Wayne Escoffery

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Wayne Escoffery (Photo: Lorenzo Dasaro)

Wayne Escoffery (* 23. February 1975 in London , England ) is a living in the United States Jazz - Tenor saxophonist .

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Escoffery emigrated to the United States with his mother and moved to New Haven, Connecticut in 1986 . At the age of eleven he sang in the New Haven Trinity Boys Choir and took saxophone lessons with Malcolm Dickinson . At the age of 16 he left the choir to concentrate on the saxophone and initially studied at Jazzmobile in New York City, the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven and the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven.

While studying at the Artists Collective in Hartford (Connecticut) , he met Jackie McLean , who directed the Hartt School's jazz program . Supported by a scholarship from the Hartt School, Escoffery studied with McLean from 1993 to 1997 and obtained a Bachelor in Jazz Performance in 1997. From 1997 to 1999 he continued his studies at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the New England Conservatory in Boston . During this time he went on tour with Herbie Hancock . In 1999 he received his Masters and moved to New York to work as a professional musician.

Since 2000 he has worked in New York City with Carl Allen , Eric Reed , the Mingus Dynasty and the Mingus Big Band ( Tonight at Noon ), Ralph Peterson , Ben Riley , Ron Carter , Rufus Reid , Bill Charlap , Bruce Barth , Jimmy, among others Cobb and Eddie Henderson , also with singers Mary Stallings , Cynthia Scott, Nancie Banks , LaVerne Butler and Carolyn Leonhart.

Escoffery has been working with its own formation since the early 2000s. He also appears with Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet , in the Mingus Big Band , in Abdullah Ibrahim's band Akaya , in the backing band of Carolyn Leonhart and at Jazz at Lincoln Center . He also plays in the quintet of Tom Harrell and in the band of trombonist David Gibson ( Maya , 2001).

Escoffery has been married to Carolyn Leonhart since 2004.

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SURNAME Escoffery, Wayne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd February 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH London