{"id":3052,"date":"2022-01-29T05:36:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T10:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2022-02-11T22:49:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T03:49:51","slug":"next-up-brooklyn-born-saxophonist-melissa-aldana-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/2022\/01\/29\/next-up-brooklyn-born-saxophonist-melissa-aldana-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"NEXT UP! | Latina Saxophonist Melissa Aldana to Drop her Sophomore Blue Note Album Entitled “12 Stars”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
BioBrief: Melissa Aldana<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saxophonist and composer Melissa Aldana<\/strong> was born in Santiago, Chile and grew up in a musical family. Both her father and grandfather were saxophonists and she took up the instrument at age six under her father Marcos\u2019 tutelage. Aldana began on alto, influenced by artists such as Charlie Parker and Cannonball Adderley, but switched to tenor upon first hearing the music of Sonny Rollins. She performed in Santiago jazz clubs in her early teens and was invited by pianist Danilo P\u00e9rez to play at the Panama Jazz Festival in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT<\/sub><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n