Tia Fuller
Tia Fuller (born March 27, 1976 in Aurora , Colorado ) is an American jazz musician ( alto and soprano saxophone , flute ) and arranger .
Live and act
Fuller grew up in a musical family; her parents Fred and Elthopia Fuller are jazz musicians. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Spelman College in Atlanta in 1998 , followed by a Masters in Jazz Education and Performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2000 . In 2009/10 she was a member of the female backing band on the I Am… tour of R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles , on whose DVD Me, Myself and I she can be seen as a soloist. So far (2019) she has released five albums a. a. at Mack Avenue Records with her quartet. The album Diamond Cut was nominated for a Grammy . She also worked with Ralph Peterson , TS Monk , Jon Faddis , Rufus Reid , Sean Jones , Nancy Wilson , Wycliffe Gordon and with Esperanza Spalding as the musical director of her formation Radio Music Society , with which she worked in Germany a. a. performed at the Leverkusen Jazz Days .
Discographic notes
- Pillar of Strength (Wambui, 2005)
- Healing Space (Mack Avenue, 2007, with Christian McBride , Sean Jones , Warren Wolf )
- Decisive Steps (Mack Avenue, 2010)
- Angelic Warrior (Mack Avenue, 2012)
- Diamond Cut (Mack Avenue, 2018, with Adam Rogers , James Genus , Bill Stewart )
Web links
- Web presence
- Tia Fuller at Allmusic (English)
- Tia Fuller at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Esperanza Spaldings Radio Music Society Band ( Memento from January 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Meeting ( JazzTimes )
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| SURNAME | Fuller, Tia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (alto and soprano saxophone, flute) and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aurora , Colorado |