"Wess Anderson" redirects here. For the American filmmaker, see Wes Anderson.
This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Wessell Anderson" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Wessell Anderson
Born
1966 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Saxophone
Years active
1980–present
Musical artist
Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson (born 1966) is an American jazz alto and sopranino saxophonist.
Anderson grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, and played jazz early on at the urging of his father, who was a drummer. He played in local clubs from his early teenage years, and studied at the Jazzmobile workshops with Frank Wess, Charles Davis, and Frank Foster. He also met Branford Marsalis, who convinced him to study with Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Louisiana.
Soon after this, Anderson began touring with the Wynton Marsalis Septet, and collaborated with Marsalis through the middle of the 1990s. He continued to play with Marsalis's Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra beyond this. In 1994, he released his debut album on Atlantic Records; pianist Eric Reed and bassist Ben Wolfe were among those who played as sidemen. His 1998 album Live at the Village Vanguard featured trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, bassist Steve Kirby, pianist Xavier Davis and drummer Jaz Sawyer.
Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson (born 1966) is an American jazz alto and sopranino saxophonist. Anderson grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights...
American musician WessellAnderson, released in 1996. The album title refers to Wynton Marsalis's nickname for Anderson; Anderson started with Marsalis's...
Reeves, Harold Batiste, Donald Harrison, Mary Stallings, Judy Collins, WessellAnderson, Wycliffe Gordon, Kent Jordan, Oliver Lake, James Moody, Deborah Brown...
bass, and Watts on drums. After a while, the band expanded to include WessellAnderson, Wycliffe Gordon, Eric Reed, Herlin Riley, Reginald Veal, and Todd...
Curtis Amy ("The Jazz Man") (1929–2002) (tenor) Fred Anderson (1929–2010) (tenor) WessellAnderson (born 1964) (sopranino, alto) Peter Apfelbaum (born...
Stevens (Candid, 2022) Drip (Paytone, 2023) New Orleans Collective With WessellAnderson, Christopher Thomas, Peter Martin and Brian Blade New Orleans Collective...
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet Todd Williams – tenor and soprano saxophones WessellAnderson – alto saxophone Marcus Roberts – piano Reginald Veal – double bass...
Leaning House produced recordings by Earl Harvin, Shelley Carroll, WessellAnderson, Donald Edwards, Fred Sanders, and the Fantastic Voices of Harmony...
released in 2009 by Compass Productions. Musicians on the album include WessellAnderson on alto saxophone, Vincent Gardner and Wycliffe Gordon on trombone...
saxophonist. "Jean-Louis Is Everywhere" is about the festival's organizer. WessellAnderson played alto saxophone; Herlin Riley played drums. Cyrus Chestnut contributed...
multi-instrumentalist. Toshimaru Nakamura, Japanese guitarist and electronica artist. WessellAnderson, American alto and sopranino saxophonist. 1960s portal Jazz portal...
Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011. Wessells, Colin (20 March 2012). "Cesium-137: A Deadly Hazard". Stanford University...
Global Information