Alexa Tarantino
Born May 30, 1992 in West Hartford, Connecticut, Angela Tarantino is an award-winning jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer and educator who was dubbed a ‘one-woman wrecking crew’ by jazz icon Wynton Marsalis. Tarantino holds a master’s degree in Jazz Studies from The Juilliard School and bachelor’s degrees in Jazz Saxophone Performance and Music Education from the Eastman School of Music. She is a graduate of Hall High School’s award-winning music program in West Hartford, Connecticut. During her career, she’s performed and/or recorded with the Colossus Large Ensemble, The Diva Jazz Orchestra, Lauren Sevian, The Verve Jazz Ensemble, Chris Teal, and others. She released Crossing Paths, a collaboration with co-leader Dariusz Terefenko, in 2015. She followed that up four years later with 2019’s Winds of Change, her first album as a leader. She released Clarity, her second album as a leader, in 2020. Tarantino is the founder and director of the Rockport Jazz Workshop in Rockport, Massachusetts and co-founder of A Step Ahead Jazz virtual workshop with pianist Steven Feifke.
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Discography
5 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Crossing Paths
Alexa Tarantino, Dariusz Terefenko
Jazz - Released by Infinite Records on 28 dec. 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ali Dell'angelo
Steven Feifke, Alexa Tarantino
Jazz - Released by La Reserve Records on 7 apr. 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo