Trio Incognito at Soapbox Gallery

Trio Incognito is alto saxophonist David Bixler, bassist Gregg August, and percussionist Fabio Rojas improvising through and with sound and space.

DAVID BIXLER

"David Bixler is an artist who manages to take much of the best of the jazz tradition and push it in new directions—push, but never shove. He is original, but his originality is not what I would call radical. He works within the tradition. He is not looking to destroy it. The Nearest Exit May Be Inside Your Head is an album filled with inventive ideas and exciting artistry. Most importantly, it is filled with music you'll want to hear and hear again." Jack Goodstein...

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Trio Incognito is alto saxophonist David Bixler, bassist Gregg August, and percussionist Fabio Rojas improvising through and with sound and space.

DAVID BIXLER

"David Bixler is an artist who manages to take much of the best of the jazz tradition and push it in new directions—push, but never shove. He is original, but his originality is not what I would call radical. He works within the tradition. He is not looking to destroy it. The Nearest Exit May Be Inside Your Head is an album filled with inventive ideas and exciting artistry. Most importantly, it is filled with music you'll want to hear and hear again." Jack Goodstein

Saxophonist, composer, and educator David Bixler is a multi-faceted artist, having received critical acclaim for both his playing and his writing. He actively leads several projects that serve as platforms for his diverse musical interests. As a sideman David has performed and toured the world with the orchestras of Chico O'Farrill, Lionel Hampton, and Toshiko Akiyoshi. He is also active as a composer in both the jazz and classical worlds, and recently premiered The Hughes Project, musical ruminations on the poems of Langston Hughes for jazz quintet and string quartet. He is the host of Liner Notes with David Bixler, a new podcast centered on conversations with jazz musicians. Bixler is the Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. As both a Selmer and Vandoren Artist he is active as a clinician throughout the world.

A new recording, In the Face of Chaos, with his group, Bixler, Boccato, Cowherd, and Sturm was released June 6th, 2019 on Red Piano Records. Blended Lineage, a work for nonet featuring Mike Rodriguez on trumpet was released May of 2020.

David and his wife Heather reside in New York City.

David Bixler alto saxophone
Gregg August bass
Fabio Rojas percussion

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