Brian Landrus
Brian Landrus is quickly becoming know as one of the new voices on baritone saxophone and bass clarinet. His CD "Forward" can be found at www.CadenceJazzRecords.com and his CD "Everlasting" will be at www.cimprecords.com soon.
Brian Landrus was born in Reno, NV in 1978. He starting playing saxophone at age 12 and quickly fell in love with music. Focus in life became music-listening, playing, creating. Landrus kept experimenting with new instruments and began to grow a palette of sound through the various combinations of woodwinds. Doubling became an obvious strength and being able to play with different timbres and diversity helped to hone his compositional awareness. Landrus started playing professionally at 14, subbing for his wonderful teacher Frank Perry. Frank lead weekly gigs playing standards with a quintet. Brian started playing shows when he was 16 and was asked to play with the legendary bands The Coasters and The Drifters. Landrus started composing when he was 16. Brian continued to gig and record while he went to the University of Nevada Reno where he completed his bachelors degree in music performance. By this time Landrus had been focusing on baritone, tenor and soprano sax, flute, and clarinet. After leading his own small big band, The Landrus Project, for six years, he moved to Boston to attend the New England Conservatory of Music. At NEC, Brian received two master of music degrees: jazz composition and jazz performance. He was also awarded the conservatory's highest individual award, the Gunther Schuller Medal. Brian recorded the CD "Forward" in 2007 while still in Boston. This CD features some of the beautiful people that he worked with in Boston. "Forward" has been recently released on the world renown Cadence Jazz Records (CJR 1218). Brian moved to NYC in 2007. He recorded "Everlasting" for CIMP records (CIMP 382) and is due to be released by summer of 2010.
Landrus has focused on baritone, tenor, and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, and bass flute. A list of all woodwind instruments he plays professionally is: soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass saxophones. Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, contra alto clarinet. Piccolo, C flute, alto flute, bass flute. Oboe, bassoon.
Landrus has played with & or recorded with: Michael Cain, George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi, Danilo Perez, Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Carlberg, John Lockwood, Allan Chase, Jason Palmer, Rudy Royston, Nir Felder, Roscoe Mitchell, Darryl Harper, Matthew Parish, Rakalam Bob Moses, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Ken Schaphorst Orchestra, Ayn Inserto Orchestra, Rob Mosher's Storytime, Nick Urie Large Ensemble, The Temptations, The Coasters, The Four Tops, The Drifters, West Side Story (NYC Broadway), Sensorioum Saxophone Orchestra, Martha Reeves, Mike Love, Peter Epstein, David Ake, Larry Engstrom, Hans Halt, Gerry Genaurio, Francis Vanek, Ed Corey, Michael Winograd, Clint Strong.
Brian is faculty at the 92Y School of Music in Manhattan where he teaches saxophone and the jazz ensembles. He is also on faculty at the Lagond Music School where he teaches composition, saxophone, flute, and clarinet.
Brian's Equipment: Saxophones:
Selmer Mark VI low Bb Baritone 78XXX with Otto Link Florida 9* mouthpiece Selmer SBA low A Baritone with Otto Link Florida 9* mouthpiece Selmer SBA Tenor with Otto Link Florida 9* mouthpiece Selmer SBA Alto with Otto Link Slant Signature 9 mouthpiece Selmer SBA Soprano with Otto Link Slant Signature 5* mouthpiece Conn Bass Saxophone from 1925 with custom Freddie Gregory Metal 9 mouthpiece
Clarinets:Selmer Series 9 Low Eb Bass with Charles Bay Ithaca mouthpiece Selmer Series 9 Low C Bass with Charles Bay Ithaca mouthpiece Selmer Series 9 Contra Alto with Custom Freddie Gregory mouthpiece Buffet R13 Bb from 1970 with Backun Traditional mouthpiece
Flutes:Eva Kingma Bass Flute Sankyo 301 Alto Flute Powell Handmade C Flute Sankyo 401 Piccolo
Double Reeds: Fox 300 Oboe Fox 240 Bassoon
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