| Joe Rigby |
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Artist Views: 5032
City of Birth: New York
Current Residence: Philadelphia
Played With: Johnny Copeland Blues Band, Ted Curson, The Master Brotherhood, Andrew Cyrille, Milford Graves, Charles Tyler,Diane Mc Intyres Sounds in Motion, Ted Daniel and Energy,Beaver Harris,Ras Moshe,Sabir Mateen's big band, Rashied Ali,Harold E Smith ,and my own group Dynasty.
Instruments: Tenor,Alto,Sopranino, Soprano, Baritone saxes, flute & piccolo
Other Activities: Being the best husband I can be to my great wife.
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| Born in New York.Grew up in the "Sugar Hill" section of Harlem.Started playing piano at the age of 6.In high school, started playing the flute, followed by the clarinet, and tenor sax. The alto,soprano and baritone saxes followed, and were rounded out by the sopranino sax, and the piccolo. Studied saxophone with Joe Allard, Garvin Bushell andAnders Paulson...flute with Paula Robison and Harold Jones. Received a bachelors degree in music education from the college of Staten Island (CUNY).Was a band director with the New York City Board of Education from 1989 until retirement in 2004.Currently living in Philadelphia. Married, father of 4 boys, and has 3 grandchildren. |
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