1. Sam Newsome was born on April 28,1965 and is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator.
12 Facts About Sam Newsome
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Sam Newsome's music combines straight-ahead jazz, world music and experimental jazz, which uses extended techniques.
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Sam Newsome was born in Salisbury, Maryland and began playing the alto saxophone at age nine.
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Sam Newsome's family moved to Hampton, Virginia years later while he was in elementary school.
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At age 13, Sam Newsome switched to the tenor saxophone when he joined his junior high school jazz ensemble.
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Sam Newsome settled in New York City during the fall of 1988.
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Sam Newsome, while leading his group at the after hours jam session at the Blue Note caught the attention of trumpeter Terence Blanchard.
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Sam Newsome was asked to join Blanchard's band and performed with the quintet from 1989 to 1994 recording several CDs on including Terence Blanchard, Simply Stated, and The Malcolm X Jazz Suite.
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Sam Newsome's debut recording as a leader, Sam I Am, appeared in 1990.
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In 1995 Sam Newsome decided to concentrate exclusively on soprano saxophone.
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In 2010, Sam Newsome released his second solo saxophone CD, the blues-based Blue Soliloquy.
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Sam Newsome plays regularly as a member of Francisco Mora Catlett's AfroHorn, The Bad Plus: Science Fiction, Fay Victor's SoundNoise and On the Quiet Side, and Meg Okura's Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble.