ALBUMEuropean Quartet Worldwide (feat. Carl Winther, Andreas Lang & Anders Mogensen)Walt Weiskopf
ALBUMEuropean QuartetWalt Weiskopf
ALBUMFountain of YouthWalt Weiskopf
ALBUMThe Way You Say ItWalt Weiskopf
ALBUMOpen RoadWalt Weiskopf
ALBUMOverdriveWalt Weiskopf
ALBUMSee the Pyramid (feat. Peter Zak, Doug Weiss & Quincy Davis)Walt Weiskopf
ALBUMAnytown (feat. Joe Locke, Renee Rosnes, Doug Weiss & Tony Reedus)Walt Weiskopf
ALBUMDay in Night Out (feat. Andy Fusco, Gary Smulyan, Michael Leonhart, John Mosca, Peter Zak, Doug Weiss & Kendrick Scott)Walt Weiskopf
ALBUMSimplicity (feat. Andy Fusco, Conrad Herwig, Joel Weiskopf, Peter Washington & Billy Drummond)Walt Weiskopf
ALBUMSiren (feat. Anders Bostrom, Jim Snidero, Scott Robinson, Joe Magnarelli, Conrad Herwig, Joel Weiskopf, Doug Weiss & Billy Drummond)Walt Weiskopf
ALBUMSong for My Mother (feat. Anders Bostrom, Jim Snidero, Scott Robinson, Joe Magnarelli, Conrad Herwig, Joel Weiskopf, Peter Washington & Billy Drummond)Walt Weiskopf
ALBUMJam Session, Vol. 18Billy Drewes, Dick Oatts & Walt Weiskopf
ALBUMTea for Two (feat. Joel Weiskopf, Paul Gill & Billy Drummond)Walt Weiskopf & Andy Fusco
ALBUMSight to Sound (feat. John Mosca, Andy Fusco, Joel Weiskopf, Doug Weiss & Billy Drummond)Walt Weiskopf
ALBUMMan of Many Colors (feat. Brad Mehldau, John Patitucci & Clarence Penn)Walt Weiskopf
ALBUMSleepless Nights (feat. Andy Fusco, Conrad Herwig, Joel Weiskopf, James Genus & Billy Drummond)Walt Weiskopf
ALBUMNight LightsWalt Weiskopf
About Walt Weiskopf
Artist Biography
A potent tenor saxophonist and composer firmly in the tradition of John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, Walt Weiskopf was born in Augusta, GA, and grew up in Syracuse, NY. Upon moving to New York City, he joined the Buddy Rich Big Band in 1981 at the age of 21; two years later, Weiskopf signed on with the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, concurrently forming his own quartet with brother Joel on trumpet, Jay Anderson on bass, and Jeff Hirshfeld on drums. His debut, Exact Science, appeared in 1989, followed a year later by Mindwalking; Simplicity, released in 1992, topped the European jazz charts for four weeks. After 1993's A World Away, Weiskopf for the first time departed from original compositions to record 1995's Night Lights, a collection of standards; 1997's Song for My Mother, however, returned his own material to the forefront. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, Weiskopf and fellow Eastman alum Ramon Ricker teamed in 1990 to write the books Coltrane: A Player's Guide to His Harmony and The Augmented Scale in Jazz; in 1994, Weiskopf also published Intervalic Improvisation, a player's guide for broadening the scope of modern jazz improvisation. In 1996, he joined drummer Rick Hollander's quartet, and as a headliner returned in 1999 with Anytown. Siren was issued a year later. ~ Jason Ankeny
Hometown
Augusta, GA, United States
Genre
Jazz
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