Wes Anderson (musician)
Wessell "Wes" "Warmdaddy" Anderson (born November 27, 1964 in Brooklyn ) is an American jazz musician ( saxophone , flute , piano ).
Anderson grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant and in the Brooklyn district of Crown Heights and initially learned classical piano from the age of twelve. Through his father, a drummer, he came to jazz; As a teenager he performed in local clubs and studied first with Roland Alexander , then with Jazzmobile , where he attended workshops by Frank Wess , Charles Davis and Frank Foster . He met Branford Marsalis , who convinced him to study with Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Louisiana . From 1988 he was a member of the Wynton Marsalis septet and also played in Marsalis' Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra . In 1994 he released his debut album on Atlantic Records , which featured Eric Reed and Ben Wolfe . He taught at Michigan State University . Anderson participated in 83 recording sessions from 1987 to 2009. In 2012 he suffered a stroke.
Discographic notes
- Warmdaddy in the Garden of Swing (Atlantic, 1994)
- Ways of Warmdaddy (Atlantic, 1995)
- Live at the Village Vanguard (Leaning House, 1998)
Lexical entry
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wes Anderson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wes Anderson at Allmusic (English)
- Wes Anderson at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allmusic states 1966 as the year of birth.
- ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anderson, Wes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anderson, Wessell; Anderson, warm daddy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn |