Erica Lindsay
Born (1955-06-05) June 5, 1955
San Francisco, California, United States
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)saxophone
LabelsCandid, Artists Recording Collective
Websitewww.ericalindsay.com

Erica Lindsay (born June 5, 1955 in San Francisco, California, United States)[1] is an American jazz saxophone player and composer.

Music career

Lindsay's parents, both teachers, lived in Europe in the 1960s.[1] She began her studies in composition with Mal Waldron in Munich when she was fifteen years old.[1] She played clarinet, then alto and tenor saxophone.[1] In 1973, she studied for a year at the Berklee School of Music in Boston and then went back to Europe, where she began her music career.[1] She formed and a local quartet and went on tour.[1] Since 1980, she has lived in New York.[1]

As a saxophonist, she worked with Melba Liston, Clifford Jordan, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner,[1] Reggie Workman, George Gruntz, and Pheeroan akLaff. Lindsay composed for theater, television, and dance productions and worked with poets and performance artists such as Carl Hancock Rux, Janice King, Janine Vega, Mikhail Horowitz and Nancy Ostrovsky. She leads her own quartet and is the co-leader of a quartet with Sumi Tonooka.

In 1989, her debut album Dreamer was recorded for Candid Records, with contributions from Robin Eubanks, Howard Johnson, Francesca Tanksley, and Anthony Cox.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Lindsay played with Oliver Lake, Baikida Carroll, Howard Johnson, Jeff Siegel, Thurman Barker and the band Trace Elements. Their album Yes โ€“ Live at the Rosendale Cafe appeared in 2008.

She is co-founder of the Artists Recording Collective recording label.

Lindsay is visiting Assistant Professor at Bard College.[2]

Discography

As leader or co-leader

  • Dreamer (Candid, 1989)
  • Yes: Live at the Rosendale Cafe (Artists Recording Collective, 2008)
  • Initiation (Artists Recording Collective, 2009) with Sumi Tonooka

With Alchemy Sound Project

  • Further Explorations (Alchemysoundproject, 2016)

With Baikida Carroll

With Oliver Lake

  • Cloth (Passin' Thru, 2003)

With Jeff Siegel

  • Live in Europe (Artists Recording Collective, 2005)

[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1489/90. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. โ†‘ Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 2nd Edition, London, Penguin, 1994 ISBN 0-14-102327-9
  3. โ†‘ "Erica Lindsay: Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
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