David Binney

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David Binney
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Background information
Born (1961-08-02) August 2, 1961 (age 61)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Saxophone
Years active1990–present
Labels
  • Mythology
  • ACT
  • Criss Cross
Website davidbinney.com

David Binney (born August 2, 1961) [1] is an American alto saxophonist and composer. [2]

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Early life

Binney was born in Miami, Florida, and was raised in Carpinteria, California. From his parents, who loved music, he was exposed to albums by John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, and Jimi Hendrix. He took saxophone lessons in Los Angeles.

Career

When he was nineteen, he moved to New York City and studied with saxophonists George Coleman, Dave Liebman, and Phil Woods. A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts helped him record his first album, Point Game. In the 1990s, he started his own label, Mythology Records. [3]

He has been of several bands, including Lost Tribe, Jagged Sky, Lan Xang, the Gil Evans Orchestra, the Maria Schneider Orchestra, and Medeski Martin & Wood. He has also worked with Adam Rogers, Alex Sipiagin, Ben Monder, Ben Perowsky, Bill Frisell, Bobby Previte, Brian Blade, Cecil McBee, Craig Taborn, David Gilmore, Donny McCaslin, Edward Simon, Eivind Opsvik, Jacob Sacks, James Genus, Jim Black, Jim Hall, Kenny Wollesen, Leni Stern, Lonnie Plaxico, Mark Turner, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Nate Wood, Scott Colley, Steven Bernstein, Thomas Morgan, Tim Lefebvre, Wayne Krantz. [3]

Discography

With Lan Xang

With Lost Tribe

As sideman

With Uri Caine

With Scott Colley

With John Escreet

With Joel Harrison

With Donny McCaslin

With Miles Okazaki

With Samo Salamon

With Edward Simon

With Alex Sipiagin

With others

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References

  1. Nastos, Michael G., AllMusic. Retrieved 27 January 2019
  2. Fordham, John (26 May 2011). "David Binney: Graylen Epicenter – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  3. 1 2 Nastos, Michael G. "David Binney | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2017.