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Gary Smulyan

Born Bethpage NY on 4th April 1956, Gary Smulyan is one of the leading current exponents of the baritone saxophone, performing worldwide with many leading jazz artists as a member of big and small bands and as featured soloist. His credits include the Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Lewis, Carla Bley and Dave Holland big bands. He has won Downbeat critics' and readers' polls. Smulyan's style can reasonably be described as "mainstream-modern", reflecting the spirit of his inspirations and mentors such as Pepper Adams and Harry Carney and his long-time colleague Joe Lovano.

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James Carter

Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1969, James Carter began playing saxophone at age 11, first recorded with a Detroit student ensemble in 1986 and, by 1991, had recorded with legendary trumpeter Lester Bowie on The Organizer and contributed to the 1991 collection The Tough Young Tenors. Mastering a family of reed instruments, from sopranino to contrabass saxophones to contrabass and bass clarinets, James Carter mesmerized the jazz world after arriving in New York City in 1988 to play under the auspices of Lester Bowie.

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