Bio — Chazz Alley

Chazz Alley has been performing for audiences all over the world for over 30 years. Born in 1982 in Palo Alto, CA, he began booking Jazz shows at hotels and restaurants at the age of 14, while also a part of the nationally renowned Henry M. Gunn H.S. Jazz Band, and attended the Stanford Jazz Workshop during summers. After attending Berklee College of Music, studying Saxophone Performance and Business Management, he returned to California to cut his chops on stages and in recording studios in San Francisco and Los Angeles, playing with artists and bands in a myriad of styles including Blues, Jazz, RnB, Soul, Funk, Gospel, Latin and Rock.

Today he lives in New Orleans, LA as a freelance performer of Soprano/Alto/Tenor Saxophone and Flute. Notably, he has in the past and continues to tour the US, Europe and Mexico with the unique sounds of New Urban Groove, the bandleader of which, composer & trumpeter Doug Ellington (thedougellington.com), currently operates the Lamashack venue and studio (thelamashack.com) in Oakland, CA. Past tours also include a run in the US with rock band Quiksand, and performances in Canada with Panthelion (panthelion.blogspot.com), the leader of which is the prolific composer & bassist Endika Currier.

Chazz' past experience running the gamut of the musical spectrum brings a unique addition to musical projects in which he partakes in the greater New Orleans area to this day. He is currently developing an album with producer Carlo Ditta for Orleans Records (orleansrecords.com).