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| Born | (1978-09-14)September 14, 1978 (age 46) Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz,jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Saxophone, clarinet, flute |
| Years active | 1994-present |
| Labels | Cadence Jazz, Blueland,CIMP,Palmetto |
| Website | brianlandrus |
Brian Landrus (born September 14, 1978) is a jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and educator.[1]
Landrus was born inReno, Nevada, where he began playing professionally at the age of 13. He earned a degree in saxophone performance at theUniversity of Nevada, Reno.[2] At the age of 18 he began performing on tenor and baritone saxophone withThe Temptations,The Four Tops,The Coasters,The Drifters, andMartha Reeves. In 2003 he moved to Boston in to attend theNew England Conservatory.[3] After graduation in 2007 Landrus recorded his albumForward forCadence Jazz Records.[4]
He toured internationally withEsperanza Spalding.[5]
Landrus is an Associate Professor of Jazz Composition atBerklee College of Music[6]
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TheBoston Globe reviewer of his 2011 albumCapsule wrote that the album, "which includes pianist Michael Cain (mostly on Fender Rhodes), guitar Nir Felder, bassist Matthew Parish, and drummer Rudy Royston, makes an organic fusion that ignores the boundaries that supposedly separate jazz, rock, pop, and R&B".[11] His 2015 albumThe Deep Below was described byThe New York Times as "a sonic register: low and deep, Mr. Landrus's natural range on baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, bass flute and bass clarinet".[12]
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