Ian Willson

Ian studied sax with jazz legend, Joe Henderson and has played in various bands since 1975, including Ed Kelly, Frank Martin, Bobby Freeman, Brenda Vaughn, Napata Mero, Gwen Majors, Stephanie Teel, the Toasters, Prime Time, Counterpoint, Pure Pleasure, Midnight Taxi, Shake, Little Sister, Silver Moon Orchestra, Lee Waterman Trio, Pride&Joy, and the Hollywood Swingers.

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SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, FLUTE, and PIANO LESSONS [email protected] WORK EXPERIENCE 45 years of playing numerous weddings and corporate events as well as teaching private lessons. ALL AGES on sax, clarinet, flute & piano. Taught at Tupper & Reed in Berkeley for 5 years. Please google: parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/classes/saxaphone.html PERFORMANCE has played saxophone and keyboards with Bay Area talent such as Ed Kelly, Frank Martin, Bobby Freeman, Brenda Vaughn, Napata Mero, Gwen Majors, Stephanie Teel, the Toasters, Prime Time, Counterpoint, Pure Pleasure, Midnight Taxi, Shake, Little Sister, and Soul Power. currently the leader of one of the Bay Area's hottest variety bands, the "Hollywood Swingers". please see pictures and sound clips under "Bands". 2003-2004 CAL BERKELEY taught at CAL Berkeley in the Young Musicians Program in 2003 and 2004. conducted at Morrison Hall and performed at Hertz Hall. conducted at St. John's Presbyterian Church. COMPOSITIONS wrote all the music for his travel videos. Ian's compositions were featured in a Century Stereo commercial and a Papillon helicopter video. has composed 32 symphonies, 4 string quartets, 5 woodwind quintets and numerous jazz and pop instrumentals. Ian produced an originals album on MPPA records called "Straight from the Heart". DISCOGRAPHY saxophone on Michael Peloquin's "House of Cards". http://www.harpsax.com/reviews.html clarinet on Eileen Hazel's "Interesting Condition". http://www.folkdiva.com/eileen/reviews.htm saxophone on David Landon's "Doin' it on your Own". http://www.davidlandon.com/reviews.html saxophone on Mandy Flower's "Jazz salad sandwich". http://www.mandyflowers.com/ EDUCATION graduated from Berkeley High School a semester early with top grades. studied music at Laney College in Oakland and San Francisco State College. received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to study sax with jazz legend, Joe Henderson.

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