David Binney (born August 2, 1961) is an American

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and composer.

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 John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Born and raise ...

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, 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

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, and

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. A grant from the

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helped him record his first album, ''Point Game''. In the 1990s, he started his own label, Mythology Records. He has been of several bands, including Lost Tribe, Jagged Sky, Lan Xang, the

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Orchestra, the

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Orchestra, and

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. He has also worked with Adam Rogers,

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, Ben Monder,

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, Brian Blade, Cecil McBee,

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, Edward Simon, Eivind Opsvik, Jacob Sacks,

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, Jim Hall,

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, Mark Turner,

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, Scott Colley, Steven Bernstein, Thomas Morgan,

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Discography

* ''Point Game'' (Owl, 1990) * ''The Luxury of Guessing'' (

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, 1995) * ''Free to Dream'' (Mythology, 1998) * ''Afinidad'' with Edward Simon (

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, 2001) * ''South'' ( ACT, 2001) * ''Balance'' (ACT, 2002) * ''A Small Madness'' with

Jeff Hirshfield Jeffrey Lee Hirshfield (born August 22, 1955) is an American jazz drummer. Hirshfield was born in New York City. He studied under Ed Soph. He worked for the Joffrey Ballet in 1976–1977 and then played with Mose Allison (1977–1979). During th ...

(Auand, 2003) * ''Welcome to Life'' (Mythology, 2004) * ''Fiestas de Agosto'' with Edward Simon (Red, 2005) * ''Bastion of Sanity'' ( Criss Cross, 2005) * ''This Life'' with Mario Franco (Tone of a Pitch, 2006) * ''Cities and Desire'' (Criss Cross, 2006) * ''Out of Airplanes'' (Mythology, 2006) * ''Oceanos'' with Edward Simon (Criss Cross, 2007) * ''In the Paint'' with Alan Ferber ( Posi-Tone, 2009) * ''Third Occasion'' (Mythology, 2009) * ''Aliso'' (Criss Cross, 2010) * ''Barefooted Town'' (Criss Cross, 2011) * ''Graylen Epicenter'' (Mythology, 2011) * ''Lifted Land'' (Criss Cross, 2013) * ''Anacapa'' (Criss Cross, 2014) * ''R&B'' with Adam Rogers (Criss Cross, 2015) * ''The Time Verses'' (Criss Cross, 2017) * ''Zinc City'' with Manuel Engel (Metonic, 2018) With Lan Xang * ''Hidden Gardens'' (

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, 2000) With Lost Tribe * ''Lost Tribe'' (

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, 1993) * ''Soulfish'' (High Street, 1994) * ''Many Lifetimes'' (

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, 1998)

As sideman

With

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* '' Urlicht / Primal Light'' ( Winter & Winter, 1997) * '' Gustav Mahler in Toblach'' (Winter & Winter, 1999) With Scott Colley * ''Portable Universe'' (Free Lance, 1996) * '' Architect of the Silent Moment'' ( CAM Jazz, 2007) With

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* ''Consequences'' (Posi-Tone, 2008) * ''Don't Fight the Inevitable'' (Mythology, 2010) * ''Exception to the Rule'' (Criss Cross, 2011) * ''The Age We Live In'' (Mythology, 2011) * ''Sabotage and Celebration'' (

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, 2013) With Joel Harrison * ''Free Country'' (ACT, 2003) * ''So Long 2nd Street'' (ACT, 2004) * ''Harbor'' (

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, 2007) * ''The Wheel'' (Intuition, 2008) * ''Urban Myths'' (HighNote, 2009) * ''Multiplicity: Leave the Door Open'' (Whirlwind, 2014) With

* ''The Way Through'' (

, 2003) * ''In Pursuit'' ( Sunnyside, 2007) * ''Perpetual Motion'' ( Greenleaf, 2010) * ''Casting for Gravity'' (Greenleaf, 2012) * ''Fast Future'' (Greenleaf, 2015) * ''Beyond Now'' ( Motema, 2016) With

Miles Okazaki Miles Okazaki (born 1974) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. Okazaki is a lecturer of jazz guitar at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Early life Okazaki grew up in Port Townsend, Washington. When he was six, he began lessons on ...

* ''Mirror'' (2006) * ''Generations'' (Sunnyside, 2009) With Samo Salamon * ''Ela's Dream'' (Splasc(h) Records, 2005) * ''Government Cheese'' (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2006) With Edward Simon * ''La Bikina'' (Red, 2011) * ''Sorrows & Triumphs'' (Sunnyside, 2018) With

* ''Images'' (TCB, 1998) * ''Equilibrium'' (Criss Cross, 2004) * ''Destinations Unknown'' (Criss Cross, 2011) * ''Balance'' (Criss Cross, 2015) With others * Anthony Branker, ''The Forward (Towards Equality) Suite'' (

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, 2014) * Vinicius Cantuaria, ''

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'' ( Naive, 2007) *

, ''Ritualism'' (Kashka Music 2000) *

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, ''Heyday'' (

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, 1998) *

, '' Howie 61'' (Abstract Logix, 2012) * Nguyen Le, ''Songs of Freedom'' (ACT, 2011) * Joe Locke, ''Subtle Disguise'' (Origin, 2018) *

, '' It's a Jungle in Here'' (

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, 1993) * Virgil Moorefield, ''Distractions on the Way to the King's Party'' (

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, 1994) *

, ''Short Takes'' (

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, 1992) * Chris Potter, '' Traveling Mercies'' ( Verve, 2002) * Antonio Sánchez, '' New Life'' (CAM Jazz, 2013)

References

External links

Official site

Review of ''The Time Verses''
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