Ned Otter
Ned Otter (* New York City ) is an American jazz - Tenor saxophonist , composer and producer .
Ned Otter grew up in New York and got into jazz when he heard his brother play Dave Brubeck's hit Take Five in the high school band . At the age of eleven he started with the alto saxophone, then switched to the tenor. After graduating from New York Performing Arts High School , Otter began his longstanding musical partnership with George Coleman , with whom he studied for five years. He also appeared with Red Rodney in the late 1970s , then toured the United States and Europe with the Clark Terry Big Band in 1981 . In 1987 he became a member of Coleman's Octet and played in Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band in 1988 . In the 1990s he worked mainly as a freelance musician in the USA and Europe, with u. a. Cedar Walton , Shirley Scott and Junior Cook , also with their own formations.
In January 2000, Ned Otter founded the record label Two and Four and later the non-profit organization Essential Arts Concepts, Inc. , which takes care of the public perception of jazz artists and provides their performance and recording opportunities. He worked with Coleman, Ahmad Jamal , Harold Mabern , Jamil Nasser , Gary Smulyan , the photographer Jimmy Katz and the sound engineer Rudy Van Gelder . Then in 1996 Danger High Voltage by George Coleman New Octet appeared on the Two and Four label ; finally in 2002 his first two albums Powder Keg and So Little Time with Harold Mabern, Dennis Irwin , Billy Higgins and the trumpeter Tom Kirkpatrick . In September 2002 the album The Secrets Inside was created with Otter's own compositions and arrangements for five wind instruments (Otter, baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan, Zaid Nasser on alto, Adam Brenner on tenor, Jim Rotondi on trumpet and Harold Mabern, Jamil Nasser on bass and drummer Mark Taylor).
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- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
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| SURNAME | Otter, Ned |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |