Chad Lefkowitz-Brown

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Chad Lefkowitz-Brown (born September 8, 1989 in Elmira ) is an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , composition ).

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Chad Lefkowitz-Brown performed in New York State at the age of eleven; his mentor was George Reed, who had played with jazz veterans such as Teddy Wilson , Buddy Tate and Marian McPartland . He attended the Brubeck Institute, played with Brubeck himself during this time and was a member of the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet . During his education, he received a number of Down Beat Magazine Student Music Awards in categories such as Best Jazz Soloist and Best Original Song . After graduating from the Brubeck Institute, he worked as a professional jazz musician, performing at Carnegie Hall , the Super Bowl and Madison Square Garden . The first recordings were made in 2010 with pianist Joe Gilman ( Americanvas ). After his first album ( Imagery Manifesto ), which received the honorable mention from Doug Ramsey as Debut Album of the Year , he released the album Onward in 2017 , on which trumpeter Randy Brecker was a guest musician . He also plays in the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Arturo O'Farrill and Clarence Penn ( Monk: The Lost Files , 2012); he also worked as a studio musician with stars such as Taylor Swift , Don Henley and Phillip Phillips . Since 2017 he has been teaching at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in its Roots, Jazz and American Music program . In the field of jazz he was involved in eleven recording sessions between 2009 and 2017, including a. with Rani Singam, Quentin Angus , Natalie Cressman and Isaac Darche.

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  1. ↑ a b Chad Lefkowitz-Brown. Smalls, November 15, 2018, accessed November 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 14, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Lefkowitz-Brown, Chad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Elmira (New York)