Keith Loftis

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Keith Loftis (born September 2, 1971 in Dallas ) is an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , composition ) of modern jazz .

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Loftis attended Booker T. Washington High School of Visual and Performing Arts in Dallas; a classmate was Roy Hargrove . In 1995 he moved to New York to study at the New School for Social Research ; In 2006 he earned a Masters Degree in Composition / Film Scoring from New York University . From the 1990s he worked mainly in the New York jazz scene; first recordings were made in 1995 with Nozomu Itō ( It's Funkito ). In the following years he played a. a. with James Gilyard, in Frank Foster ’s Loud Minority Big Band, in the Roy Hargrove Big Band, the Craig Bailey - Tim Armacost Brooklyn Big Band and with Abram Wilson; In 2010 he appeared in Germany with Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya, to be heard on the recording Sotho Blue . In the course of his career so far he has also performed with Benny Carter , Cedar Walton , Nancy Wilson , Alvin Batiste , Kenny Barron and Ray Charles .

In 2011 he recorded the album Simply, Loftis under his own name , on which Roy Hargrove, Anthony Wonsey , Dezron Douglas and Donald Edwards participated. In the 2010s, Loftis also worked on recordings for Eddie Allen , Chris Gillespie, and the Michael Carvin Experience. In the field of jazz he was involved in eleven recording sessions between 1995 and 2014. Currently (2019) Loftis is a member of Kenyatta Beasley's septet . Loftis lives in Brooklyn.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Music database at Radio Swiss Jazz
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 16, 2019)
  3. ↑ Keith Loftis. Smalls, February 16, 2019, accessed February 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Loftis, Keith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (tenor saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas