Tia Fuller

Tia Fuller is an alto saxophonist, composer, and educator who has moved between the worlds of jazz and pop with rare command. Born in Denver in 1976, she earned degrees from Spelman College and the University of Colorado Boulder, then spent years as the featured saxophonist in Beyonce's all female touring band. Her own recordings include the 2019 album Diamond Cut, produced by Terri Lyne Carrington, which earned a Grammy nomination, and she voiced the alto for the character Dorothea Williams in Pixar's Soul. A JazzTimes and DownBeat poll winner, she teaches in the ensembles department at the Berklee College of Music.