JOHN ELLIS (SAXOPHONE)
Genres: Post Bop, Eclectic Fusion, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Third Stream, Latin Jazz • United States

American saxophone player, born in 1974 in North Carolina. He received a music degree from the New School in New York City and won second place in the Thelonious Monk piano competition. Ellis has worked with The Holmes Brothers, Charlie Hunter, John Patitucci, Lonnie Smith, Sting, Helen Sung, and Miguel Zenón. from discogs John Ellis is widely recognized as one of New York’s premiere tenor saxophone voices. A sideman to artists as diverse as bass icon John Patitucci, organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith, and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenon, John has performed extensively around the world for the last 20 years. With more than 100 album credits as a sideman, John can be heard with artists as wide ranging as Charlie Hunter, Robert Glasper, Darcy James Argue, Edward Simon, and Sting. John was the 2nd place winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition in 2002, was the recipient of three composition grants through read more...