Anthony E Nelson, Jr

A multi-talented musical artist who, skillfully utilized saxophones, flutes, clarinet, and bass clarinet, to any style of music, is also a composer and arranger who ignites fans with melodic originality. Nelson fuses together jazz’s classic tranquility, gospel’s spirituality, funk’s rougher edges and neo-soul’s undeniable velvet ease to produce a sound unlike anything on today’s shelves. Anthony Nelson would go on to work with and/or record with an array of phenomenal figures such as Billy Hart, John Hicks, Don Braden, Regina Carter, Ojays, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Faith Evans, “Joe,” the Ray Charles Orchestra, Henry McKenzie Davis, James Weidman, Ralph Peterson, the Count Basie Orchestra, Cab Calloway Orchestra, Cecil Brooks III, T.S. Monk, and Steve Turre. As a gifted composer he has released “Testament: Live At Cecil’s,” his debut solo CD, which stayed on the JazzWeek charts for 10 weeks, “Tenor For Two,” and “Live At Twins Jazz.” Nelson also performs for the theatre, with shows like “The Devils’ Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith,” which was named one of the top 10 Off-Broadway experiences by the New York Daily Times. He is also the proud Artistic Director of “Jazz In the Sanctuary,” based out of Shiloh Baptist Church in Plainfield, N.J. Anthony E. Nelson, Jr utilizes Vandoren mouthpieces, reeds, and accessories as well as Yanagisawa saxophones exclusively.