The Chilean native, Melissa Aldana is the most buzz-worthy young saxophonist in jazz, winning the 2013 Thelonious Monk Competition and performing with jazz greats including McCoy Tyner and Benny Golson.
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She comes to SFJAZZ with her stellar Crash Trio.
Melissa Aldana tenor saxophone
Pablo Menares bass
Allan Mednard drums
Born in Santiago, she was a teenage standout on the Chilean jazz scene when an encounter with Danilo Perez left the Panamanian pianist so impressed he recruited her for Berklee College of Music, which she ended up attending on an all-expenses Berklee Presidential Scholarship.