Transformation Re-releasing to Itunes 2014
After years of performing at small jazz clubs, saxophonist DENNIS MITCHELTREE is on the road to realizing the rewards for his years of work, study and persistence. With an abundance of recent concert and club appearances, ...Mitcheltree is finally in a position to do what he does best; play his music. The tenor saxophonist and composer was born and raised in Milwaukee. Starting on oboe at the age of 12 and picking up the baritone sax for his school jazz band, Mitcheltree was interested in music from the outset. By the time he was in high school he concentrated exclusively on the tenor saxophone and discovering the rich history of jazz through recordings.
A former student of Joe Lovano, Billy Pierce and Ralph Lalama, Mitcheltree is now a teacher in his own right. He teaches privately and at the Greenwich House Music School in New York. He also does jazz workshops in NYC at places like the Henry Street Settlement and the East Harlem Music School in addition to clinics at colleges while touring.
"As for the future, I'd like to continue performing and composing, developing the musical base that I've established. My music is definitely coming out of today's acoustic jazz scene and a quartet can best represent what I'm trying to do musically. My main goal is to present whatever I'm playing, whether it's standarts or original compositions, with the level of intensity and spirituality established by Coltrane and his quartet. It's a real pleasure to perform and have a listener come up to me afterward and tell me that they could really feel my music; that it spoke to them. When I hear this I know I'm on the right track."
"...a master storyteller with the tenor sax..." Jared Donxe, Iowa City Icon
"His original compositions are inspiring." Rob Fisch, Jazz Friends Review
"...Mitcheltree plays the tenor saxophone with steady self-assurance." Jazz Times
Please visit Dennis at http://www.dennismitcheltree.com/
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A former student of Joe Lovano, Billy Pierce and Ralph Lalama, Mitcheltree is now a teacher in his own right. He teaches privately and at the Greenwich House Music School in New York. He also does jazz workshops in NYC at places like the Henry Street Settlement and the East Harlem Music School in addition to clinics at colleges while touring.
"As for the future, I'd like to continue performing and composing, developing the musical base that I've established. My music is definitely coming out of today's acoustic jazz scene and a quartet can best represent what I'm trying to do musically. My main goal is to present whatever I'm playing, whether it's standarts or original compositions, with the level of intensity and spirituality established by Coltrane and his quartet. It's a real pleasure to perform and have a listener come up to me afterward and tell me that they could really feel my music; that it spoke to them. When I hear this I know I'm on the right track."
"...a master storyteller with the tenor sax..." Jared Donxe, Iowa City Icon
"His original compositions are inspiring." Rob Fisch, Jazz Friends Review
"...Mitcheltree plays the tenor saxophone with steady self-assurance." Jazz Times
Please visit Dennis at http://www.dennismitcheltree.com/
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