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Ellery Eskelin (born August 16, 1959) is an American tenor saxophonist raised in Baltimore, Maryland and residing in New York City. His parents, Rodd Keith and Bobbie Lee, were both professional musicians.
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saxophonist and composer, new york city. “…a rugged tenor saxophonist with a romantic streak that runs parallel to his experimental leanings… — The New Yorker - February 2013. For the past forty years Ellery Eskelin has been at the forefront of the global creative improvised music scene.
Jun 8, 2024 · Musings from a Saxophonist... Saturday, June 8, 2024. The Art of Breath. I just took a bike ride through Central Park this afternoon and stopped to listen to a jazz combo play the tune “Star Eyes”. Took me a minute to remember the title but it was a stalwart choice at jam sessions back in the day.
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"Ellery Eskelin is a gifted tenor saxophonist whose bold, pungent tone, remarkable range and uncanny facility on the instrument should naturally rank him right up there with the leading lights of today's jazz scene. And yet, his experimental streak often places him well beyond the walls of the jazz establishment.
Nov 29, 2021 · For the past forty years Ellery Eskelin has been at the forefront of the global creative improvised music scene. Based in New York City, he has traveled widely, performing, recording and amassing a personal and iconoclastic body of work with the view that jazz and American music is an ongoing creative process with great relevancy to our time.
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Ellery Eskelin graduated from Towson in 1982. He was in the Towson State University Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of legendary composer Hank Levy. Eskelin would later return to the school as an artist-in-residence under the Murray Jazz Residency.
