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'''Gary Wheat''' (born March 12, [[1977]]) is a jazz saxophonist based in [[Birmingham]]. He is a graduate of Huntsville's Virgil Grissom High School and of the [[University of Alabama]]. At Alabama he was briefly a member of the funk/rock outfit [[Downright]]. | '''Gary Wheat''' (born March 12, [[1977]]) is a jazz saxophonist based in [[Birmingham]]. He is a graduate of Huntsville's Virgil Grissom High School and of the [[University of Alabama]]. At Alabama he was briefly a member of the funk/rock outfit [[Downright]]. | ||
Wheat is currently a professor of saxophone at the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] and an active member of several local jazz groups including [[Meteorite]], the [[Chad Fisher Group]], the [[Magic City Jazz Orchestra]], the [[Carlos Pino Jazz Group]], and [[Double Threat]]. | Wheat is currently a professor of saxophone at the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]] and an active member of several local jazz groups including [[Meteorite]], the [[Chad Fisher Group]], the [[Magic City Jazz Orchestra]], the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All-Stars]], the [[Carlos Pino Jazz Group]], and [[Double Threat]]. | ||
He has played with the [[Temptations]], the Four Tops, the O'Jays, [[Ruben Studdard]], [[Cleveland Eaton]], [[Johnny O'Neal]] and [[Lou Marini]]. | He has played with the [[Temptations]], the [[Four Tops]], the [[O'Jays]], [[Ruben Studdard]], [[Cleveland Eaton]], [[Johnny O'Neal]] and [[Lou Marini]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 17:11, 23 July 2007
Gary Wheat (born March 12, 1977) is a jazz saxophonist based in Birmingham. He is a graduate of Huntsville's Virgil Grissom High School and of the University of Alabama. At Alabama he was briefly a member of the funk/rock outfit Downright.
Wheat is currently a professor of saxophone at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an active member of several local jazz groups including Meteorite, the Chad Fisher Group, the Magic City Jazz Orchestra, the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All-Stars, the Carlos Pino Jazz Group, and Double Threat.
He has played with the Temptations, the Four Tops, the O'Jays, Ruben Studdard, Cleveland Eaton, Johnny O'Neal and Lou Marini.
References
- "Gary Wheat." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 22 Jul 2006, 09:41 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 30 Sep 2006 [1].
External links
- The Music That is Changing the World!!!, a newsreel spoof starring Wheat