Don Braden And The Organix Quartet at Northampton Jazz Festival at Unitarian Society Of Northampton

We are excited to welcome a Northampton Jazz
Workshop fan favorite, tenor saxophonist and flutist
Don Braden, leading his own Hammond organ
based group, “Organix Quartet," at the 2018
​ Northampton Jazz Festival.

Jazz musicians’ careers are defined by the company
they keep. There are no finer jazz greats than those
Don has worked and recorded with - Betty Carter,
Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams,
Roy Haynes, J.J. Johnson, Tom Harrell, Art Farmer,
and The Mingus Big Band, to name just a few.
With that kind of endorsement and training, one...

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We are excited to welcome a Northampton Jazz
Workshop fan favorite, tenor saxophonist and flutist
Don Braden, leading his own Hammond organ
based group, “Organix Quartet," at the 2018
​ Northampton Jazz Festival.

Jazz musicians’ careers are defined by the company
they keep. There are no finer jazz greats than those
Don has worked and recorded with - Betty Carter,
Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams,
Roy Haynes, J.J. Johnson, Tom Harrell, Art Farmer,
and The Mingus Big Band, to name just a few.
With that kind of endorsement and training, one
​ naturally moves on to be a leader.

For over 30 years, Don has toured the world leading
​ his own ensembles, composed music for ensembles
ranging from duo to full symphonic orchestra, in
many styles, for recordings (including 19 albums
as a leader and over 80 as a sideman), film, and the
television networks Nickelodeon and CBS.

A world renowned educator, Don has spent over
two decades giving master classes at countless
schools and universities, and running first-class
educational programs such as the Litchfield Jazz
Camp, NJPAC's Wells Fargo Jazz For Teens, and
most recently, the Harvard University Monday Jazz
Band. He is also the director of the Litchfield Jazz Festival.

​Don Braden is an imaginative, soulful saxophonist,
and his harmonic and rhythmic sophistication
give him a unique approach to improvising as well
as composing and arranging.

​Most important of all: he has a beautiful sound and he swings!

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