Jaleel Shaw

Jaleel Shaw is an American alto and soprano saxophonist and composer based in New York, regarded as one of the leading altoists of his generation. Born in 1978 and raised in Philadelphia, he studied at Berklee College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music before joining the Roy Haynes Quartet, with which he played for fourteen years. He is a member of the Mingus Big Band and leads his own groups, releasing albums on his Changu Records label, among them Optimism and Echoes. He also teaches saxophone at the Manhattan School of Music.