Mr. Paul Contos is the saxophone instructor at the University of California at Santa Cruz and a member of the faculty at California State University, Monterey Bay. In addition, Mr. Contos has been the Monterey Jazz Festival's saxophone clinician since the inception of the Education Program in 1984. As a concert performer and woodwind specialist Mr. Contos has performed with many world renowned jazz artists including Mundell Lowe, Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove, Jon Hendricks, Joe Williams, Dianne Reeves, Sheila Jordan, and others. He has recorded with Dave Leibman, Peter Erskine, John Patitucci, Richie Beirach, Alan Broadbent, Terence Blanchard, Charlie Haden, Don Cherry, John Abercrombie, and Alex Acuna. He also serves as Director of the Monterey Jazz Festival High School All Star Band and the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, and is the Clinician Liaison for the MJF's Traveling Clinician Program. Mr. Contos is active as a saxophone clinician, educator, and performer at various educational festivals, clinics, concerts, and workshops in the U.S., Japan, and Brazil.
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