Alex Dean
Jazz Saxophone, Improvisation, Ensembles
email | website: www.alexdean.ca
Reedman Alex Dean, who has been described as “one of Canada’s foremost jazz saxophonists”, has been a mainstay of the Canadian music scene for many years. He is known throughout Canada as a highly versatile jazz artist, composer/arranger, musical director, classical saxophonist and North American clinician/adjudicator. Alex has played and recorded with many respected jazz artists and bands including: Gil Evans, Kenny Wheeler, Dave Liebman, Ernie Watts, Mel Torme, Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Ray Charles, Nick Brignola, Pat Labarbara, Phil Nimmons, and the Toronto Symphony. Alex is a member of Rob McConnell’s Tentet. He also holds the tenor saxophone chair with Rob McConnell’s Grammy award winning Boss Brass.
Alex is the bandleader of the explosive Tenor Madness, Alex Dean Quintet (tenor and soprano saxophone: Recordings include Kaitlyn’s Waltz, Both Feet, Dreamsville), and D.E.W. East (tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet: recordings include D.E.W East Meets Nick Brignolda, D.E.W. East). He has performed at many jazz festivals, concerts, and clubs in Canada and the United States. He is the Artistic Director of the Kincardine Summer Music Festival Jazz Camp and he teaches in The University of Toronto’s Jazz and Music Education programs. Alex also teaches saxophone, improvisation, repertoire development and theory for the Humber College Music Jazz Diploma and Degree Programs.
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