RON      HOLLOWAY  /

tenor

saxophonist

~ THIS JUST IN !!! ~

The Ron Holloway Group will be performing at

Jammin' Java on Saturday, June 7th, 2008!!!

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Contact Ron Holloway at:

301- 445 - 4540 (office)

Ronsax10@aim.com (email)

301- 445 - 2919 (fax)

Ron Holloway is one of the busiest tenor

saxophonist's on today's music scene in any genre!

He has been touring internationally as a member of

Susan Tedeschi's Band but still finds time to

appear as a frequent special guest of the Allman

Brothers Band, Warren Haynes & Gov't

Mule, the Derek Trucks Band, Taj Mahal &

Little Feat. Most recently Ron performed

with Peter Frampton, Bruce Hornsby,

Bernie Worrell and Col. Bruce Hampton

at the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam !!!

( Grace Potter & RH backstage at the Xmas Pre-Jam )

Tenor sax giant Sonny Rollins said of Holloway; Ron

is a very fine saxophone player. Not only is he very

dedicated and intelligent, he's got his own original

approach. He doesn't sound like all the other guys and

that's saying a whole lot. I feel good that my legacy is in

the hands of Ron and people like him. It's very gratifying.

In the Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, renowned

jazz critic Ira Gitler describes Ron Holloway as

bear-down hard bopper who can blow authentic

R&B and croon a ballad with warm blue feeling. While true,

this only begins to touch upon the versatility of the

tenor saxophonist! Ron travelled the world as a

member of legendary trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's

Quintet from June of 1989 until Gillespie's passing on

January 6th, 1993.

I used to work at a nightclub in DC called Desperados.

Stevie Ray Vaughn was playing at Despo's- he had

pretty much just started Double Trouble. Local saxman

Ron Holloway was at the club that night. Ron has

played with just about everybody over the years and

during a break asked Stevie if he could sit in. Stevie

Ray looked a little skeptical and said what do you want

to play? Ron asked; do you know any Hendrix? The

next set was the two of them blasting away on nothing

but Hendrix tunes trading leads between guitar and sax.

Just one of those magic moments!     Rob Henry

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