1. Gary Meek was born on March 16,1961 and is an American jazz and fusion saxophone and keyboard artist.
14 Facts About Gary Meek
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Gary Meek began his career in the early 1980s playing woodwinds in the big bands of the Los Angeles Jazz Workshop, and keyboards and woodwinds for local club dates, weddings and private parties.
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In 1987, Gary Meek began a two-decade association with Brazilian jazz artists Airto Moreira and Flora Purim.
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Three years later, Gary Meek joined Herb Alpert's world tour in support of Alpert's Second Wind album.
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Gary Meek has released four other solo projects to date, including Time One, Live at Ronnie Scott's, Good Friends, and Step 7.
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In 2000, Gary Meek played saxophone for Green Day's album Warning, which reached No 4 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA.
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In 2003, Gary Meek played woodwinds for the album Playful Heart by guitarist and bossa nova pioneer Oscar Castro-Neves.
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Gary Meek was later featured on Castro-Neves' 2006 album All One.
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In 2002, Gary Meek collaborated for the first time with drummer Dave Weckl for the Dave Weckl Band album, "Live " and a subsequent world tour.
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Gary Meek played with Weckl for 2005's Multiplicity, and with Weckl and keyboardist Jay Oliver for Convergence in 2012.
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In 2017 Gary Meek recorded Originals which was listed in Downbeat magazine's "Best Jazz Albums of 2018".
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Gary Meek lives with his wife, Maureen, in the Monterey, California area, where he is a traveling clinician for the Monterey Jazz Festival.
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Gary Meek teaches privately, sharing methods passed on to him by Phil Sobel, his teacher of more than 25 years.
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Gary Meek plays Cannonball saxophones and D'Addario reeds and mouthpieces.