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6月25日周六晚，金鸡湖李公堤魔方LOFT/爵士魔方即将迎来2016年度大戏——格莱美获奖爵士萨克斯大师Wayne Escoffery四重奏。格莱美得主Wayne Escoffery，38岁的他已作为乐队领导者录制了八张专辑，在众多国际大牌乐队、音乐家的专辑中都有Wayne Escoffery的名字。 Jazziz杂志(Jazziz Magazine)称他为“现代爵士乐中最重要的萨克斯演奏家之一”。这也是Wayne Escoffery第二次带领他的爵士乐队来魔方LOFT演出。

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自2000年移居纽约，伦敦出生的格莱美获奖者，次中音萨克斯演奏家WayneEscoffery已经成为国际爵士界最有才华的萨克斯大师之一，也是最炙手可热的sidemen。38岁前他已作为乐队领导者录制了八张专辑，乐迷们更能在众多国际大牌乐队，乐团，音乐家的录音室及现场专辑中看到Wayne Escoffery的名字。Wayne与The Eric Reed七重奏的合作录音及巡回演出是他职业生涯的正式开始。2001年, 他分别加入了Lonnie Plaxico和Abdulah Ibrahim的乐队。同时，他也成为了明格斯王朝(The Mingus Dynasty),明格斯乐团(The Mingus Orchestra), 以及2011年格莱美最佳大乐队获奖团体－明格斯大乐队(The Mingus Big Band)的固定成员。

2004年，格莱美获奖制作人 / 编曲家 / 小号演奏家Don Sickler邀请WayneEscoffery加入Ben Riley的Monk Legacy七重奏 --- 一个向伟大的爵士巨人Thelonious Monk致敬的无钢琴革新乐团。与此同时，Wayne还在与两组由Wynton Marsalis先生亲自挑选的音乐大师们---林肯爵士中心音乐大师团(Jazz At Lincoln Center's Music of the Masters)一起巡演，演出Dexter Gordon和Miles Davis的音乐作品。Dexter Gordon的音乐作品特别邀请了Wayne Escoffery与萨克斯演奏家Jimmy Greene，Gerry Welden，Dexter Gordon的校友--钢琴家George Cables, 以及贝司演奏家Rufus Reid，鼓手Leroy Williams一起合作演出。Miles Davis的音乐作品则由Wayne Escoffery与小号演奏家Eddie Henderson，中音萨克斯演奏家Steve Wilson，钢琴家David Kikoski, 贝司演奏家Ed Howard，以及Miles Davis的御用老牌鼓手Jimmy Cobb一起合作完成。

2006年，Wayne Escoffery获得了一个爵士乐中最令人垂涎之一的机会: 加入Tom Harrell五重奏。自与Tom Harrell合作以来，他已与乐队共同录制了8张专辑，并以联合制作人的身份与Tom Harrell共同制作发行了"Prana Dance"，"Roman Nights"，"The Time of the Sun”，"Number 5” 四张专辑。除了在与众多音乐家及乐队合作时期常受到关注与赞扬, Wayne在作为乐队领导者身份的录音作品中更是受到了广泛音乐家及媒体的高度赞誉。Jazziz杂志(Jazziz Magazine)称他为“现代爵士乐中最重要的萨克斯演奏家之一”。Ben Ratliff，《纽约时报》(The New York Times)的爵士评论家写道:"Wayne是一位年轻，自信，hard-swinging的次中音萨克斯管演奏家”。Charles Mingus的遗孀，Mingus乐队的总监，Sue Mingus夫人称赞Wayne为"一位最有才华，富有诗意的艺术家”。

尽管Wayne的音乐天赋横溢，但他确是在一个相对无音乐的家庭环境中长大。1983年,他和他的母亲从伦敦搬到了美国，最终在1986年定居在康涅狄格州的纽黑文(New Haven)。Wayne从小总是喜欢唱所有他听到的歌，但直至搬迁到纽黑文，他才刚刚开始接受正式的音乐教育。11岁时Wayne参加了纽黑文的Trinity男孩唱诗班---一个每年都有录音巡演，享誉国际的男孩唱诗班。当时他也开始学习萨克斯，并在学校乐队中演奏次中音萨克斯。16岁时他离开了合唱团,开始更深入的学习和研究萨克斯,参加社区音乐学校，纽黑文艺术教育中心,和纽约的爵士移动。在他的高中的最后一年,他参加了在哈特福德(Hartford, Ct.)举办的Artist's Collective。就是在那里，他遇到了爵士传奇Jackie McLean，世界著名的中音萨克斯演奏家，也正是Artist's Collective和The Hartt School爵士项目的创始人。Jackie McLean给Wayne提供了全额奖学金希望他到The Hartt School学习。Wayne在Hartt School作为最优生毕业取得了爵士乐表演学士学位，并被广而称之为“Jackie McLean的奖学生”。

Wayne在波士顿的新英格兰音乐学院学习时参加了The Thelonious MonkInstitute of Jazz Performance (TMI)。TMI是一个有全额奖学金的两年大学课程计划, 每两年只接受一次精挑细选的世界上最有才华的年轻爵士艺术家。在那里Wayne师从于George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Don Braden, Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Barry Harris, Charlie Persip等其他爵士大师，并与Herbie Hancock一起巡演。1999年5月,Wayne取得了新英格兰音乐学院的硕士学位，并在在2000年移居纽约。从那时起, 他与无数享誉国际的知名音乐家一起同台，录音，巡演，并已以他令人印象深刻的精湛技术，muscular tone，以及对多风格音乐的完美驾驭性而闻名。

作为在爵士巨人们肩上成长的音乐家之一，Wayne的音乐一直在为爵士乐注入积于精髓的能量。他的双键盘五重奏吸纳了与Miles Davis一起合作五年的金牌键盘演奏家Adam Holzman。这支乐队的录音室专辑"The Only Son Of One”一经发行便大获好评， 并受到Downbeat Magazine的四星支持。Wayne Escoffery在2014年由Sunnyside Records出版发行的专辑"Live at Firehouse 12”, Featuring了键盘演奏家Rachel Z和钢琴家Orrin Evens. Wayne的最新五重奏回归到了更原声的环境，由钢琴家David Kikoski, 贝司演奏家Ugonna Okegwo和鼓手Ralph Peterson所组成，并在2015年出版发行了专辑"Live at Smalls”.

Wayne在这么短的时间内对爵士世界做出的大量贡献，使得经验丰富的行业专家们如Niel Tesser写道：“要特别注意Wayne Escoffery，他的极速发展 --- 从专辑专辑 (近乎是从solo到solo) --- 已经给了我们一个未来十年的爵士英雄”.

BIOGRAPHY
Since moving to New York City in 2000, London born Grammy Award winning tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery has become one of the Jazz world's most talented rising stars and in-demand sidemen. At only 38 he has recorded eight CDs as a leader and been on numerous recordings as a sideman. Escoffery began his professional career touring and recording with The Eric Reed Septet. In 2001 he joined The Lonnie Plaxico Group and Abdulah Ibrahim's Akaya. At that time he also became a steady member of the Mingus Dynasty, Orchestra, and the 2011 Grammy Award winning Mingus Big Band. In 2004 award winning producer, arranger and trumpeter Don Sickler asked Wayne to be a part of Ben Riley's Monk legacy Septet, an innovative piano-less group dedicated to carrying on the legacy of jazz great Thelonious Monk. At this time Wayne was also touring with Jazz At Lincoln Center's Music of the Masters, two groups of musicians hand picked by Wynton Marsalis to perform the music of Dexter Gordon and Miles Davis.

The Music of Dexter Gordon featured Wayne with Saxophonists Jimmy Greene and Gerry Welden; backed by Dexter Gordon alumni George Cables, Rufus Reid and Leroy Williams. The Music of Miles Davis featured Wayne with trumpet great Eddie Henderson and alto saxophonist Steve Wilson in the front line; backed by David Kikoski, Ed Howard and Miles Davis veteran Jimmy Cobb on drums. In 2006 Wayne secured one of the most coveted gigs in jazz: a frontline position in Tom Harrell's working quintet. He is currently a member of the quintet and to date has recorded seven CDs with the group and co-produced four of Harrell's releases including Prana Dance, Roman Nights, The Time of the Sun and No. 5 . In addition to receiving accolades as a part of some of the last true "apprenticeship" opportunities of our era, Wayne receives regular praise for his recordings as a leader. Ben Ratliff (noted Jazz critic of The New York Times) writes "[A] young, self-assured, hard-swinging tenor saxophonist." Jazziz Magazine calls him "One of Modern jazz's foremost Saxophonists" and Charles Mingus' widow and Mingus Band director calls Wayne "One of the most talented, poetic artists". Critics have also called him "[A] young, self-assured, hard-swinging tenor saxophonist." (Ben Ratliff - The New York Times) "a skillful, musical player" (Chris Kelsey, JazzTimes) and "a thoughtful and ambitious composer" (Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., All Music Guide)

Despite his musical talent Wayne grew up in a relatively non-musical household. In 1983, he and his mother moved from London to the United States eventually settling in New Haven, Connecticut in 1986. Wayne always enjoyed singing whatever music he heard but it wasn't until his relocation to New Haven that his formal music education began. At eleven Wayne joined The New Haven Trinity Boys Choir, an internationally known Boys Choir that toured and recorded annually. At that time he also began taking private saxophone lessons and playing the tenor saxophone in school bands. By the time he was sixteen he left the Choir and began a more intensive study of the saxophone, attending The Neighborhood Music School and The Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, and The Jazz Mobile in New York City. During his senior year in high School he attended the Artist's Collective in Hartford, Ct. It was there that he met jazz legend Jackie McLean, world-renowned alto saxophonist and founder of both The Artist's Collective and the jazz program at The Hartt School. McLean gave Wayne a full scholarship to attend The Hartt School, where he graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor's degree in Jazz Performance, and became known as one of McLean's prize pupils. Wayne went on to attend The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at The New England Conservatory in Boston. TMI is a full scholarship two-year college program, accepting a small select group of the world's most talented young jazz artists every two years. At the Institute, Wayne toured with Herbie Hancock and studied with George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Don Braden, Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Barry Harris, Charlie Persip and other Jazz masters. In May 1999, Wayne graduated with a Masters degree from The New England Conservatory moving to NYC in 2000. Since then, he has performed, toured and recorded with countless internationally respected musicians and has become known for his muscular tone, impressive technique and versatility.

In addition to being a part of some of the last true “apprenticeship” opportunities of our era, Wayne leads his own quintet featuring five year Miles Davis Band veteran Adam Holzman on keyboards. The group’s recording The Only Son of One received critical acclaim and received 4 stars in Downbeat Magazine. Escoffery’s most recent recording with the group was released in January of 2014 on Sunnyside Records and featured Rachel Z on keyboards and Orrin Evens on Piano. His new quartet puts him back in a more acoustic environment backed by pianist David Kikoski, bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Ralph Peterson. The vast array of contributions Wayne has made to the Jazz world in such a short time leads seasoned industry professionals like Niel Tesser to write "Pay special attention to tenor man Wayne Escoffery, whose rapid development - from album to album (and seemingly solo to solo) - has given us a jazz hero for the coming decade.

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