David Bixler

<p>Alto saxophonist, composer, and educator David Bixler has recently embarked on an artistic reemergence with the release of three new recordings and a new recording featuring music inspired by the poetry of Langston Hughes is scheduled for later this year. After moving to NYC thirty years ago, Bixler cut his teeth touring the world with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Toshiko Akioshi. He later joined the Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Big Band, with whom he played a decade-long residency of Sunday evenings at Birdland and won a LATIN GRAMMY for the recording, Final Night at Birdland. Bixler is the host of LINER NOTES with David Bixler, a podcast centered on conversations with jazz musicians. He also serves as Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Creative Arts Excellence at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. </p>