The saxophone section stood up for a soli, and Claire was on her chair screaming. After dragging her father to the stage door for autographs afterwards, she said of the Buddy Rich Band bus, "I'd do anything to be on that bus". It was the kind of epiphany that only young enthusiasm can breed, but enthusiasm is still the motivating force in her musical life.
After attending the Berklee College of Music, she began an education of another kind -- making a living as a musician. Her career has included anchoring the sax section in the Diva Big Band for 7 yrs, freelancing in New York doing EVERY imaginable kind of gig (available on request!), recording 5 CDs with the brilliant, quirky composer/pianist Joel Forrester and their band "People Like Us", as well as two CDs as leader on Koch Jazz, ("Swing Low" and "Movin' On" now re-released on Dalybread Records) and a new release of her own called "Heaven Help Us All" (Dalybread Records). She has performed on numerous CDs, film scores, jingles, and of course in many festivals and venues.
She has backed up Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney among many others, being an in-demand baritonist in every style of music. Leading her own jazz groups, and passing on to the next generation the gift of music, have been the mission of her life ...
Claire will tell you that her life changed on Sept. 23rd, 1971, when as a very (very) young girl, playing saxophone for 3 months, she heard a big band concert at the Westchester County Center. The saxophone section stood up for a soli, and Claire was on her chair screaming. After dragging her father to the stage door for autographs afterwards, she said of the Buddy Rich Band bus, "I'd do anything to be on that bus". It was the kind of epiphany that only young enthusiasm can breed, but enthusiasm is still the motivating force in her musical life.
After attending the Berklee College of Music, she began an education of another kind -- making a living as a musician. Her career has included anchoring the sax section in the Diva Big Band for 7 yrs, freelancing in New York doing EVERY imaginable kind of gig (available on request!), recording 5 CDs with the brilliant, quirky composer/pianist Joel Forrester and their band "People Like Us", as well as two CDs as leader on Koch Jazz, ("Swing Low" and "Movin' On" now re-released on Dalybread Records) and a new release of her own called "Heaven Help Us All" (Dalybread Records). She has performed on numerous CDs, film scores, jingles, and of course in many festivals and venues.
She has backed up Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney among many others, being an in-demand baritonist in every style of music. Leading her own jazz groups, and passing on to the next generation the gift of music, have been the mission of her life ...
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5. pete yellin
Saxophonist Pete Yellin's website biography, sound bites, recordings, projects, itinerary, reviews, books, etc.
Alto saxophonist and educator Pete Yellin is a native New Yorker who has toured and recorded with many of the seminal names in jazz, among them Joe Henderson (a member of Henderson's sextet in the 60s and 70s), Tito Puente, Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Eddie Palmieri, Machito, Mario Bausa and Maynard Ferguson.
Pete also leads his own groups, releasing three CDs in the last three years with another in the can that features Eddie Henderson, Peter Leitch, Harvie S, Carl Allen and special guest Chick Corea.
In 1984, Pete Yellin founded the jazz program at Long Island University -- New York's first serious full-time degree program in jazz--and continues to be involved in its leadership as Coordinator of Jazz Studies ...
Alto saxophonist and educator Pete Yellin is a native New Yorker who has toured and recorded with many of the seminal names in jazz, among them Joe Henderson (a member of Henderson's sextet in the 60s and 70s), Tito Puente, Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, Eddie Palmieri, Machito, Mario Bausa and Maynard Ferguson.
Pete also leads his own groups, releasing three CDs in the last three years with another in the can that features Eddie Henderson, Peter Leitch, Harvie S, Carl Allen and special guest Chick Corea.
In 1984, Pete Yellin founded the jazz program at Long Island University -- New York's first serious full-time degree program in jazz--and continues to be involved in its leadership as Coordinator of Jazz Studies ...
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