Rahsaan Barber

Rahsaan Barber (born April 2, 1980 ) is an American jazz musician ( saxophone , flute ), composer and music teacher who is active in the music scene in Nashville .

Rahsaan Barber and his twin brother, the trombonist Roland Barber, were named after Rahsaan Roland Kirk by their parents . As a schoolboy they played in the family band with their older brother Robert, a saxophonist. He studied music at Indiana University with David Baker ; to his musical role models belonged John Coltrane and Stanley Turrentine , to which he dedicated the song for Stanley T (appeared 2005 on his album TrioSoul ). In 2003 he performed at the World Saxophone Competition as part of the Montreux Jazz Festival . He received his master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music .

Barber taught at Belmont University in Nashville, worked with the 18-member big band Nashville Jazz Orchestra and the Nashville Jazz Workshop . He is co-leader of the El Movimiento septet , which integrates Latin and mainstream jazz , hip-hop , rock and world music influences. After his debut album Triosoul , the album Everyday Magic followed in 2010 . Barber produces the label Jazz Music City Records and currently leads the band The Megaphones , "which wants to combine the drive of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band with the energy of hip-hop".

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↑ Ron Wynn: Rahsaan Barber serves as jazz player and advocate with his label, Jazz Music City Records (2012)

personal data
SURNAME	Barber, Rahsaan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 2, 1980

[1] Ron Wynn: Rahsaan Barber serves as jazz player and advocate with his label, Jazz Music City Records (2012)