Beyond Tenor Talk

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Dan Nicholson and was recorded March 27, 2020. Born in North Carolina, Dan Nicholson has spent the last 20 years as an active saxophonist and educator in Chicago, Illinois. After studying with Jack Wilkins at USF and Bunky Green at UNF, Dan would began work with such greats as Joe Williams, Mel Torme, Arturo Sandoval, and John Pizarelli with the Disney Grammy All American College Jazz Band. Dan moved to Chicago in 1998 and has remained an in demand sideman while teaching at Elmhurst University in Illinois.Learn more about Dan here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLK2X7qayF4rz95pd_BN2uQ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Mason Thomas and was recorded March 13, 2020. Mason Thomas is a saxophonist, guitarist and producer working throughout Louisiana for the last decade. While pursuing a Jazz Studies degree at Louisiana State University Mason began working as a full-time musician playing saxophone with several local wedding bands. After graduating, Mason relocated to Nashville where he would go on to share the stage with noteworthy artists such as The Temptations, Joey Fatone of NSYNC, Jamey Johnson, and other big names in music. He has returned to Louisiana to continue his work in wedding bands while also creating content on Youtube and Tiktok. In 2022, Mason made his debut as a producer when he fully produced and mixed “Led Me Right to You” by Dennis Barnes.Learn more about Mason here: https://www.masonthomassaxophone.com/https://www.youtube.com/@masonthomassaxhttps://www.tiktok.com/@mason_thomas_music https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Travis Thacker and was recorded March 13, 2020. Travis Thacker is a tenor saxophonist and instrument technician in Illinois who began his musical journey by apprenticing his father Carl at age 15 in 1997. Travis graduated from Illinois State University in 2004 earning a bachelor's degree in Music Business. Upon graduation he embarked upon a full-time career as a repair technician and business owner. He partnered in business with Carl in 2008, and in addition to his repair duties, also manages the day to day business operations at Carl's Pro Band. Travis picked up where Carl left off, teaching the Instrument Repair course for future music educators at Illinois State University. He is also a very involved longtime member and clinician for the repair organization NAPBIRT and has served twice as Regional Director. Travis has remained active as a performer, most notably with his band Disorganizer. Learn more about Travis here: https://www.instagram.com/thackartcreations/https://www.carlsproband.com/https://www.instagram.com/disorganizerband/ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Nate Lepine and was recorded March 13, 2020. Tenor saxophonist Nate Lepine has been a regular fixture of the Chicago jazz, improvised music and rock scenes since the early 1990s. Known to date primarily for his work as a go-to sideman, he has appeared on over three dozen recordings by a wide range of artists including indie mainstays Cursive and Iron and Wine, and alt rock outfit Poi Dog Pondering. While ably lending his instrumental voice to these and many other popular projects, Lepine, whose true calling is jazz, has spent years cultivating his own music, building a repertoire of original compositions and performing frequently on the circuit of Chicago jazz clubs as an improviser. In the fall of 2014, the time had come to document the culmination of those efforts, and Lepine assembled a first-rate quartet to record ten of his compositions at Strobe Studio in Chicago. The result of that two day session is his long awaited debut album as a bandleader, Vortices.Learn more about Nate here: https://www.instagram.com/natelepine/https://www.facebook.com/natelepinemusic/ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Nate Heffron and was recorded February 28, 2020. Originally from Chillicothe, Illinois, Nate Heffron started playing saxophone at the young age of nine. Nate left central Illinois to study music at Northern Illinois University where he would perform with legends such as Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Shew, Dennis Mackrel, Byron Strippling, and Red Hollaway. Following his time in school, Nate found his way to Nashville, Tennessee where he became an in demand side man for many of the top performers, currently touring around the country with recording artist Anderson East. Learn more about Nate here:https://www.instagram.com/nateh222/ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Pat Malinger and was recorded February 26, 2020.Pat Mallinger was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota and began playing the saxophone at 11 years of age. He received his Jazz Studies degree from North Texas State University on a “One O'clock Lab Band” Scholarship.He lived and performed in Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston, and Japan, before establishing Chicago as his home in 1990. He is a co-leader of Sabertooth, which has been the mainstay band at the Green Mill Lounge each Saturday night from 1992 to 2018. Pat is often heard around Chicago performing with the Bobby Lewis Quintet, Model Citizens Big Band, and his own quartet to name a few. Pat performs concerts and festivals nationally and internationally both as a bandleader and sideman. Pat has performed with Nancy Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Cab Calloway, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Reunion Band, Cedar Walton, Marcus Roberts, Joey DeFrancesco, Joe Lovano, Frank Foster, Branford Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Billy Harper, Jimmy Heath, Johnny Griffin, James Moody, Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Paquito D'Rivera, Donald Harrison, Alvin Batiste, Slide Hampton, Curtis Fuller, Steve Turre, Wycliffe Gordon, Bill Watrous, Clark Terry, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Doc Severinsen, Roy Hargrove, and Nicholas Payton.Learn more about Pat here: https://patmallinger.com/ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Alisha Pattillo and was recorded February 16, 2020. Alisha Pattillo is an Australian born, Singaporean raised saxophonist now residing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. In addition to leading her own jazz group, "Alisha's Quartet" she performs regularly as a side man with other ensembles and is a woodwind educator. Alisha started playing the saxophone at the age of 11 at the United World College of S.E Asia. Five years later she could be spotted playing in professional bands on the Singapore Club & Bar scene. Pattillo returned to Australia for her undergrad studies and graduated In 2006 with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Saxophone from the prestigious Queensland Conservatorium of Music. In 2007 Alisha relocated to Houston, Texas to further pursue her musical career and became a major player on the blues and jazz scene. In 2012 Alisha released her debut CD “Along For The Ride”, in 2015 “Billabong Island Sound”, 2017 “H-Town Collective.” Houston also presented her with the opportunity to perform alongside national acts such as Portugal. The Man, Archie Bell & The Drells, Steve Tyrell and Joe Sample. In 2018 Alisha moved to Northwest Arkansas and has been taking the region by storm.Learn more about Alisha here: https://saxleash.com/ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Roderick Paulin and was recorded February 16, 2020. Roderick Paulin is an American saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and educator. Roderick's musical career spans over four decades collaborating with artists such as John Legend, Harry Connick Jr.,  Aaron Neville, Allen Toussaint, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Christian McBride, Trombone ‘Shorty' Andrews, Wynton Marsalis, The Grateful Dead, PJ Morton, The Brand New Heavies, The Afghan Whigs, Branford Marsalis, and the ReBirth Brass Band. For the last 10 years, Paulin has served on the faculty of the Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp of New Orleans which is the longest running, minority-owned and operated music organization that serves public and private school students of New Orleans and surrounding communities.Roderick completed his undergraduate music degree at Southern University New Orleans (SUNO) under the guidance of New Orleans avant-garde saxophonist Edward “Kidd” Jordan, and the previously mentioned pianist and composer Roger Dickerson. After some 30 plus years of performing in every musical setting one can think of, Roderick returned to school at 50 years old and completed his Masters Degree at Louisiana State University (LSU - May 2022) during the Pandemic and he's continuing his academic studies currently as a Doctoral candidate pursuing the PhD in Music Education at LSU as well. Roderick has released the projects RPM, Slow But Steady, Da Hustle Don't Stop, and a new album Jazz, Blues, and Grooves that is set to release soon which features Roderick's interpretations on tunes from artists Herbie Hancock, Marvin Gaye, Art Blakey, and original compositions as well.Learn more about Roderick here: https://roderickpaulinmusic.com/home https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Nabil Muquit and was recorded February 13, 2020. Nabil Muquit is an American saxophonist, composer and producer. Nabil was a private instructor for young up-and-coming jazz musicians at the Philadelphia Clef Club summer jazz camp before moving to New Orleans to study at Loyola. There he became a performer in various groups at Snug Harbor including Ellis Marsalis Quintet, Delfeayo Marsalis and The Uptown Jazz Orchestra, and The Charmaine Neville Band. He then gained notoriety as a sideman of various groups performing at Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits including Willie Green Project and Jason Weaver's Quintet.Nabil has released solo projects "4u&2u" and "Covid Sessions".Learn more about Nabil here: https://nabilmuquittt.com/https://www.instagram.com/nabilmuquittt/?hl=en https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Kirsten Edkins and was recorded February 13, 2020. Kirsten Edkins is an American saxophonist, composer and educator. A graduate of the Eastman School of music, Edkins became the first woman to perform in Bill Holman's Big Band. She has also been a member of several Grammy- award winning bands: John Beasley's MONK'estra, the Claire Fischer Band, Big Phat Band and the late composer Johnny Mandel's band. She's performed on many television shows, such as “American Idol”, “the Late, Late Show”, “Tonight Show” and “The Voice” where she's worked with artists like Pharrell Williams, Katherine McPhee, Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. She has a private studio in Southern California, has taught at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music, Bill Green Mentorship for the LA Jazz Institute, Monterey Jazz Camp,  Stanford Jazz Camp, and Idyllwild Performing Arts. She is a proud  D'Addario Winds Artist and plays Retro Revival mouthpieces.Learn more about Kirsten here: https://www.kirstenedkinsmusic.com https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features CJ Ziarniak and was recorded January 27, 2020. CJ Ziarniak is a jazz saxophonist and educator originating from the Rochester, NY area. He is now an up and coming recording and performing artist in New York city after graduating with a Bachelors in Jazz and Contemporary Media Degree from the prestigious Eastman School of Music.  At the collegiate level, CJ was a 3 year member of the Eastman Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Bill Dobbins, performing in a variety of places including Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club in New York City.  CJ has recorded three CD's of his own and has been featured on multiple records of all genres.Learn more about CJ here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZiQMe60GE_ZfSv8yrUklfghttps://cjziarniak.bandcamp.com/album/clear-frames-with-the-zubazhttps://www.facebook.com/CJZMusic/ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Clarence Johnson III and was recorded January 14, 2020. Known for his fierce and often sultry saxophone sound and astounding virtuosity, New Orleanian Clarence Johnson III enjoys a successful career as a recording and performing artist, an educator, and also appears in films and television. Most recently, Clarence, a 2 time winner of Offbeat Magazine's “Best of the Beat” Best Saxophonist Award, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Cultural Ambassador Heartbeat Award from Offbeat Magazine and Positive Vibrations Foundation in 2017. Clarence is currently celebrating the national release of his latest recording, "Watch Him Work." Johnson has appeared on the recordings of such artists at Tori Amos ("Boys for Pele" WEA, 1996), Bruce Hornsby as part of a tribute to Keith Jarrett ("Long as You're Living Yours" RCA, 2000), and Davell Crawford ("The B-3 and Me" Rounder Records, 1998). Johnson's resume also includes past work with the Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Dr. John, members of the Neville Brothers, Allen Toussaint, Jimmy Smith, David "Fathead" Newman, John Scofield, and members of the Meters. Additionally he's performed with orchestras that have backed such international acts as Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, Kirk Franklin, Gladys Knight, the O'Jays, Billy Preston, and Wynton Marsalis. Learn more about Clarence here: https://www.facebook.com/CJ3SAX/https://open.spotify.com/artist/3oBDGjZXrKrUtqHdqq8l0E https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Brad Walker and was recorded January 14, 2020. Brad Walker is one of the most active and sought-after performers in the city of New Orleans. Perhaps best known for his “soaring” (Rolling Stone), “energetic” (NPR), and “tasteful” (Relix) solos on Saturday Night Live, the Grammys, and the Tonight Show with Nashville mega-star Sturgill Simpson, Brad Walker is an active and compelling artist in his own right, with five full-length releases under his own name and a decade of music- making in the Crescent City under his belt. His 2014 debut, ‘Quintet', received a 4-**** review in DownBeat magazine, and his playing has received praise in Variety, OffBeat Magazine, Gambit Weekly, Dig!, and many others.Since 2009 Walker has performed or recorded with such luminaries as Bernard Purdie, Peter Erskine, John Riley, George Porter, Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste, Anders Osborne, Marcia Ball, Rickie Lee Jones, Valerie June, Better than Ezra, and countless others, and has led the horn sections for Grammy-winner Sturgille Simpson, Blues Award-winner Ana Popovic and OffBeat Award winners Eric Lindell, Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, Honey Island Swamp Band, and Colin Lake.In 2019/2020, Walker was nominated for two ‘Best of the Beat' Awards (OffBeat Magazine), in the ‘Contemporary Jazz' category as ‘Best Artist' and for ‘Best Record'. He was also nominated by the ‘Big Easy Awards' (Gambit Magazine) for ‘Best Contemporary Jazz Artist'. Brad holds a Bachelor of Music degree in classical saxophone performance (2006) and Master of Music degree in jazz studies (2011), both from Louisiana State University.Learn more about Brad here: https://bradwalker.me/homehttps://www.instagram.com/thisisbradwalker/?hl=enhttps://www.facebook.com/bradwalkermusic/ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Adam Larson and was recorded January 30, 2020. Adam Larson (b. 1990) is an American saxophonist, composer and author. An endorsed artist for P. Mauriat saxophones, The Boston Sax Shop and Key Leaves, Adam began playing saxophone at the age of 11. Described by critic Howard Reich of The Chicago-Tribune as “a player for whom the word ‘prodigious' was coined”, by Peter Hum of the Ottawa Citizen as “a saxophonist who brings Donny McCaslin and Mark Turner to mind”, and by Nate Chinen of The New York Times as “the sort of jazz musician who gets flagged early on as a promising talent and then hustles to meet every requirement for success”, Larson has garnered numerous awards that distinguish him as one of the most promising artists of his generation. Adam has authored 12 jazz etude books that have been sold in over 45 countries and States. He has created and released a successful online masterclass dedicated exclusively to developing great technique, called “Lightning-Fast and Crystal- Clean”. He maintains an impressive portfolio of commissioned ensemble writing for school jazz ensembles, having written more than thirty original works to date.Learn more about Adam here: Adam Larson Jazz https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

Doug Stone talks to jazz musicians about life, music, recent and upcoming performances, equipment and current events on this Tenor Talk Podcast recording. A different jazz musician is featured in each episode.  This episode features Kyle Robert and was recorded January 14, 2020. Kyle Robert is an American saxophonist, composer and educator based in the south of France. An artist for Selmer saxophones, Vandoren and Lupifaro, Kyle began his musical journey at the Grammy award winning Neuqua Valley High School before attending Drake University. Kyle's years of performing with the Des Moines Big Band and Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships have led to his current success with the worldwide event band Phly Boyz.Learn more about Kyle here: https://www.instagram.com/kylerobertsax/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/thephlyboyz/https://www.phlyboyz.com/ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7kMuikSH6hb4DCdI4KDTasHJftaAPcrU Let's connect: Website: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089874145057 If you want to learn more about jazz improvisation and be part of the Doug Stone Jazz community get on our email list! https://www.dougstonejazz.com/about Head over to the Doug Stone Jazz Shop for some fun jazz merch: https://www.dougstonejazz.com/product-page/just-play-the-changes-long-sleeved-shirt #dougstonejazz #jazz #podcast #musicianlife #musicians #tenorsaxophone #jazzmusicians #jazzinterview #musicianlife

The second half of my interview with Chris Smith. Check out the Stepping Stones Program on my website and book a call!If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax ShopKeep The Music Playing Grant

Chris Smith is a jazz drummer in New York. He has recently published The View from the Back of the Band: The Life and Music of Mel Lewis. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug Stone Jazz and the Stepping Stones ProgramInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax ShopKeep The Music Playing Grant

JASON PARFAIT was born in Houma, Louisiana. As a saxophone player, Jason Parfait was always surrounded by musicians in his family. Both parents were vocalists and his father was an avid guitar player. During his school age years, Jason was always involved with the school band and then at age 17 began his professional career, with his step-father, in the Bourre’ Band. This beginning led to his participation and recordings with Treater, Don Rich, Foret Tradition, and his involvement and contributions with over 60 albums. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1 You can join our mailing list and never miss out on the current happenings!Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax ShopKeep The Music Playing Grant

Doug interviews one of his adult private students on this week's podcast.If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax ShopKeep The Music Playing Grant

Jonathan Armstrong is a musician, composer, and educator serving as the Director of Jazz Studies at Idaho State University. He moved to Pocatello in 2015 after living and working as a professional musician in Los Angeles for nine years. Jonathan has established a creative and dynamic career as a band-leader, performer, contemporary composer, and innovative educator. In Los Angeles he performed with musical luminaries Vinny Golia (avant-garde jazz musician), Bennie Maupin (saxophonist who performed and recorded with Miles Davis), Vincent Gallo (indie filmmaker and songwriter), and Mike Barone (arranger and composer for “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson). He co-founded the jazz quartet Slumgum and released three critically acclaimed albums. Jonathan has performed across the United States, in Japan, Austria, and Germany on saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass, guitar, piano, drums, and electronic sampler. He has also performed on countless recording sessions, concerts, and festivals. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax ShopKeep The Music Playing Grant

Geeking out on all thing Tenor Saxophone!!!! Saxophonist Ben Britton is an active performer, composer, and educator in the U.S. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax ShopKeep The Music Playing Grant

Owen Broder is a saxophonist based in New York City. He runs in a variety of musical circles, leading his own groups and participating in others. Broder’s American Roots Project’s album Heritage (ArtistShare®, 2018) earned him a 2018 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award. The album was praised by DownBeat Magazine as a “transcendental work of art,” and listed as #5 among the Best Music of 2018 [Francis Davis, NPR]. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax ShopKeep The Music Playing GrantBoston Sax Shop Saxophone gear and repair. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

A conversation with college students Ryan Kazda and Kayla Ramos; majoring in music education.If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax ShopKeep The Music Playing Grant

Join my email list at www.dougstonejazz.comIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax ShopKeep The Music Playing Grant

Willie Green is a drummer based in New Orleans.YouTube video Young Lions Vol. 1 Featuring Willie GreenIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax ShopKeep The Music Playing Grant

Preston Jackson was chosen a 1998 Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, the highest honor given to individuals in the State. He is professor emeritus of sculpture at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. One of a family of ten children growing up in the small city of Decatur, Illinois, Preston Jackson became a storyteller and an artist at an early age. In his artwork he intends to deliver information about who we are, where we came from, and where we are headed. His training is in the field of metal fabrication, both steel and foundry cast metals, as well as in painting. The materials used most often in his pieces are cast bronze, steel, and stainless steel. His work tends to be narrative in nature, with emphasis on relating the details and personalities of our past. Preston was recently awarded a Regional Emmy for hosting "Legacy in Bronze", a television show featuring his Julieanne's Garden sculptures. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax ShopKeep The Music Playing Grant

George Caldwell is a jazz pianist and teaches at the University at Buffalo. George is an instructor of Music Piano Performance and director of the Student Jazz Ensembles.GeorgeCalwellJazz.comIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneKeep The Music Playing GrantBoston Sax Shop

Stephen Gordon's bio "I fell in love with all the sounds I heard as a child, so I pursued them" says Drummer/Pianist/Composer STEPHEN GORDON of Charlotte, N.C. - "Rather it was Gospel music at church, Funk and Motown with my Dad, Rock and Metal with my friends, Swing or European Classical literature with my peers and colleagues - I did it all." From the age of 4 years old, it became apparent that young Stephen would emerge into the world bringing forth sound, art, visual perspectives and living melodies to all that he pursued. Through the piano, taking lessons from the age of 5 with many teachers of different perspectives at the guidance of his parents and family, Stephen began playing the trumpet at age 12, which ventured into all brass, woodwinds, and eventually the drums and percussion. "They wanted to expand the Mass Choir at church, so my Dad and I became the rhythm section - That will always be my favorite rhythm section: Me and my Dad." From traditional and contemporary Gospel music, Stephen began sitting in and eventually gigging around Charlotte as a drummer and a keyboardist. "It was the Swing that I heard that I wanted to pursue. When I saw Terence Blanchard Sextet live at 15 years old, I said - Yeah, that's what I want to do; Swing." This path would lead Stephen to graduate high school from Northwest School of The Arts in Charlotte, N.C. and pursue touring and traveling internationally/nationally. "I got so many opportunities to travel with the choir, that when it came to gigging and touring with bands and my friends, I didn't see a difference; I was still going after that sound." These opportunities would lead to Stephen traveling and living in many different places and playing with some of the musicians and educators pushing the forefront of this music - pianist Ellis Marsalis, Jr., drummer Mike Clark, organist Joey DeFrancesco, trombonist Wayne Henderson, trombonist Fred Wesley, pianist Cyrus Chestnut, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, Jr., percussionist Bill Summers, drummer/vibraphonist Jason Marsalis, alto saxophonist Wessell Anderson, vocalist Kurt Elling, pianist Aaron Goldberg, trumpeter Bobby Shew, trombonist Steve Turre, trumpeter Raymond Williams, Sr., bassist Roland Guerin, Poet Abidune Olyewole (The Last Poets), trombonist Tyrone Jefferson - to name a few. Stephen has performed in venues such as Tchaichovsky Hall in Moscow, Russia, The National Concert Hall in Taipei City, Taiwan, Opéra Bastille in Paris, France, The Kursk Philharmonia in Kursk, Russia, Lincoln Center in New York, New York, Ronnie Scott's in London, England, C Venues in Edinburgh, Scotland, The Village Vanguard, The Blue Note and The Jazz Standard in New York, New York, Blues Alley in DC, Babylon in Istanbul, Turkey, The North Sea Jazz Festival in Amsterdam, and many other great venues across the world. Beside playing and touring, recording and teaching have been prospects for Stephen to share in his talents and learn and grow as a musician and as a person. As Stephen resides in Charlotte, N.C., you may catch him all over the world on any given day, swinging and grooving. For all info, check out www.stephengordonmusic.com, as well as YouTube, Facebook and Instagram! STEPHEN GORDON uses exclusively -MURAT DIRIL cymbals, EVANS drumheads, VIC FIRTH sticks/brushes, TACKLE SUPPLY CO. bags and ROC-N-SOC drum thrones.

Ronald Carter - Distinguished Professor, UNC-Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC. Mr. Carter is former director of the world-renowned Northern Illinois University (NIU) Jazz Ensemble and former Director of Jazz Studies is continuing to educate students in jazz education and performance on university, high school and performing arts schools and campuses across the country, South America and Canada. As an educator, Mr. Carter has presented workshops as guest conductor, artist, clinician, or adjudicator at numerous schools across America and abroad.Mr. Carter, who worked 18 years in the East St. Louis School District as the former director of the Lincoln Senior High School Jazz Band, also performed professionally in the St. Louis metropolitan area as a freelance musician on saxophone, clarinet, flute, and as a vocalist. He co-directed the group Infiniti and performed with the legendary George Hudson Orchestra. Mr. Carter has also performed professionally with Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Lena Horne, Lou Rawls, The Jimmy Dorsey Band, Wallace Roney, The Temptations, The Dells, Oliver Lake, Hamiett Bluiett, Leon Thomas, Art Davis, Fareed Haque, Joseph Bowie, Frank Mantooth, Terell Stafford, Orbert Davis, Carl Allen, Rodney Whitaker, and many others.An abbreviated list of his honors and awards includes Downbeat Magazine’s Jazz Educators Hall of Fame, The Woody Herman Music Award (Birch Creek Music Center), The 1991 Milken National Distinguished Educator Award, Southern Illinois University Excellence in Teaching Award, and the St. Louis American Newspaper’s Excellence in Teaching Award and Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees Professorship.He has recently accepted appointment as Felton J. Capel Distinguished Professor of Performing and Fine Arts UNC – Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC.Mr. Carter’s projects include former International Consultant for the Essentially Ellington Jazz Competition sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York; former Lead Artist for the Jazz At Lincoln Center Band Director’s Academy; Co-Author for Alfred Publications “Swingin’ On The Bars”, and co-author of GIA Music Publications “Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz – Book I & II as well as a contributing author to the Beginning Jazz Ensemble Textbook.Mr. Carter is currently an artist for Conn-Selmer Inc. and D’Addario Woodwinds –(Rico Reeds)Keep The Music Playing Grantwww.cartersclinics.comIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

John Gray is an award-winning music educator, musician and entrepreneur based out Baton Rouge, La. A proud alumnus of McKinley High School (c/o 98’) and the Southern University Music Department, Gray’s foundation began on the stadium fields as a member of both the McKinley High and Southern University marching bands and has manifested into an astonishing career in the realm of music education, independent artistry and music business. Under the mentorship of the late jazz great/Master Teacher, Alvin Batiste, Gray received his Associate of Arts in Jazz (01’) as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Classical Performance (05’) from Southern University. In the decade that would follow his undergraduate studies, Gray has been named as The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra’s Teacher of the Year (2013-2014), he has been the recipient of the Master Teacher Award at the Dunham School where he currently teaches, he has also been awarded The LINK’s Role Model of the Year award (in 2014), and also has been named as one of Louisiana Life Magazine’s Louisianians of The Year, as well as Arts Ambassador by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge. He’s been named as one of the People to Watch in 2015 by The Drum Magazine, and a Top 40 Under 40 Black Entrepreneurs for 2014-2015. He has also received artist residency training through the renown Kennedy Center for the Arts and completed training at the Jazz @ Lincoln Center’s Directors Academy. He is a 2015 graduate of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s Leadership Class, and has been a TEDx speaker as well as a 99u speaker. John currently teaches full time at the Dunham School, and performs professionally with The JGrayJazz Trio, The Michael Foster Project, The Soul Jukeboxx, The Uptown Jazz Orchestra, and The Treme Brass Band. He also runs his own music company, Continuum Music, specializing in the recording, promotion, and booking of jazz artists and their music.If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

As one of New Orleans’ most-in-demand artists, saxophonist, educator, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Khari Allen Lee has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Alvin Batiste, Ellis Marsalis, Edward 'Kidd' Jordan, Aaron Neville, Aretha Franklin, Dr. John, Branford Marsalis, Allen Toussaint, DeeDee Bridgewater, Stevie Wonder, Terence Blanchard, the Treme Brass Band, Leah Chase, Herlin Riley, the Astral Project, Shannon Powell, Wes ‘Warmdaddy’ Anderson, Jason Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Bill Summers, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Ravi Coltrane, Kenny Barron & more. He is lead saxophonist & touring member of Delfeayo Marsalis’ Uptown Jazz Orchestra, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra directed by Adonis Rose, and is presently on the faculty at the University of New Orleans following his extended tenure at the prestigious New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). As leader, Khari Allen Lee & the New Creative Collective have released three albums, Conscious Evolution (2012), Our Great Awakening (2014) & A New Earth (2016), all to enthusiastic praise. In 2015, he was chosen as newest artist endorser of the family of Jody Jazz Mouthpieces,& in 2017 was chosen as newest artist ambassador for the family of Rovner Ligatures.Read more of his bio hereIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

Lenard Simpson, alto saxophone, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and began playing the saxophone at age 11. While in high school, he was selected to participate in the GRAMMY Camp – Jazz Session. Simpson received a Bachelor of Music degree from Northern Illinois University. After graduation, he moved to Chicago, where he performed with Brian Lynch, Robert Irving III, and Charles Heath. Simpson has served as a teacher at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music’s Jazz Institute, the Northern Illinois University Jazz Camp and the Birch Creek Jazz Camp. Lenard Simpson FacebookIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

Zahria Sims is a 2018 graduate of Baton Rouge Magnet High School, in Baton Rouge, LA and is currently a student at Loyola University in New Orleans, LA majoring in Music Business with a concentration in jazz studies/performance. Over the years, Zahria has had many interests including basketball, cheerleading, volleyball, and track. However, music is the activity that captivated her the most. She started playing the piano at 7 years old, and when she was 12 she picked up the saxophone and fell in love. The rest is history. She is now studying music, recording and performing at various events throughout Baton Rouge and New Orleans. She has performed or opened with EBR All-Parish Middle School Jazz Band (2014); LMEA All State Jazz Band (2017, 2016, 2015, 2014); EBR All-Parish High School Jazz Band (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015,); performed with Mid City Jazz Festival Resident Band (2017); opened up for Kenny Garrett at the Manship Theatre; EBR Talented Music Program. Some of her accolades include Loyola University Jazz Festival Outstanding Soloist Award – 2016 & 2017; Loyola Jazz Camp Scholarship Recipient – 2016 & 2017; and BRCC Mid City Jazz Festival Outstanding Soloist – 2017. YouTube JEN interviewIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

Gerald Watkins Jr. is a New Orleans based drummer.Gerald Watkins Jr. FacebookIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

Greg Ward is a saxophonist and composer that was born in Peoria, IL. Currently based in Chicago, Ward has had the opportunity to perform and record with a varied group of artists like Prefuse 73, Lupe Fiasco, Tortoise, William Parker, Andrew D'Angelo, and Mike Reed. In 2000, Ward began his studies at Northern Illinois University where he worked with Steve Duke, Fareed Haque, Ron Carter, and Joey Sellers. Already interested in composition, having the opportunity to compose for NIU's jazz combos deepened his understanding of the inner-workings of music. Also, working with composer and arranger, Joey Sellers, equipped Ward with some important tools to further explore this new love. Around his sophomore year in college, Ward started spending many nights performing in the jazz clubs of Chicago. Soon, he would meet another one of his mentors, saxophonist, Fred Anderson, who would later select him to host a jam session at the Velvet Lounge for four years. During this time period, Ward experienced much growth as a performer and composer and developed a vibrant community of performers, artists, dancers, and listeners. After graduating from NIU in 2004 with a degree in Jazz Studies/Saxophone Performance, Ward moved to Chicago and took advantage of every opportunity that was offered to him. Composing two pieces for the International Contemporary Ensemble, performing a quartet composition for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Chamber Music Series, composing Wings for the Peoria Ballet Company, and being commissioned by the Jazz Institute of Chicago for a new composition, which was performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival in 2009, are just a few of the many experiences that shaped Ward during his years in Chicago. In 2009, Ward decided to move to New York City. Almost immediately after he arrived in NYC, he began working with JazzReach, an NYC-based jazz education organization that shares multi-media programs throughout the US. In 2010, he would produce his first CD as a leader with his Chicago-based band, Fitted Shards. South Side Story received much critical acclaim, including "Recording of the Year" by the Chicago Tribune. Next, in 2011, Ward formed Phonic Juggernaut, which features Damion Reid on drums and Joe Sanders on bass. Together, they recorded and released a CD on Thirsty Ear Recordings that same year. Also, in 2011, Ward composed and performed a commission from the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra for a concerto for jazz quartet and string orchestra. In 2012, Ward was selected as one of the two New Music USA Van Lier Fellows. In 2014, he received a commission/residency from the Jazz Gallery and premiered Capturing Sunlight, which was an hour-long work for septet and included a short documentary by Diana Quinones Rivera. The Capturing Sunlight project was inspired by the life and work of Preston Jackson. Recently, Ward has collaborated with another composer, sound designer, and performer, Caleb Willitz. First, they composed the film score for Beresford Bennett's film, Pinch, which was an official selection of the 2015 San Diego Black Film Festival. Second, Ward and Willitz will be releasing an electro-acoustic project, Gaps and Spaces: Synoptic Optiks. Greg Ward WebsiteGreg Ward FacebookIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/music

