ROB DIXON & The TODD HARROLD BAND (Jazz/Funk legends!) FRI. 11/13 at TRAP

ROB DIXON & The TODD HARROLD BAND (Jazz/Funk legends!) FRI. 11/13 at TRAP
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Rob Dixon has played the saxophone for 27 years starting when he was ten years old in Atlanta, Ga. His early influences were legendary saxophone players Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane.
"It's a very attractive sound to the ear for me and I just appreciate the emotional content of their playing, which was facilitated by a very intellectual approach to their music," Dixon says.
Dixon grew up in Atlanta, but studied jazz in Bloomington, Ind. at Indiana University. He went to the IU School of Music, because of the good reputation of its program and its Director of Jazz Studies David Baker. Baker has studied with great musicians like J. J. Johnson and has received honors such as being nominated for a Grammy.
After studying at IU, Dixon moved to New York where he made connections with jazz musicians and club owners and played clubs on a regular basis with three regular gigs in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn.
"Living in New York I learned how to get gigs, because they are saturated with musicians," Dixon says, "I realized it was about relationships; relationships with club owners, and if I could get a good report with them I could get in and do gigs. For a solid year and a half I had steadies every night of the week."

The Todd Harrold Band has been in existence since 1991,and after many cd's,many cross country road trips,and many personnel changes,todd is still at it,recently winning the fort wayne whatzup magazine's whammy award for best jazz artist for the third year in a row..todd hooked up with the phenomenal 8 string guitarist dan mowan in 2004,a musical partnership that resulted in the disc, "further from yesterday",in 2007 on monkey wings records,available at amazon.com."further from yesterday" reached 7 on the jambands.com radio charts in 2007-2008.todd has shared the stage with the doobie brothers,govt mule,lalah hathaway,leon russell,dave weckl,ike stubblefield,the bodeans,leftover salmon,and kc and the sunshine band,and has appeared in modern drummer,down beat and relix magazines. in 2009 he began a musical partnership with saxophonist rob dixon in songwriting and performing
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