Brian McCarthy, ̽̽ affiliate artist in classical and jazz saxophone, was just endorsed by D'Addario Woodwinds (formerly Rico Reeds). He has been a D'Addario Woodwinds player since 1992 and is now an official artist and clinician with the woodwind product manufacturer.
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"Saxophonist, composer and arranger Brian McCarthy draws inspiration from the history of jazz, while maintaining a modern awareness. His debut nonet project, The Better Angels of Our Nature, began with a Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council in 2014. Earning 4 ½ Stars from Downbeat Magazine, Brian Zimmerman called the work “a jazz album that makes a cavernous impression for its arresting beauty and conceptual brilliance.” Renowned author and journalist Bob Blumenthal says the project “is both timeless (as is all great music) and could not be more timely. Brian McCarthy has assembled an ensemble of brilliant players and given them music of deep roots and resonant meaning.”
Brian is also a Selmer-Paris endorsed saxophonist who has additionally release two albums of small group material. All About Jazz says McCarthy “touches those roads Joshua Redman travels on with a fresh footing. This band excels at building anticipation.” His latest quartet album Codex (2017), was awarded a grant from the Vermont Community Foundation Arts Endowment Fund in 2015 and has since performed in NYC, Connecticut and Vermont. Brian serves as Adjunct Professor of Saxophone at ̽̽ and the Adjunct Director of Bands at St. Michael’s College."