Jay Beckenstein
Jay Beckstein (* 14. May 1951 in New York ) is an American fusion - saxophone ( soprano and alto saxophone ).
Beckenstein grew up in a musical family; his mother was an opera singer, his father a jazz fan . From the age of seven he played the saxophone. After graduating from high school, he went to Buffalo with his friend Jeremy Wall to study at the State University of New York . In 1974 he founded the band Spyro Gyra with Wall , in which he has been active ever since. In 2000 he presented an album under his own name. He also worked on other projects, such as the studio album Images and Words by the progressive metal band Dream Theater .
Discographic notes
- Eye Contact (2000)
with Dream Theater
- Images and Words
- Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a memory
Web links
- Biography on spyrogyra.com
- Jay Beckenstein at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Brian Soergel: Jay Beckenstein a Spyro Solo . JazzTimes . June 2000. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
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| SURNAME | Beckenstein, Jay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |