David Binney

Bio:

Winner of the Downbeat Critics poll 2007,2012 and 8th in the 2012 Downbeat readers poll. There is a lot more stuff on my website if you are interested. CD downloads, Live gig downloads,Charts,Solos, etc... WWW.DAVIDBINNEY.COM DISCOGRAPHY (abbreviated): David Binney Recordings: OCEANOS Criss Cross 2007- Edward Simon, Scott Colley, Brian Blade, Adam Rogers, Luciana Souza, Shane Endsley, et al CITIES AND DESIRE Criss Cross 2006 David Binney-Alto Saxophone Mark Turner-Tenor Saxophone Craig Taborn-Piano Thomas Morgan-Bass Dan Weiss-Drums OUT OF AIRPLANES Mythology Records,2006 Features: Bill Frisell,Craig Taborn,Eivind Opsvik, Kenny Wollesen. BASTION OF SANITY Criss Cross Records, 2005: Features Chris Potter, Jacob Sacks, Dan Weiss, Thomas Morgan. FIESTAS DE AGOSTO Red Records, 2005: w/Edward Simon. WELCOME TO LIFE - Mythology Records, 2004: Features Chris Potter, Craig Taborn, Brian Blade, Scott Colley, Adam Rogers. BALANCE - ACT Records, 2002: Features Wayne Krantz, Uri Caine, Tim Lefebvre, Fima Ephron, Donny McCaslin, Adam Rogers, Jim Black. SOUTH - ACT Records, 2001: Features Chris Potter, Uri Caine, Brian Blade, Scott Colley, Adam Rogers, Jim Black. A SMALL MADNESS - Auand Records, 2003: w/Jeff Hirshfield. AFINIDAD - RED Records, 2001: w/Edward Simon. Features Brian Blade, Scott Colley, Adam Rogers, Lucia Pulido. FREE TO DREAM - Mythology Records, 1998: Features Jeff Hirshfield, Edward Simon, Kenny Wollesen, Scott Colley, Adam Rogers, Donny McCaslin and others. THE LUXURY OF GUESSING - Audioquest Records, 1995: Features Jeff Hirshfield, Scott Colley, Uri Caine, Ben Monder, Donny McCaslin. POINT GAME - Owl Records/Mesa-Bluemoon Records, 1991: Features Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Edward Simon, Lonnie Plaxico, Adam Rogers. Lan Xang , LAN XANG- Mythology Records, 1998: Features Scott Colley, Donny McCaslin, Jeff Hirshfield. Lan Xang, HIDDEN GARDENS Naxos Records, 2000. TOURS: With own groups: Balance (Craig Taborn, Thomas Morgan, Dan Weiss), Cities and Desire (Mark Turner, Craig Taborn, Thomas Morgan, Dan Weiss) Welcome to Life (Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Craig Taborn, Scott Colley, Brian Blade) New Quartet ( Craig Taborn, Scott Colley, Brian Blade) Afinidad (Edward Simon, Scott Colley, Antonio Sanchez) Europe, U.S.A., Canada, Latin America, India: 1991-2008, inclusive BANDS INCLUDE: Jim Hall Quartet/ Uri Caine: Mahler Project/ Uri Caine: Bach Project/ Vinicius Cantuaria Lost Tribe w/Adam Rogers, Ben Perowsky, Fima Ephron/ Global Theory w/James Genus, Dave Gilmore, Uri Caine, Rodney Holmes/ Marvin "Smitty" Smith Electric Band/ Wayne Krantz Band/ Joel Harrison: Free Country/ Kenny Wollesen: "The Wollesens"/ Steve Bernstein: Sex Mob/ Medeski,Martin and Wood/ Gil Evans Orchestra/ Maria Schneider Orchestra/ Lan Xang w/ Donny McCaslin, Kenny Wollesen, Scott Colley/ Drew Gress: Jagged Sky w/Kenny Wollesen, Ben Monder/ Bobby Previte: Horse/ Edward Simon Group/ Cecil Mcbee Band/ Eumir Deodato Band

Member Since:

May 08, 2006

Members:

THIRD OCCASION QUARTET David Binney-Alto Saxophone Craig Taborn-Piano Scott Colley-Bass Brian Blade-Drums ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIFTY FIVE GROUP David Binney-Alto Saxophone Jacob Sacks-Piano Thomas Morgan-Bass Dan Weiss-Drums ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTRIC GROUP David Binney-Alto Saxophone Wayne Krantz-Guitar Tim Lefebvre-Bass Nate Wood-Drums --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CITIES AND DESIRE GROUP David Binney-Alto Saxophone Mark Turner-Tenor Saxophone Craig Taborn-Piano Thomas Morgan-Bass Dan Weiss-Drums ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFINIDAD David Binney-Alto Saxophone Edward Simon-Piano Scott Colley-Bass Antonio Sanchez-Drums

Influences:

Everything

Sounds Like:

"THIRD OCCASION" the newest cd on Mythology is out now! it features, Criag Taborn, Brian Blade, Scott Colley, and a brass section

Record Label:

Mythology Records