Jaleel Shaw

Teamed with:
Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Arturo Sandoval, Nicholas Payton, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra and many more...

JALEEL SHAW, alto saxophonist, is currently a member of the Roy Haynes Quartet, Charles Mingus Big Band, and performs in various clubs in New York City and abroad with various groups, including the Jaleel Shaw Quintet.

Upon graduating from high school, he received a full tuition scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. While attending Berklee, he received the Billboard Endowed Scholarship for Outstanding Academic and Musical achievement (1998), two Woodwind Dept. Chair Awards, The Outstanding Student Teacher Award, and The Boston Jazz Society Award (1999). Upon graduating from Berklee, Jaleel received a scholarship to attend the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, He was also a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition that year. Jaleel has performed internationally in Australia, China, London, Paris, Italy, Finland, Africa, Scotland, Amsterdam, Austria, Spain, and Portugal, as well as many cities in the U.S.

He can be heard on recent recordings from the Roy Haynes Quartet, Mingus Big Band, The Either Orchestra, The Count Basie Big Band, and Jeremy Pelt Quartet.He recorded his first Perspective for the Fresh Sound in February of 2004. The cd was released in 2005 and was proclaimed one of the top debut albums of that year by AllAboutJazz Magazine.

Website: http://www.jaleelshaw.com/

My Space: http://www.myspace.com/jaleelshaw