Stephen Riley
Tenor Sax
49 age
November 19, 1975 Birthday
Greenville, North Carolina, U.S. Birthplace
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Stephen Riley is a tenor saxophonist and educator who has worked with many of today's top jazz artists. Shortly after moving to New York City in the mid-1990s he began performing with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Orchestra. Riley went on to work with well known artists such as Harry Connick Jr., Ray Charles, Joe Lovano, Branford Marsalis and Natalie Cole. Additionally, he has recorded a dozen albums as leader. Riley continues to be involved in jazz education, he has done master classes all over the world, teaches private lessons and is on faculty at Duke University.
Trivia
Stephen Riley has been a featured artist at "Jazz at Lincoln Center's" concert series. Stephen Riley is an annual clinician for "Swing Central", part of the Savannah music festival. Stephen Riley tours with both the Marcus Roberts trio and Marcus Roberts and the Modern Jazz Generation.
Early Life
Stephen Riley was born in North Carolina in 1975. His mother was a music teacher and she started both Riley and his older brother on the violin at age 4, using the Suziki Method. At age 10 Riley developed an interest in jazz and began playing the alto saxophone. During high school he switched to the tenor saxophone and at age 17 he won the Stan Getz/Clifford Brown fellowship award. He was invited to attend William Patterson University where he spent one year in the jazz program before moving to New York City to begin his career in music.
Stephen Riley Solos
2019
Tenor Sax solo - You Stepped out of a Dream - 2019
4/4 latin in C major at 155 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - My Ideal - 2019
4/4 ballad in E♭ major at 54 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - I'll Remember April - 2019
4/4 latin in G major at 249 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Wild Flower - 2019
3/4 waltz in B♭ major at 166 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - I Remember You - 2019
4/4 latin in E♭ major at 133 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Ugly Beauty - 2019
3/4 waltz in D♭ major at 99 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Alone Together - 2019
4/4 swing in D minor at 152 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - God Bless The Child - 2019
4/4 ballad in E♭ major at 54 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Equinox - 2019
4/4 swing in C minor at 135 BPM
2018
Tenor Sax solo - Ornithology - 2018
4/4 swing in G major at 225 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Doxy - 2018
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 118 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - St. Thomas - 2018
4/4 funk in C major at 232 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Valse Hot - 2018
3/4 waltz in A♭ major at 112 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Green Dolphin Street - 2018
4/4 latin in E♭ major at 191 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Oleo - 2018
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 252 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Lazy Bird - 2018
4/4 swing in G major at 114 BPM
2007
Tenor Sax solo - Israel - 2007
4/4 swing in D minor at 185 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - I'm An Old Cowhand - 2007
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 141 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Solitude - 2007
4/4 ballad in D♭ major at 58 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home - 2007
4/4 swing in B♭ major at 149 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Lover, Come Back to Me - 2007
4/4 swing in G♭ major at 262 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - The Very Thought of You - 2007
4/4 ballad in A♭ major at 59 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Tea For Two - 2007
4/4 swing in A♭ major at 166 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - All Of You - 2007
4/4 swing in E♭ major at 111 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Meditation - 2007
4/4 bossa nova in C major at 134 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Once Upon a Dream - 2007
3/4 waltz in F major at 142 BPM
Tenor Sax solo - Tune Up - 2007
4/4 swing in C major at 344 BPM