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Alex Graham

Belmont Univeristy, Grand Hotel

Quick Facts:

Nationality: USA
Artist Since:2011
Influences:Charlie Parker | John Coltrane | Keny Garrett
Website:http://www.alexgrahamjazz.com
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/alex.graham.5
Mac or PC:Mac
iPhone or Android:iPhone
Facebook or Twitter:Facebook
Satellite or Cable:Cable
Favorite Performance Venue:Smalls' Jazz Club

Banded Story:

My first saxophone solo came in 7th grade when I performed "Watermelon Man" in front of my peers at the school assembly. When I noticed the response from the other students to what I was playing, and felt the joy and spirituality of the music, I was hooked for life!

Bio:

Saxophonist and composer Alex Graham is an internationally recognized performer and educator who has performed as a leader or sideman with a variety of artists at festivals, clubs, and/or concert halls all over the world. He has been awarded fellowships and residencies to compose original music, and is an Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. Graham’s most recent CD on Origin Records, Brand New, was highly ranked in the national jazzweek radio charts, and made several top ten lists in the year it was released.  Alex is a performing artist and clinician for Jupiter Saxophones, and a Vandoren Regional Artist.