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After moving to NYC thirty years ago, saxophonist, composer, and educator David Bixler cut his teeth touring the world with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Toshiko Akioshi.
May 21, 2024 · Alto saxophonist and composer David Bixler has recently embarked on an artistic reemergence with the release of two new recordings; In the Face of Chaos (2019) with Bixler, Boccato, Cowherd, and Sturm, and Blended Lineage (2020) with the Bixtet.
Jan 12, 2024 · After settling in New York thirty years ago, saxophonist David Bixler cut his teeth touring the world with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Toshiko Akioshi. He later joined the Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Big Band, with whom he played a decade-long residency of Sunday evenings at Birdland and won a Latin Grammy for the […]
Feb 4, 2021 · Bixler is the host of LINER NOTES with David Bixler, a podcast centered on conversations with jazz musicians. He also serves as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Alto saxophonist, composer, and educator David Bixler has recently embarked on an artistic reemergence with the release of three new recordings: In the Face of Chaos (2019) with Bixler, Boccato, Cowherd, and Sturm, Blended Lineage (2020) with the Bixtet, and Inside the Grief (2020) with trio…
May 21, 2024 · Felicity finds its way into the heart and soul of David Bixler 's music on BEATitude. Reconvening the quartet that drew wonder out of adversity on In The Face Of Chaos (Red Piano, 2019), this acclaimed alto saxophonist delivers eight numinous originals that speak to conviction and faith in moving form (s).
Jun 11, 2019 · “In the Face of Chaos” is jazz composer and saxophonist David Bixler’s first recording in five years. Issued on Friday on Red Piano Records, the session was a decade of turmoil in the making. Bixler, director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University, mentions the troubles that shaped the music in the recording’s ...
