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Saxophone
  Jeff
Benedict holds a B.M. and an M.A. from the Lamont School of Music
and a D.M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was
a student of Harvey Pittel. He has been the winner of four “DeeBee” awards
from the Downbeat magazine, one each for Classical Performance
and Jazz Composition, and two for Jazz Performance. He is
in demand as a classical soloist, and has premiered new works for
the saxophone, including Peter Terry’s "Into Light" for
saxophone, chamber orchestra and computer-generated tape, and the
mid-west premiere of David Amram's "Ode to Lore Buckley" for
saxophone and orchestra. As founder and member of The Orion
Saxophone Quartet, he has performed with the Aspen Festival Orchestra,
the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic New Music Group. His credits as a jazz performer
include appearances with Toshiko Akiyoshi, Randy Brecker, Nick
Brignola, Eddie Daniels, Carl Fontana, Curtis Fuller, Slide Hampton,
Jimmy Heath, Hubert Laws, Wynton Marsalis, Bob Mintzer, Claudio
Roditi, Diane Schuur, Lew Soloff, Bill Taylor, Mel Torme,
Bill Watrous, Mark Whitfield and Joe Williams. Jeff is currently
on the faculty of California State University, Los Angeles, where
he is the saxophone instructor and Director of Jazz Studies. He
has released two jazz albums on the Resurgent Music record label: "Castle
Creek Shuffle" and "Standard Fare."
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