Dave Pietro, an internationally recognized saxophonist and the director of jazz studies at New York University, makes a rare visit to the Twin Cities for a night of straight-ahead jazz.

Band Members:
Dave Pietro - Saxophone
Jeremy Boettcher - Bass
Pete James Johnson - Drums
Kavyesh Kaviraj - Piano

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Dave Pietro has been on the New York music scene since 1987. His talents as a gifted saxophonist, composer, and educator have made him an in-demand musician who has performed at jazz clubs, jazz festivals, schools, and concert halls in more than 30 countries throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Pietro is a member of the Grammy Award–winning Maria Schneider Orchestra and two Grammy-nominated groups: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society and the Gil Evans Project. From 1994 to 2016, he played lead alto saxophone and recorded six albums with the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra.

Pietro has also performed, toured, and/or recorded with the bands of Maynard Ferguson, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Louis Bellson, Anita Brown, Harry Connick Jr., John Fedchock, Mike Holober, Jihye Lee, Michael Leonhart, Pete McGuinness, Arturo O’Farrill, Jared Schonig, Helen Sung, and Chris Zuar. He has worked with many other well-known musicians, including David Bowie, Ray Charles, Paul Anka, Blood Sweat & Tears, Bobby Caldwell, Rosemary Clooney, Michael Feinstein, Chaka Khan, Liza Minnelli, James Naughton, and John Pizzarelli. In addition, he has studied East Indian music and performed with various groups led by Indian tablist Sandip Burman.

Pietro has given hundreds of workshops and concerts at schools around the world and is sponsored by D’Addario Woodwinds, the Conn-Selmer Instrument Company, and R.S. Berkeley Musical Instruments.

This show is made possible by partnership with Twin Cities Saxophone.