Marcus Evans is a jazz drummer based in Chicago, IL. Marcus Evans FacebookIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

Diron Holloway is a saxophonist and educator based in Miami, Florida. Diron served as Director of the Award Winning FAMU Jazz Ensemble I. Directed the Woodwind sections in the Marching and Symphonic Bands. Directed the Saxophone and Clarinet Studios. Performed with the Faculty Jazz Combo, Faculty Woodwind Trio, and lead a Recruitment team for the University Band Program. Diron currently works for the Broward County Public Schools developing the musical skills of young musicians, by teaching music theory, practical skills and relevant coursework. Doug and Diron went to Northern Illinois University together in 2000. linkedin.com/in/diron-holloway ___________________________________________________________________________If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

Falling in love with music is easy, and that was the case for a five year old boy from Venice, IL. At the age of five, Larry Brown picked up the guitar from his father and has not put it down since. Upon completing high school,Brown attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) to study with legendary 7-string guitarist Rick Haydon. Through the years, he has had the opportunity to learn from jazz legends such as Pat Martino, Houston Person, Jimmy Cobb, Victor Goines, John Scofield and Russell Malone. He has also performed at some of the country’s greatest jazz festivals and venues including the St. Louis Jazz Festival, the Clark Terry Jazz Festival, The JVC Jazz Festival New York, Lima Jazz Festival (South America) as well as Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. Brown is a very versatile musician. He has worked as guitar chair for the plays Color Struck and High School Musical and has recorded on gospel albums with artist from the St. Louis Metropolitan area as a guitarist and an organist. Additionally, he has performed with Hamiet Bluiett, Louie Bellson, Lew Soloff, Benny Golson and Curtis Fuller. A Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Alumni, Brown just received his Masters from Northern Illinois University whee he studied with jazz notables Fareed Haque, Willie Pickens and jazz educator Ron Carter.If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

My name is Jarritt Ahmed Sheel, and I am an artist who just wants to place all of the yearnings & desires given to him by the Lord... on the canvas of humanity. I love playing music and doing my art to the best of my ability! I love cooking, traveling, learning, teaching, and most of all performing in front of others. I am a musician(trumpet) who is really into Gospel, Funk, Jazz, Punk, Reggae and most of all HIP-HOP! One day soon I look forward to opening up a community based arts school that focuses on learning that revolves around the discussion of freedom and democracy, through experiences with Hip-Hop and Jazz. I am really interested in family and making it and God the center point of my life. I recently accepted an assistant professor of music education position at the Berklee College of Music, and I am a Ed.D. candidate in music & music education at Teachers College, Columbia University. I attended Florida A&M University where I attained my B.S. in Music Performance, Northern Illinois University for my M.M. in Jazz Studies and I recently achieved my Ed.M. in Music & Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. My research interests are focused on the intersections that occur between hip-hop and music education. I am a huge fan of critical theory (CRT & Whiteness Theory) and follow the writings of Stephen Brookfield, Steven Preskill, Michel Foucault, Cornel West, Maxine Greene and Roland Barthes. I find that critical theory is becoming increasingly more relevant in music education's march toward progress. I am interested in investigating teacher preparation and the performance experiences that pre-service teachers engage in. As the demographic of the U.S. of America changes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2043 minorities will become the majority, thus changing the terrain of American education. I am currently interested in these subjects: Critical Theory, Philosophy, Music Education, Teacher Preparation, Hip-Hop, Culturally Relevant Pedaogies and Social Justice or maintaining memberships in these organizations: National Association for Music Education (NAFME), Pi Kappa Lambda, NAACP, Kappa Kappa Psi (Delta Iota & Kappa Nu Chapters), John H. Clarke Honor Society, Technology in Music Education (TI:ME), NAACP, AERA, College Music Society (CMS).J Sheel Music | Doug Stone JazzEpisode Notes:Authors, Books, and Articles:Adam Kruse https://music.illinois.edu/faculty/adam-kruseGreg Dimitriadis - Performing Identity/Performing Culture Gloria Ladson-Billings - Culturally Relevant Pedagogy 2.0 a.k.a. the Remix Murray Forman - That’s the Joint Cornel West (featured in That’s the Joint)Michael Eric Dyson - Jay-Z Made in America Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds - StampedMonique Morris - Pushout Robin DiAngelo - White Fragility W.E.B. Du Bois - The Souls of Black FolkJarritt’s Playlist for Doug (For adult audiences, parental advisory, and explicit lyrics)J. Dilla - Donuts (full album)We Got Jazz - Tribe Called QuestGimme the Loot - BiggieStakes is High - De La SoulGo - CommonOther artists include - Busta Rhymes, J. Cole, Kendrick LamarAnd the final track would be….Megan Thee Stallion - Savage (Female Rap Remix) ft. Beyonce, Nick Minaj, Doja Cat & More)If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes?

Music performerViavattine has performed with a variety of popular "Big name" musicians. He played on tour with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, including a memorable performance in Washington, D.C. at President Reagan's 1980 Inaugural Ball. He has also performed with Ray Charles, Patti Page, The Temptations, Chuck and Gap Mangione, Randy Brecker, Jeff Tyzik and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Connie Francis, Vic Damone, Aretha Franklin and Lou Rawls.He is a member of Rochester's hit Latin Band, "Mambo Kings", started by another local musician and composer, Richard Delaney. He is also a member of one of Rochester's premier party bands, "Unlimited", founded and directed by his brother Bob Viavattine. John began playing when he was young, learning early on from his teacher, Joe Romano, to pay strict attention to time, keeping with the rhythm section, and complementing them. On June 12, 2007, Viavattine and the Mambo Kings opened for the rock group "Los Lonely Boys" at the Rochester International Jazz Festival.Music teacherAfter earning his bachelor's degree in music from Nazareth College, he moved to Los Angeles, California to teach for a short time before returning to Upstate New York to teach at Spencerport High School in Spencerport, New York. He is the director of the Spencerport Wind ensemble, and in conjunction with his colleague, Ben Osborne, the Spencerport Symphonic Band. In 2007 Viavattine received the prestigious RPO educator of the year award. Students say that it is his passion for music which encourages them. He acts as a role model by being active in the musical scene around Rochester outside of school.High school jazzHe is probably most well known as director of the Spencerport High School "Jazz One" band. This group has been ranked one of the top high school bands in the country, ranking first place in heritage music festivals nationwide. In March 2007, Spencerport Jazz One took first place in the Berklee Jazz Festival. In April 2007, Jazz One took first place at the Heritage Festival in Orlando, FL, competing against more than twenty schools from across the nation. On April 18, 2007, Viavattine led the band to another first place at the MCC Jazz Festival.[2] In 2008, they won first place in a nationwide Yamaha recording contest, judged in part by members of Tower of Power.

Born in Rochester, NY, Erik Stabnau became interested in music early on before taking up the saxophone at the age of 9. While in high school, Erik began performing professionally around Rochester and Western NY, and was recognized as an outstanding soloist at the Charles Mingus Competition in New York City.Following high school, Erik earned a Bachelor’s degree in Jazz and Contemporary Media from the Eastman School of Music, where he learned from world renowned musicians and studied privately with saxophonists Chien-Kwan Lin, Jose Encarnacion, and Charles Pillow. He was a member of the Eastman jazz Ensemble under the direction of Bill Dobbins, and the Downbeat award winning Eastman Chamber Jazz Ensemble, which was recognized for their “Outstanding Undergraduate College Performance”.Erik has shared the stage with notable musicians, including David Bixler, Bob Sheppard, John Fedchock, Jim Pugh, Tanya Darby, Derek Gardner, Dennis Mackrel, Reggie Thomas, Bill Holman, and pianist David Paich of Toto. He has also performed with a variety of ensembles, including the Dave Rivello Ensemble, Birch Creek Jazz Orchestra, and the O’Jays. Erik’s playing has been heard throughout the Northeast, with notable performances at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, Lewiston Jazz Festival, New Trier Jazz Festival, and Artpark.Besides playing the saxophone, Erik is an accomplished woodwind doubler on the flute and clarinet. He has performed in orchestras for musicals such as The Drowsy Chaperone, Footloose, Frog & Toad, Grease, Guys & Dolls, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Kiss Me Kate, Les Miserables, West Side Story, and The Wizard of Oz.In addition to performing, Erik is an experienced music educator. Besides teaching privately, he has instructed instrumentalists and directed ensembles at the Performing Arts Institute at Wyoming Seminary and Birch Creek Music Performance Center.Erik performs regularly throughout Western and Central NY as a leader with his own duo, trio and quartet. He can also regularly be heard at live shows and in recordings with 5Head, Tempest, Blue Dance, and Orient Express.

Don Norton is a musician and educator living in Portland, Oregon. He serves as Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Portland, where he directs jazz ensembles and teaches saxophone and academic courses in music and fine arts.In high school, Don studied saxophone and improvisation with John Vana and Dr. John Murphy at Western Illinois University. He earned his B.M. in Music Performance from Northern Illinois University in 2006, where he studied saxophone and improvisation with Steve Duke, John Wojciechowski, and Todd DelGiudice. He earned his M.M. in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory in 2008, where he studied with Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, John McNeil, and Rakalam Bob Moses. In 2015, Don completed the Doctor of Arts degree in jazz studies and saxophone performance at the University of Northern Colorado, where he studied saxophone and improvisation with Dr. Andrew Dahlke.Don has performed with many great musicians, including Cecil McBee, Rakalam Bob Moses, Harold Jones, Fareed Haque, Liam Teague, and Orlando Cotto, among many others. As a freelance musician and as a member of different ensembles, he has performed throughout the United States and internationally, appearing at the Festival Internacional Jazz Peru in Lima, Peru, and at the Festival Internacional de Ensambles de Percusion in Costa Rica.Don has previously taught at Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota State University-Mankato, Spoon River College, and the University of Northern Colorado, where he was a graduate assistant in the Jazz Studies Department from 2012-2014. He has also taught at the Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts and at the summer jazz camps of Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University, and the Birch Creek Music Performance Center.

David Detweiler, Assistant Professor of Jazz Saxophone, joined the faculty at Florida State University in 2016 after serving as Director of Jazz Studies at Nazareth College (Rochester, NY). He has performed at many of New York City’s premier live-music venues such as The Blue Note, Birdland, The Knitting Factory and The Iridium. His first record as a leader, New York Stories, was recorded in Tallahassee with Leon Anderson, Clarence Seay, Chris Pattishall, and Rick Lollar, received a favorable review by Scott Yanow. His second record as a leader, The Dave Detweiler Trio featuring Fumi Tomita and Alex Patrick, was released in August 2015.Dr. Detweiler received the DMA degree from the Eastman School of Music in 2015 and the MM degree from Florida State University in 2010. He also studied at both the University of North Texas and William Paterson University, receiving the BM degree from William Paterson. His teachers include: Bill Dobbins, Charles Pillow, Ramon Ricker, Gary Smulyan, and Steve Wilson.

