Minnesota-based saxophone quartet, JazzAx, is set to perform at the Concert Hall on Sunday, October 12 at 3:00pm. JazzAx is a group with roots in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area and has performed original jazz compositions at countless jazz conventions, schools, and performing arts centers. JazzAx’s talent has allowed the group to make a prominent name for itself in the upper Midwest area of the United States and inspired many music enthusiasts to attend JazzAx’s workshops, lessons, and jazz clinics at educational institutions.
JazzAx’s four members are all professional musicians who have received college degrees in music and have all gone on to teach the art of jazz to younger and older generations alike. David Milne (alto and soprano sax) is currently a professor of music at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. Milne has also had multiple original jazz compositions performed at national jazz conventions and published by Really Good Music, LLC. Michael Walk (alto sax) is also a music instructor who shares his knowledge with students in the Stillwater area of Minnesota. Walk, like Milne, has had his compositions published and performed at major conferences as well. Pete Whitman (tenor sax) has taught and professionally performed jazz for over two decades. He is currently the head of the Brass and Woodwinds Department at Musictech College in St. Paul Minnesota. And finally, Greg Keel (bari sax) is a distinguished music teacher in Minnesota who works with music departments varying from high schools to the upper levels of Macalester College’s music department in St. Paul.
Together, these four accomplished musicians travel the country and perform highly unique saxophone compositions that entertain audiences of all kinds.