Returning to the Judson’s Live stage, saxophonist Jeff Rupert and his world class nonet now bring us masterful interpretations from Miles Davis’s Birth of the Cool. Jeff is a performing and recording saxophonist whose credits include over 75 albums, 11 of those as a leader. He's recorded as a featured soloist with legends like Mel Tormé, Kevin Mahogany, Ernestine Anderson, Maynard Ferguson, Sam Rivers, Kenny Barron, Veronica Swift, George Garzone, Diane Schuur and on Benny Carter's Grammy-winning album, Harlem Renaissance.

Jeff has performed at major jazz clubs and concert halls around the world, including the Blue Note, Birdland, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Tokyo Forum, the National concert hall of Taipei, Taiwan and jazz festivals across the globe. His album The Ripple was the number five jazz album of the year in 2020. He is Distinguished Professor, Trustee Endowed Chair and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the founder of Flying Horse Records. Jeff authors and hosts Jazz and the American Spirit, a nationally syndicated weekly radio show examining the connection between jazz and the American experience.

Recognition

"Once in a while an album comes out that reminds us how the tenor saxophone is supposed to sound" - Jazz Times; Jeff Rupert's The Ripple.

Jeff Rupert: Alto and Tenor Sax
Clay Jenkins: Trumpet
Saul Dautch: Baritone Saxophone
Ben Lieser: French Horn
Luis Fred: Trombone
Bob Carpenter Tuba
Richard Drexler
McClenty Hunter

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