Scott Johnson is a New Orleans-based saxophonist.Scott Johnson FacebookIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

Sam Taylor is a New Orleans-based saxophonist. Sam Taylor FacebookIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

Mike Salter is a Chicago-based tenor saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and composer. Mike Salter FacebookIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit dougstonejazz.com/podcast-1Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the sponsor formDiscover Doug’s music: dougstonejazz.com/musicInstagram: instagram.com/dougstonejazzsaxophoneFacebook: facebook.com/dougstoneBoston Sax Shop

Dan Nicholson is an accomplished bandleader and virtuoso musician hailing from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Before making his home in Chicago, Dan attended the University of North Florida where he studied saxophone and flute under the legendary Bunky Green, who called Dan “a musical force to reckon with.” Dan developed his bandleading skills on the East coast and in Chicago before he joined the Arlen Music organization four years ago as the lead arranger and music director for Front of House. Dan also serves as the lead saxophonist and soloist to the nationally renowned Chicago Jazz Ensemble. With a Master’s Degree in composing and arranging from DePaul University, Dan creates spectacular and exciting arrangements for all of the Arlen Music bands, including the Ken Arlen Orchestra.

Originally from Chillicothe, Illinois, Nate Heffron started playing saxophone at the young age of nine. Before leaving Central Illinois to study music at Northern Illinois University, Nate made a name for himself throughout the Peoria area. Playing regularly with the Central Illinois Jazz Society (CIJO) House Band and Big Band; for years, Nate found himself alongside veteran musicians of Central Illinois. He even found time to lead his own 15 member big band and jazz quintet that gigged regularly throughout the Peoria area at such places as the Fine Arts Fair, Hub Ballroom, the Fireworks Spectacular at Glen Oak Amphitheater and Martini's. His years in Central Illinois awarded him with two appearances at the Illinois All-State Convention, recognition in the Peoria Journal Star as a top area performer, and a scholarship to the nationally ranked Northern Illinois University Jazz Program. As a member of NIU Jazz Ensemble, Nate has performed with legends such as Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Shew, Dennis Mackrel, Byron Strippling, and Red Hollaway. He also recently returned with the Ensemble from a trip to the 2004 Lima, Peru International Jazz Festival. Currently, Nate performs regularly with and helps manage Concerned Citizens, a jazz quartet focusing on original composition and creative improvisation. This group combines original music with talented players from NIU. The Concerned Citizens, aside from just playing gigs, are involved with clinicing many high school/grade school jazz bands. Nate has and continues to study with Larry Harms and Steve Duke. Any questions should be directed to NateHeffron@hotmail.com

Mason started his musical journey with piano at 8 years old, saxophone in the school band at 11. He later ventured to the guitar, and by age 13 Mason began performing professionally. He had recorded and released many original rock tunes by age 17.While in high school, Mason studied saxophone at Brevard Music Center for a summer, and was asked to perform with the Nicholls State University Wind Ensemble. Mason also attended numerous summer camps and performed in state level honor bands in both jazz and classical settings. In addition, he continued his professional career by playing with several local bands.While attending Louisiana State University, Mason performed with jazz legends Bobby Shew and Peter Erskine as a member of the LSU Jazz Ensemble. Later, Mason was chosen to perform with the SEC Student Jazz Combo at numerous events for the SEC Championship Game in 2017.Professionally, Mason continued to play while working on his degree. He’s shared the stage with country music star Jamey Johnson, The Temptations, the Drifters, America’s Got Talent Finalist Brian King Joseph, David St. Romain, and many others. Mason has years of experience entertaining large crowds playing the saxophone and other instruments along the Gulf Coast. The high profile events bands Mason has played with include New Orleans Karma, the Mixed Nuts, Groovy 7, B Street Benny, and Paperchase, to name a few. Mason also spent many Sundays in church playing the bass guitar.Mason graduated from Louisiana State University in May of 2019 with his degree in Jazz Studies. Shortly after graduating, he relocated to the Nashville area where he continues to work as a professional musician.

Tenor saxophonist Nate Lepine has been a regular fixture of the Chicago jazz, improvised music and rock scenes since the early 1990s. Known to date primarily for his work as a go-to sideman, he has appeared on over three dozen recordings by a wide range of artists including indie mainstays Cursive and Iron and Wine, and alt rock outfit Poi Dog Pondering. While ably lending his instrumental voice to these and many other popular projects, Lepine, whose true calling is jazz, has spent years cultivating his own music, building a repertoire of original compositions and performing frequently on the circuit of Chicago jazz clubs as an improviser. In the fall of 2014, the time had come to document the culmination of those efforts, and Lepine assembled a first-rate quartet to record ten of his compositions at Strobe Studio in Chicago. The result of that two day session is his long awaited debut album as a bandleader, Vortices. The musicians Lepine chose to help him realize his vision – alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella (Nick Mazzarella Trio), bassist Clark Sommers (Kurt Elling, BaSH) and drummer Quin Kirchner (Wilde Belle, NOMO) – were selected from the community of fiercely talented players that thrive in Chicago’s active jazz and improvised music scene. Each is a bandleader in his own right, and together they display uncommon versatility in their interpretation of Lepine’s eclectic originals. The quartet plays with a balance of virtuosity and soul all too rare in modern jazz, and Lepine has left plenty of room for each musician to contribute his personality to the material, while leading the way with his own distinctive, vocal-like tenor sound. There is a diverse array of musical content throughout Vortices, from carefully crafted counterpoint, to bass-driven grooves and catchy horn riffs, to freely improvised passages. This variety reflects Lepine’s aesthetic, which is informed by his travels as a journeyman, his devotion to the art and craft of playing the saxophone, and a passion for the jazz idiom itself. Lepine brings to bear his many years of experience in the music industry on this first offering under his own name, and it is plain to hear the wait was worth it.

Travis Thacker (Technician/Owner) began apprenticing with Carl at age 15 in 1997, and has continued in his father's footsteps. Travis graduated from Illinois State University in 2004 earning a bachelor's degree in Music Business. Upon graduation he embarked upon a full-time career as a repair technician and business owner. Travis greatly appreciates the opportunity to learn from and work with a technician as skilled and knowledgeable as Carl, and has grown a large clientele of musicians throughout the Midwest and beyond. He partnered in business with Carl in 2008, and on top of his repair duties, also manages the day to day operations at Carl's Pro Band. Travis picked up where Carl left off, teaching the Emergency Instrument Repair course for future music educators at Illinois State University. He is also a very involved longtime member, clinician and Regional Director for the repair organization NAPBIRT.