A Fort Worth native, Irwinsky – who graduated with a degree in jazz studies from UTA – has played with Peter Erskine, Louie Bellson, Joe McBride, and the Jim Wiedner big band. He has also played aboard the SS Oceanbreeze, the SS Rembrandt, and the Seabourn Legend. From his stellar performance...
Ben Bohorquez is a local musician in the DFW area. Born in El Paso, TX, his family moved around from Indianapolis, IN to La Paz, Bolivia before settling down in Houston, TX. His mother taught him piano at the early age of 5, but Ben started taking music seriously when he chose to play the saxophone...
Saxophonist Chris McGuire is a member of the University of Texas-Arlington music faculty and an in-demand performer on saxophone, clarinet, and other woodwinds. Holding a BM and a MM from the University of North Texas, his 30+ year freelance career has included performing and touring with many diver...
David Lown is a graduate (M.M., B.M.) of the University of North Texas, where he performed for three years with the acclaimed One O'Clock Lab Band and directed the Four O’Clock Lab Band. After graduating from UNT, Lown worked for several years as a saxophonist and educator in New York City, performi...
David Williams’s saxophone career began as a teenager and continued as a graduate of the jazz program at the University of North Texas. His talent has brought him around the country performing with artists such as Natalie Cole, Wayne Newton, Aretha Franklin, and Louie Bellson. He is a member of the...
Jason Davis is a musician, composer, educator, and bandleader whose musical adventure started as a 9-year-old classical clarinet soloist for major civic and state-wide events. The modern-day Texas Tenor Man has performed or recorded with artists ranging from the East Texas Symphony, Judy Collins, an...
Jim Riggs is a University of North Texas (UNT) Regents Professor Emeritus where for 38 years he taught applied saxophone and directed the award winning UNT Two O’Clock Band. He is a recording artist and performed regularly with the Dallas and Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestras. Riggs recorded Prokoviev...
As an award-winning saxophonist, flutist and vocalist from Dallas, TX, Joyce covers the gamut of musical influence, style and genre from traditional to contemporary jazz and classical to R&B, funk, fusion, blues, pop, and Gospel/Christian. The mixing and blending of musical styles in her upbrin...
Saxophonist Justin Pierce began his musical career in the musically diverse region of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast. After beginning saxophone studies at age 12, he developed a passion for music in the middle school jazz ensemble. Since that time, he has performed across the United States and inter...
North Texas jazz fans know saxophonist Karl Lampman as a member of Clave and for gigs with artists such as Julie Bonk and Drew Phelps. Karl has recorded with Tom “Wolf” Morrell & The Time-Warp Tophands and UNT’s famed One O’Clock Lab Band. A native of Washington state, he has taught at Eastfield...
