David Roach (born 1955, Darlington, Co. Durham,

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) is a British

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who released a

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, "Emotional Jungle" in 1984. His

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, ''I Love Sax'' reached #73 in the

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in April that year. As a Coda-Landscape recording artist in the 1980s David made 2 albums 'Running with the River ' and 'The Talking City'. He has played soprano and alto saxophone for the

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since 1985, making his debut on '' The Kiss and Other Movements'' and appearing on nearly every album since. Prior to that he was musical director for Billy Ocean and a founding member of the Myrha Saxophone Quartet. David played oboe and saxophone for Frank Sinatra in his European tours of the early 1990s. He was a member of the Apollo Saxophone Quartet and producer of the London Saxophonic. He also co-produced Nyman's albums, ''

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'', The Suit and the Photograph and Sangam. Roach's soprano and alto saxophone playing has featured in many film and television scores. He has played with most of the major London orchestras including 25 years for the Philharmonia Orchestra, and he has been a visiting professor of chamber music at the

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in London and the Royal Northern College of Music in

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Apollo Saxophone Quartet
1955 births Living people British classical saxophonists People from Darlington 21st-century saxophonists British male saxophonists 21st-century British male musicians {{saxophonist-stub