Wayne Escoffery
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Wayne Escoffery | |
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Background information | |
Born | London, England | February 23, 1975
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Saxophone |
Website | wayneescoffery |
Wayne Escoffery (born 23 February 1975) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Performing history
Since 2000, he has been working in New York City with
Biography
Wayne and his mother, Patricia Escoffery emigrated to the United States and settled in New Haven, Connecticut in 1986.[1] He attended ACES Educational Center for the Arts high school.[1]
At age eleven, Escoffery joined The New Haven Trinity Boys Choir and began taking saxophone lessons from Malcolm Dickinson. At sixteen, he left the choir and began a more intensive study of the saxophone, attending the
Escoffery was awarded a full scholarship to attend The Hartt School, where he studied with McLean for four years, and earned a bachelor's degree in Jazz Performance summa cum laude in 1997. He then attended the
Escoffery married vocalist Carolyn Leonhart in 2004.[2] As of 2020, they are no longer married.[3] Together they have one child, and have collaborated on many performances, and appear together on several albums.
In 2014, Escoffery won the 62nd Annual Downbeat Critics Poll for rising star on the Tenor Saxophone and in 2010 won a Grammy with The Mingus Big Band. In 2016 he was appointed Lecturer in Jazz Improvisation and Combo Instructor at The Yale School of Music.
Discography
As leader
- Times Change (Nagel Heyer, 2001)
- Intuition (Nagel Heyer, 2004)
- Veneration (Savant, 2007)
- Hopes and Dreams (Savant, 2008)
- Uptown (Posi-Tone, 2009)
- The Only Son of One (Sunnyside, 2012)
- Live at Firehouse 12 (Sunnyside, 2014)
- Live at Smalls (SmallsLIVE, 2015)
- Vortex (Sunnyside, 2018)
- The Humble Warrior (Smoke Sessions, 2020)
- Like Minds (Smoke Sessions, 2023)
As sideman
With Tom Harrell
- Light On (HighNote, 2007)
- Prana Dance (HighNote, 2009)
- Roman Nights (HighNote, 2010)
- The Time of the Sun (HighNote, 2011)
- Number Five (HighNote, 2012)
- Colors of a Dream (HighNote, 2013)
- First Impressions (HighNote, 2015)
With Black Art Jazz Collective
- Presented By The Side Door Jazz Club (Sunnyside, 2016)
- Armor of Pride (HighNote, 2018)
- Ascension (HighNote, 2020)
- Truth To Power (HighNote, 2024)
With others
- Monty Alexander, Wareika Hill: Rasta-Monk Vibrations (MACD, 2019)
- Nancie Banks, Out of It (GFI, 2001)
- Noah Baerman, Playdate (Posi-Tone, 2009)
- Pat Bianchi, Back Home (Doodlin, 2010)
- Pat Bianchi, Something To Say: The Music of Steve Wonder (Savant, 2021)
- Steve Davis, Correlations (Smoke Sessions, 2019)
- Amina Figarova, Blue Whisper (In+Out, 2015)
- Amina Figarova, Road to the Sun (AmFi, 2018)
- John Hasselback III, Entrance (Hasselcastle, 2021)
- Frank Lacy, Mingus Sings (Sunnyside, 2015)
- Carolyn Leonhart, New 8th Day (Sunnyside, 2004)
- Carolyn Leonhart, If Dreams Come True (Nagel Heyer, 2007)
- Carolyn Leonhart, Tides of Yesterday (Savant, 2010)
- Joe Locke, Force of Four (Origin, 2008)
- Mingus Big Band, Tonight at Noon...Three or Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, 2002)
- Mingus Big Band, I Am Three (Sue Mingus Music, 2005)
- Mingus Big Band, Live at Jazz Standard (Sue Mingus Music, 2010)
- Lonnie Plaxico, Rhythm & Soul (Sirocco Music, 2003)
- Eric Reed, Happiness (Nagel Heyer, 2001)
- Ben Riley, Memories of T (Concord Jazz, 2006)
- Ben Riley, Grown Folks Music (Sunnyside, 2012)
- Avi Rothbard, Twin Song (MidLantic, 2005)
- Avi Rothbard, Standard Solo And Duet Sketches (Rothbard Music/RM Records, 2016)
- Randy Sandke, Jazz for Juniors (Arbors, 2009)
- Joris Teepe, In the Spirit of Rashied Ali (Jazz Tribes, 2018)
- Akiko Tsuruga, NYC Serenade (Mojo [jp], 2008)
References
- ^ a b McNally, Owen (2012-03-29). "Wayne Escoffery Honored In New Haven". courant.com. The Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ Wayne Escoffery (2008-09-15). "Public Service: Locating Wayne Escoffery's Missing Horn". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
- ^ Leonhart, Carolyn (14 April 2020). JAZZIZ Daily Brunch: Carolyn Leonhart. JAZZIZ (YouTube interview). Brian Zimmerman (interviewer). Retrieved 22 May 2020.