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Gerald Albright is an American jazz saxophonist. He earned Grammy nominations for 24/7 in 2012 and Slam Dunk in 2014 and has been nominated for New Beginnings in 2008 and for Sax for Stax in 2009.
After college, Albright worked as a studio musician in the 1980s for Anita Baker, Ray Parker Jr., Olivia Newton-John, and The Temptations.
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He joined Patrice Rushen, who was forming a band in which he played saxophone. When the bassist left in the middle of a tour, Albright replaced him and finished the tour playing bass guitar. Around the same time, he began to tour Europe with drummer Alphonse Mouzon. He has also toured with Anita Baker, Phil Collins, Johnny Hallyday, Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones, Jeff Lorber, and Teena Marie.
In addition to appearances at clubs and jazz festivals, he has been part of Jazz Explosion tours, on which he played with Will Downing, Jonathan Butler, Chaka Khan, Hugh Masekela, and Rachelle Ferrell.
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Albright himself describes his playing style as being influenced to a large extent by the music that he heard while a teenager: A mixture of gospel, Motown, Philly International Sound played by the likes of James Cleveland, The Hawkins Singers, James Brown with his band and particularly Maceo Parker.
In September 2021, Gerald Albright received the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from President Joseph R. Biden.
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