Dan Faulk


Dan Faulk is a jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator.

Biography

Faulk was born in 1969. In 1992, he recorded Focusing In for Criss Cross Jazz. It was a quartet recording, with Barry Harris, Rufus Reid, and Carl Allen. Four years later, Faulk recorded another quartet albumSpirits in the Night – this time with Myron Walden, Joe Martin, and Jorge Rossy. It contained covers and Faulk originals. His third album as leader, Dan Faulk Songbook, Vol.1, was recorded in 2002. The other musicians were pianist Carlton Holmes, bassist Ugonna Okegwo, and drummer Terrill Will, and all ten tracks were composed by Faulk.
Faulk played tenor and soprano saxophones on James Spaulding's Blues Nexus. Faulk was part of trombonist J. J. Johnson's band in the late 1990s, including for the album Heroes. Faulk has also been professor of music at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

With J. J. Johnson
With New York Unit
With James Spaulding
With Akira Tana and Ralph Reid