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My Public FaceI'm a professional jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader based in Oakland. I perform locally, record CDs, tour from time to time, and teach at The Jazzschool in Berkeley. Lots more about all that at www.antonjazz.com
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I'm a jazz musician and recovered academic. I play saxophone, lead a band, compose, record & tour. I was doing a doctorate in Artificial Intelligence at Stanford (five years in) when I did a big "about face"... much happier and healthier ever since.
Always on the lookout for good partners-in-crime. Upbeat people who notice funny little things about the world that others overlook. Sass and skepticism are great. Cynics need not apply. Me, I'm whimsical, analytical, affectionate. Creative but with a streak of perfectionism. Very upbeat. My sense of humor ranges from screwball to deadpan. Big lover of life and its possibilities. I've had enough trying times in my life to develop compassion, but I still haven't become bitter and don't plan to. I'm a good listener (except maybe when I've woken up from a nap)...
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Tenor sax player Hank Mobley was born on this day 75 years ago. A favorite among sax players, he's virtually unknown outside the jazz community. But unlike many "musician's musicians" his playing is extremely accessible, falling solidly in the down-to-earth school they call Hard Bop. If you want to check out his stuff, start with "Soul Station" - I just reviewed it at www.tribe.net/recommendat...fd24e474832d
Thu, July 7, 2005 - 1:25 PM
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Sara Lazarus won first place in the first Thelonius Monk vocal competition, but she's been living in Paris ever since and has never been much a part of the international jazz scene. Maybe that will change now that she's just finally releasing her debut CD on Dreyfus Records. I've known Sara for a long time, and if you're not familiar with her, I'm happy to report that she's the real deal. A warm, genuine person and a very natural musician. So unusual for a talent of this order to make the cho...
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Fri, May 27, 2005 - 1:38 PM
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One of the great recording studios in the Bay Area turned out its lights yesterday. Spark (www.sparkworld.com), located in Emeryville, was a gordeous studio with resonant acoustics and an outrageous 9 foot Yamaha grand. It sold its location to Pixar. The owner, Tony Mills, will continue to do some work - mostly video and post-production, a little audio tracking - out of his home studio in Rockridge. Among the fine albums recorded there was Mark Levine's 2003 grammy-nominated recording "ISLA"....
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Thu, May 19, 2005 - 4:53 PM
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My TestimonialsJune 14, 2005
Anton is one of the most widely respected jazz musicians in the Bay Area and has already gathered a national following. Illinois Jacquet himself dug Anton! (If you follow jazz, Illinois Jacquet was a legendary sax man). Anton also may be one of the *smartest* jazz musicians--he was formerly a PhD candidate at Stanford working on artificial intelligence problems, which are among the hardest in academia. Anton's loft concerts in Oakland are always a sellout crowd.
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