Freddy V

For the past decade Fred Vigdor has been the saxophonist and horn arranger with the legendary Average White Band, The majority of the year finds “Freddy V” performing with AWB on television, radio and at festivals and clubs all over the world. He is featured on the AWB CDs “Face To Face”, “Living in Colour”, “AWB: Greatest and Latest”, “Soul & The City; Live at BB Kings” and the concert DVD “Tonight: The Average White Band”.
In the Summer of 2004 he took over the saxophone duties with vocalist Michael McDonald on the Rock & Soul Revue Tour. It was through this collaboration that McDonald asked Fred to play on his “Motown II” CD.
His compositions have been recorded by Grover Washington Jr., AWB, Bob Baldwin and Marion Meadows. When he is not on the road, Fred is working on his solo CD with his writing partner/co-producer, Morris Pleasure (Janet Jackson, Earth Wind & Fire), and performing with organist Ike Stubblefield’s Organic Groove, as well as his own group around the Atlanta area.