David Alan Gross attended the Hartt College of Music in the late sixties. In the early seventies he went on to
study privately with three stellar teachers whose legacies he carries on to this day. He studied saxophone for
two years with Joe Allard, who covered principles of tone reproduction and saxophone technique. Gross also
studied two years with Metropolitan Opera principal flutist Harry Moscovitz, concentrating on the classical
flute repertoire. With jazz keyboard harmony teacher John Mehegan, Gross rounded out his studies, exploring
the basics of chord changes and jazz composition.
Starting in the early eighties, he worked for drumming great Bob Moses, and appeared on three of Bob
Moses' CDs, including When Elephants Dream of Music, A Visit With The Great Spirit and The Story of Moses.
With the advent of the nineties, Gross did three tours of Italy culminating in the 1993 recording Le Mille e Una
Notte for Italian pianist/composer Francesco D'Errico. In 1995 Gross produced and performed on the MJA
release Dance My Heart -- the debut CD of jazz vocalist Nancy Monroe. 1998 has seen two new major CD
releases for the New York saxophonist including The Cutting Edge for pianist Michael Cochrane on the
Steeplechase label, and the long awaited The Final Answer To Everything on the MJA label. The latter CD
marks Gross' first outing as a leader.
Throughout the last two decades Gross has maintained a busy private teaching schedule. From his midtown
Manhattan studio he has taught all levels of aspiring players from virtually every continent on the globe. Since
the early eighties, he also found time to write over fifty published articles and interviews for several world
wide publications, including "International Musician and Recording World", "Windplayer", "Saxophone
Journal" and "Essence Magazine".
BlueJay Records
David Alan Gross - Alto Saxophone
Michael Cochrane - Piano
Calvin Hill - Bass
Alan Nelson - Drums
YVP Music
David Alan Gross - Alto Saxophone
Francesco D'Errico - Piano
Eddie Gomez - Bass
Bob Moses - Drums
David Alan Gross
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