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The Mike Tucker Quartet

Coming to Ryles May Friday May 16th!

About Me

Mike Tucker has performed as a leader and a side man all over the world. In 2002 he competed as a semi- finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in washington DC, and soon after attended Berklee college of music where his career got a jump start. The Mike Tucker Quartet has been invited to perform at jazz festivals around the world including the Phoenix Jazz Festival in Nagoya Japan, The Nancy Jazz Festival in Lortraine France, The Emerging artists of the 21st century concert series in San Jose Costa Rica, and Closer to home at the Kennedy Center, and The JVC Jazz Festival in NYC. Tucker has also appeared on Several nationally syndicated jazz radio shows including: Toast of the nation on NPR, Voice of America, and on XM Satellite Radio Jazz and Beyond . Besides many engagements with his own group Tucker has performed with George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Melvin Sparks, The Motet, George Duke, Christian Scott among many others. Mike is currently based in Boston and leads his own quartet, and is a member of the Esperanza Spaulding Quintet, The New Life Jazz Orchestra, The Toni Lynn Washington Band, The Robin Mcelle Group, and the Alex Terrier Group.

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Member Since: 2/24/2006
Band Website: tuckerjazz.com
Band Members: Lee Fish- DrumsHogyu Hwang- BassLeo Genovese- Piano, and Fender Rhodes
Influences: John Coltrane, Chris Potter, Charlie Parker, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Brad Meldau, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ravi Shankar, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake etc......
Sounds Like:"Mike Tucker has quickly established himself as one of the most promising young tenor saxophonists in jazz" -The Boston Herald"Tucker has achieved something very unusual in jazz: he plays in a style that is fully developed and clearly his own, yet never sounds iconoclastic or willfully rebelious" -All Music Guide"Mike Tucker's debut album Collage proves itself an exeptionally strong introduction to an upcoming saxophonist/composer" -All About Jazz
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Wally's

I have never posted a blog before so here goes- I guess I am an official blogger now.I am very excited to be starting a steady gig with my band at Walleys in Boston every Wednesday night. For those of...
Posted by The Mike Tucker Quartet on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:55:00 PST