Tim Armacost

After a life of travel and discovery on three continents, Grammy nominated saxophonist and author Tim Armacost has established himself as one of the most important improvisers on the New York scene today. He tours regularly around the world both as a sideman and a leader. Armacost has worked with a phenomenal number of jazz greats, including Al Foster, Jimmy Cobb, Kenny Barron, Tom Harrell, Billy Hart, Victor Lewis, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Peter Erskine, Ray Drummond, Roy Hargrove, Don Friedman and Randy Brecker. He has recorded 16 critically acclaimed records as a leader, performed on more than 60 as a sideman, and has composed and arranged for Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Armacost is a widely respected educator, teaching at the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop, at Queens College in New York City and as a clinician at Universities throughout the U.S., Japan and Europe. In addition to his own groups, Armacost co-leads the New York Standards Quartet (NYSQ) and the Brooklyn Big Band, for which he composes and arranges. He is a member of Emilio Solla’s Grammy nominated group Inestabile de Brooklyn, and Solla's Grammy winning big band, The Tango Jazz Orchestra, and is a co-founder of the cooperative groups IN Trio and Armacost/Lepore/Petrosino. Armacost’s most recent leader date, Time Being, featuring Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts and Bob Hurst received a four star review in Downbeat magazine, and has met with critical acclaim around the world.