CHAD BIO
According to Harry Skoler, Associate Professor/Berklee College of Music, "The intrigue and beauty of Chad's playing defies conventional wisdom."
When up-and-coming saxophonist, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, first started playing saxophone he would practice right after waking up sometime around noon. His home schooling days, which spanned from kindergarten until seventh grade, allowed him to live on a jazz musicians schedule at a very early age. At age ten, Chad won his first DownBeat Student Music Award, and since then he has won twelve more in numerous categories, including Best High School Jazz Soloist and Best College Group, for his work in The Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet.
While in high school, Chad was one of two tenor saxophonists from North America selected to the 2008 Gibson/Baldwin GRAMMY High School Jazz Ensemble, The Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, and The Jazz Band of America. In addition to performing in these prestigious groups, he studied at exclusive summer programs including the Vail Jazz Workshop and Brubeck Summer Colony, a program for which he was a faculty member this past summer along with Brian Lynch, Ray Drummond and several other jazz masters. Through the Brubeck Fellowship Program, Chad has had the opportunity to work with many jazz icons, including Jeff Ballard, Geoffrey Keezer, and Nicholas Payton. Through various performing scenarios, Chad has shared the stage with some of the most influential names in jazz including McCoy Tyner, Dave Brubeck, Christian McBride, and Phil Woods. He has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Dizzy's Club Coca Cola NYC, Blues Alley, The North Sea Jazz Festival, The Monterey Jazz Festival, The JEN Conference, and The Detroit International Jazz Festival. An experienced composer, Chad was recently one of twelve musicians from around the world accepted to the Dave Douglas Workshop for Creative Composition and Improvisation at Carnegie Hall, where he performed in February for the Carnegie Hall Young Artists Concert at the culmination of the program.
CHAD MUSIC
Tracks feature The Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet 2009/2010
All My Love - Comp. Dave Brubeck
Arr. Nick Frenay
Recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA for Brubeck 90/10 album to be released in fall, 2010
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown - Tenor Saxophone
Where Is He, Part 2 - Comp. Dave Brubeck
Arr. Noah Kellman
Nick Frenay - Trumpet
Noah Kellman - Piano
Zach Brown - Bass
Corey Fonville - Drums
The Pirate Bay - Comp. Brian Chahley
The Quintet is now named The New Foundations Band
CHAD GIGS
July 17, 2010
The Standard Hotel
Boom Boom Room
848 Washington Street
Manhattan, NY 10014
With Omar AbdulKarim
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
July 19, 2010
Smalls Jazz Club
183 W. 10th Street
With Spencer Murphy
12:00 (midnight) - 2:00 A.M.
July 21, 2010
Puppet's Jazz Bar
481 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
With Pablo Masis
11:00 PM - 1:00 AM
August 8, 2010
The Local 269
269 E. Houston St.
New York, NY 10002
8:00 PM
August 14, 2010
Miles' Cafe
212 E. 52nd St.
New York, NY
With The Pablo Masis Sextet
9:30-11:30
CHAD CONTACT
CONTACT ME
lefkowitz-brown_verizon.net
607-425-4227
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown
SAXOPHONIST
COMPOSER
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Fearless by Javier Santiago
Randall Gee Photography
