Melissa Aldana

[Ville K.]

I ordered some Gonzales reeds and found an advertisement inside the reed box. It presented a saxophonist from Chile that I hadn't heard before: Melissa Aldana. It raised my curiosity and I did a search on the net and found her own website with sound clips. Have a look:

Melissa Aldana

Melissa Aldana Trio: ”Flip Flop”

She's a beauty and blows beautifully too! Knowing that Aldana is just 22 years old and already so accomplished one can wait for good things from her career!

I came to think about it and then realised that I don't know that many professional female saxophonists apart from Candy Dulfer. Well, thanks to Cafe I became aware of Kaori Kobayashi. But unlike Dulfer and Kobayashi, Aldana plays my favorite sax from the saxophone family ;}

 

[dooce]

Nice find. She's 22 - how old is that keys player? 15?

 

[GsySaxMan]

Next time I go to Chile (Santiago, and the Andes for Skiing, a great combination) I must try and catch her set, great player in the making....

Thanks for posting VK.

 

[AlanU]

Very good.
It seems she's now based in NY, and has an album out.
One to watch, I think.

 

[koumou]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AueMO4N2BLA

Her playing and music speak for themselves.

 

[trimmy]

Been listening to this young lady a lot recently, her tone is fabulous.
She’s obviously improved massively since the OP posted back in 2011, i think she’ll go far

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View: https://youtu.be/4lJTfteWl2I

 

[spike]

The links in the original post are no longer valid.
Her website is now here:
Melissa Aldana

 

[trimmy]

This needs to be merged @Jeanette
We have two Melissa Aldana’s which wouldn’t be a bad thing !

Melissa Aldana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AueMO4N2BLA Her playing and music speak for themselves.

cafesaxophone.com

 

[Jeanette]

This needs to be merged @Jeanette
We have two Melissa Aldana’s which wouldn’t be a bad thing !

Melissa Aldana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AueMO4N2BLA Her playing and music speak for themselves.

cafesaxophone.com

Done

Jx

 

[scotsman]

She won the Thelonius Monk Jazz award a few years ago..

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[Greg Strange]

According to a Downbeat interview / article a few years ago she plays on a Mark VI her grandfather use to own / play...

Greg S.