Acclaimed tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana follows up her 2014 Concord release Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio with the explorative and deeply swinging “Back Home,” this time released on the Wommusic label.
Still in her 20’s, Melissa Aldana, has had a remarkably rapid evolution from a 6-year-old sax player to “bold new talent” (NPR), widely considered one of the most compelling and prodigious tenor saxophonists of her time. As a child Aldana studied with her renowned saxophonist father Marcos Aldana. In 2007 she moved to Boston to enroll at Berklee, coming under the mentorship of George Garzone. In 2013 she became the first female instrumentalist and the first South American ever to win the Thelonious Monk Competition. She is also a recipient of the Martin E. Segal Award from Jazz at Lincoln Center and a double recipient of the Altazor Award, Chile’s highly prestigious national arts prize.
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