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Alex Harding & Organ Nation
Detroit-born baritone saxophonist Alex Harding played with Organ Nation at Cliff Bell’s in Detroit on Sunday, May 8, 2022, with shows at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. He has a rich career spanning jazz and pop collaborations worth hearing.
Alex Harding was born in Detroit and started learning jazz as a kid, studying with Yusef Lateef and Beans Bowles. Before finishing high school, he was already playing with Donald Byrd and Wynton Marsalis. Throughout the ’90s, 2000s, and 2010s, Harding toured and recorded nonstop, collaborating with diverse acts from the Sun Ra Arkestra to David Lee Roth. He plays baritone sax and bass clarinet and built a significant international career after moving to New York in the early ’90s, joining Julius Hemphill’s Saxophone Sextet and working with many top jazz figures. He made multiple albums with pianist Lucian Ban and appeared in the Broadway production FELA!!!. Their 2019 album reunion highlights his ongoing creativity. His performance at Cliff Bell’s brought a compelling mix of these influences live to Detroit audiences.
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