BML Teachers by Instrument & Topics

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Curtis Macdonald

Curtis Macdonald - Saxophonist & Composer

Primary Instrument: 
Alto Saxophone, Composition
Studio Neighborhood: 
Greenwood Heights
Convenient Subway Lines: 
D train
F train
N train
R train
Influences: 

Natural Phenomena.

Jeremy Viner

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Figmentum II by Curtis Macdonald

Primary Instrument: 
Saxophone, Clarinet
Studio Neighborhood: 
Crown Heights
Convenient Subway Lines: 
2 train
3 train
4 train
5 train
A train
C train
S train
Influences: 
Wayne Shorter, Arnold Schoenberg, Deerhoof, Sam Rivers, Igor Stravinsky, Dirty Projectors, Archie Shepp, Gustav Mahler, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Morton Feldman, Radiohead, John Coltrane, Alban Berg, Animal Collective, Steve Coleman, Claude Debussy, Annie Clark, Duke Ellington, Edgar Varese, The Books, Vijay Iyer, John Cage, Marvin Gaye, Tim Berne, Bela Bartok, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Lehman, Anton Webern, Joanna Newsom, Tyshawn Sorey, Michael J Schumacher, Nels Cline, Ornette Coleman, Milton Babbitt, Grizzly Bear, Charles Mingus

John Beaty

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Boxed In by Beaumont

Primary Instrument: 
Saxophone
Studio Neighborhood: 
Manhattan Valley / Upper West Side, Manhattan
Convenient Subway Lines: 
1 train
A train
C train
B train
Influences: 

Saxophone influences: Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter, and Mark Shim.

Musical influences: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Bjork, Sia, Bach, Stravinsky, Sting, Meshell Ndegeocello.

Jon De Lucia

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Improvised by Jon De Lucia, David Tronzo and Garth Stevenson

Primary Instrument: 
Saxophone
Studio Neighborhood: 
South Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
M train
R train
Influences: 

Lee Konitz, Igor Stravinsky, Paul Bley, Greg Osby, Joe Lovano, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Warne Marsh, Lennie Tristano, George Garzone, JS Bach, Keith Jarrett, Debussy, Messiaen, Paul Desmond, John Coltrane, Pete Rende, Thomas Morgan, Sebadoh, Sonic Youth, Mozart, Paul Motian

Michael Kammers

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Roy Ayer's (Party On The 69th Floor) by MKGO

Primary Instrument: 
Saxophone, Piano, Composition
Studio Neighborhood: 
Crown Heights
Convenient Subway Lines: 
2 train
3 train
4 train
5 train
A train
C train
B train
Q train
S train
Influences: 

Everything.

As a saxophonist:
My peers, Albert Ayler, Stanley Turrentine, John Coltrane, Dewey Redman, Paul Gonsalves

As a composer:
Minimalism (Glass/Reich), 20th century Composers (Stravinski, Varese, Messiaen), The Viennese School (Schoenberg, Berg), Salsa/Mambo/Afro Cuban (Machito, Barreto, Puente, Palmieri), Funk/Soul/R+B/Blues (The J.B.s, Fela, Howlin' Wolf,etc), Metal (Meshuggah), West Africa (Yoruba), Classic Rock, Gamelan, Jazz (Ornette Coleman, Steve Coleman, Sun Ra, Ellington/Strayhorn), The Carribean, All musics of the African Diaspora...

Seth Trachy

Primary Instrument: 
Tenor Saxophone
Studio Neighborhood: 
Bed-Stuy
Convenient Subway Lines: 
A train
C train
G train
S train
Influences: 

Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Ben Webster, Wayne Shorter, John Gilmore, Keith Jarrett, Miguel Zenon, Meshell N'degeocello, Wayne Krantz, Bach, Traditional Pygmy Music, Afro-Peruvian Music, Chico Buarqe, Guinga, Hermeto Pascoal, Jimi Hendrix, Classical Indian Music, Hip Hop

Shanti Raval

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Bhimpalasi gat (short) by Shanti Raval

Primary Instrument: 
Clarinet, Classical Music & Hindustani Music
Studio Neighborhood: 
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Convenient Subway Lines: 
1 train
A train
C train
Influences: 
Western classical, North Indian music