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Elissa Menendez

Musician, Teacher, and Activist

About Me

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I play the baritone, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophones; the contra bass, contra alto, bass, alto, and soprano clarinets and the flute. I have music students from all ages, and I write my own tunes. I think of music as an activist tool.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/5/2007
Band Members: varies
Influences: Martin Luther King, Ghandi, Rosa Parks, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons, Jimmy Hendrix, David Glasser, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, LesterYoung, Nestor Torres, Art Tatum, Joe Lovano, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Cannonball Adderly, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson, Dexter Gordon, Horace Silver, James Brown, Hank Mobley, Count Basie, Joe Henderson, Art Pepper, Gerry Mulligan, Celia Cruz, Mario Bauza, The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Michael Brecker, Barry Harris, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico, Company Segundo, Simone De Beauvoir, Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Martha Graham
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None