David Binney

David Binney is an American alto saxophonist and composer living in New York City.

Biography

David was born in Miami, Florida and raised in Southern California. His parents were jazz fans, and introduced Binney to jazz musicians such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bobby Hutcherson and Wayne Shorter. Binney's parents also exposed him to the music of Jimi Hendrix, Milton Nascimento, Sly Stone and a variety of other styles of music that helped foster an interest in a broad spectrum of music. He began to study the saxophone with various teachers in Los Angeles. At the age of 19 he moved to New York City, where he studied with Phil Woods, Dave Liebman and George Coleman. In 1989, Binney was awarded an NEA Grant which he used to record his first album, Point Game on Owl Records.

Binney has performed in basement clubs in New York to jazz festivals in Europe, appeared on stage with Aretha Franklin, at Carnegie Hall, and with Maceo Parker. He has produced all of his own albums, in addition to two Lost Tribe releases. Binney is a founding member of Lost Tribe and Lan Xang, and has recorded as a sideman for Uri Caine's Mahler Project, Drew Gress' Jagged Sky and Medeski, Martin and Wood. David started his record label, Mythology Records, in 1998.

David Binney performs regularly at the 55 Bar in New York City, among many other venues.

Selective discography

As leader

Year	Title	Label
1989	Point Game	Owl Records/Mesa-Bluemoon Records
1995	The Luxury of Guessing	Sledgehammer Blues
1998	Free to Dream	Mythology Records
1998	Lan Xang, Lan Xang	Mythology Records
2000	Lan Xang, Hidden Gardens	Naxos Records
2001	Afinidad	Red Records
2001	South	ACT Records
2002	Balance	ACT Records
2003	A Small Madness	Auand Records
2004	Welcome to Life	Mythology Records
2005	Fiestas de Agosto	Red Records
2005	Bastion of Sanity	Criss Cross Records
2006	Out of Airplanes	Mythology Records
2006	Cities and Desire	Criss Cross Records
2009	Third Occasion	Mythology Records
2010	Aliso	Criss Cross Records
2011	Graylen Epicenter	Mythology Records
2011	Barefooted Town	Criss Cross Records
2013	Lifted Land	Criss Cross Records
2014	Anacapa	Criss Cross Records

As sideman

With Uri Caine

• Urlicht / Primal Light (Winter & Winter, 1997)
• Gustav Mahler in Toblach (Winter & Winter, 1999)

Performance credits

Jim Hall Quartet

Uri Caine: Mahler Project

Uri Caine: Bach Project

Lost Tribe w/Adam Rogers, Ben Perowsky, Fima Ephron

Global Theory w/David Gilmore, Uri Caine, James Genus, Rodney Holmes

Marvin "Smitty" Smith Electric Band

Wayne Krantz Band

Joel Harrison: Free Country

Kenny Wollesen: "The Wollesens"

Steve Bernstein: Sex Mob w/John Medeski

Gil Evans Orchestra

Maria Schneider Orchestra

Lan Xang w/ Donny McCaslin, Kenny Wollesen, Scott Colley

Drew Gress: Jagged Sky w/Kenny Wollesen, Ben Monder

Bobby Previte: Horse

Edward Simon Group

Cecil Mcbee Band

Eumir Deodato Band

External links

• Dave Binney Bio: http://www.mythologyrecords.com/binney.html
• Dave Binney Homepage: http://www.davidbinney.com/
• Review of Out of Airplanes
• Review of Cities and Desire
• Review of Oceanos