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Meet your entertainer for the 2024 Partnership Awards Gala—
Reggie Woods.
Reggie is a masterful saxophonist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator. As a Queens, New York native, his sound was influenced by jazz legends Gene Ammons and Dexter Gordon, yet his soulful and unique style is entirely his own. While his sound is reminiscent of jazz legends, you will be moved by his distinctive, soulful expression. The sweet, mature tones of his tenor, alto, and soprano saxophones will leave your soul touched. Though jazz is his first love, Reggie brings a special quality to his live and recorded sessions across genres including rap, pop, funk, and blues…
Jazz And More Magazine
For more than 35 years he has been on the stages of the world with his saxophone. Not only in his homeland he has made a name for himself as a Musician’s Musician, in the tradition of Dexter Gordon and Gene Ammons; He also worked internationally and left his mark in the Kremlin. The fact that he has largely remained out of the limelight to this day has to do with what music means to him personally.
By Christopher Thurnherr
Pure Jazz
In America, especially during the 30s through the 50s, and 60s, Afro-American families established a tradi- tion of playing JAZZ music at home. The music is part of our cultural foundation that can be traced direct- ly from the Motherland. This cultural highway had a long-lasting impact in our community’s lives. It is the same cultural highway that creates some of the world’s fantastic musicians
