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Artist
Noah Peterson
12+ albums
saxophonejazz
about
Be it backing up The Temptations, touring the Western United States, fronting his jazz groups or getting down with his many and varied ensembles, Noah Peterson is a delightful and emotional saxophonist. An internationally air-played jazz artist who is a regionally touring musician, Noah leads jazz bands in Portland, OR and has a stellar reputation as hard-working, hard-playing musician. He’s been a horn section leader, sideman, band leader, composer and arranger in Blues, Funk, Rock, Folk, Gospel, Reggae, Pop and Jazz bands as well as a classical ensembles and a Zimbabwean Marimba/Mbira Band. His compositions have been nationally and internationally broadcast and he’s been featured at festivals throughout the Northwest. Noah grew up in Billings, MT as the youngest of 4 and son of a band director. All of the family played musical instruments although there was never much of an emphasis put on music as anything other than a hobby. Noah's dad had a reputation for having "A bible in one-hand and a shot-gun in the other;" although a lot of that was probably due to the rough and tumble attitude of Noah and his brothers and their ability to take their lumps when it came their time. Then again... Noah played in the school band and sung choir in elementary and middle school. Noah started playing in the school jazz band in middle school. Noah didn't compete in competitions much, nor did he audition for regional band programs, although his siblings did. One brother and his sister
