Joe Sanders is an American jazz

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from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 2023, saxophonist Joshua Redman described Sanders to the '' New York Times'' as among "the greats of isgeneration and neof the most active and emulated musicians on the scene today."

Background

Sanders was born in Milwaukee in 1984 and grew up at the intersection of Ninth and Locust Streets. A 2002 Milwaukee High School of the Arts graduate, Sanders studied music at the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific in California under bassist Christian McBride after winning a rare scholarship to the then-new program. Sanders additionally studied at the

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. He studied under Terence Blanchard, learning from John Clayton and

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, and moved to New York thereafter.

Career

Sanders recorded the album ''Introducing Joe Sanders'' in 2011 with his New York band, featuring pianist Luis Perdomo, alto saxophonist Will Vinson, and drummer Rodney Green. The album was released by Criss Cross Jazz. Sanders has played bass on recordings by numerous notable modern-day jazz artists. Sanders has performed in Vietnam and India with Wayne Shorter and

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, and toured North America and Europe with the

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Quintet. He collaborated with Justin Brown as a member of Gerald Clayton's trio, and toured with Charles Lloyd as part of his quartet in 2015. In 2023, he performed on Joshua Redman's

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Personal life

As of 2022, Sanders lives outside Marseille, France with his family.

Awards

* Second Place, 2009

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International Bass Competition. * Second Prize Recipient, ISB Double Bass Competition, Jazz Division (2009).

Selected discography

As leader

* ''Introducing Joe Sanders'' ( Criss Cross Jazz 2011) * ''Humanity'' (2017)

As sideman

* Joshua Redman ft.

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, ''

'' ( Blue Note 2023) *

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Oracle, ''A Wall Becomes a Bridge'' ( Blue Note 2019) *

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, ''

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'' ( Motéma, 2016) * Dayna Stephens, ''That Nepenthetic Place'' ( Sunnyside, 2013) *

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(with

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, Jason Moran,

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, Logan Richardson) ( Criss Cross 2010) *

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, ''In the Tradition'' ( Arbors Records 2009) * Gerald Clayton, ''

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'' (2009) *

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, ''Kelenia'' ( Motéma, 2009) *

'', Prelude... to Cora'' ( Fresh Sound 2008)

References

External links

Discogs - Joe Sanders
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