Canada- Trumpet / Flugel Horn Saxophone
 
Trumpet / Flugel Horn
Paul Baron
Trumpet player
One of the busiest and most well respected lead and commercial trumpet players in Canada. Recently, Paul performed the Gil Evans/Miles Davis suite of "Porgy and Bess" under the baton of the eminent jazz authority Gunther Schuller. His energetic performance is also evident in recordings, numerous movie and TV tracks, commercials, shows and different kinds of teachings.
Paul plays the JTR-1602S-SSB2 trumpet, the JFH-846RL flugel horn, the Jupiter Pocket and Slide trumpets, and also performs on piccolo trumpet. His recommended instruments are the JTR-1602S-SSB2 trumpet and the JFH-846RL flugel horn.
 

Saxophone
Merlin Williams
professional musician, mouthpiece refacer
Jim Galloway's Wee Big Band, Greg Runions Big Band, Freelance doubler in Toronto, Classical saxophone soloist
Recommended Instruments: Artist Saxophone

David Caldwell
Outstanding sax player
Featured soloist in numerous orchestras and bands. For fifteen years David played the first woodwind chair of Toronto's largest theatre, the O'Keefe Centre. He was asked for by the returning conductors of Broadway productions. Recent highlights of his career include performing at the Berne Switzerland Jazz Festival with Peter Appleyard and opening for the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, for three years running.
David performs on the Jupiter JAS-869SG Artist alto sax, the JAS-2069GL "Artistic" alto sax and the JTS-2089GL "Artistic" tenor sax.
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Willem Moolenbeek
He has performed throughout Canada and in Europe with pop groups, as an orchestral soloist, chamber musician and in recital.
He is a veteran of over 1500 school performances and has been part of the Edward Johnson Foundation "Musicians in the Schools" program since its inception in 2001.
Willem Moolenbeek teaches saxophone on the music faculties of McMaster University and the University of Waterloo and the National Music Camp of Canada.
Willem is a clinician for Jupiter Musical Instruments and plays the 2089GL Custom tenor saxophone.
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Andy Ballantyne
Versatile professional saxophonist
Andy Ballantyne is a regular member of several prominent Canadian jazz groups and he has also performed with some of the world’s foremost jazz musicians, including Dave Holland, Vince Mendoza. In addition, Andy has backed up numerous entertainers and is a regular on the Toronto studio scene and has recorded numerous jingles, movie sound tracks, and live television shows.
Andy is currently on faculty at Humber College in Toronto teaching woodwinds, composition and theory. He leads his own 11-piece jazz orchestra, The Andy Ballantyne Large Ensemble, which recorded and released their debut recording, The Sum of the Parts, in 2007.
Andy Ballantyne performs on Jupiter XO 2069GL alto sax
http://www.anyballantyne.com
http://www.myspace.com/andyballantyne
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