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Since moving to New York City in 2000, tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery has become one of the Jazz world’s most talented rising stars and in-demand sidemen. At only 32 he has recorded four CDs as a leader and been on numerous recordings as a sideman. Wayne began his professional New York career touring and recording with The Eric Reed Septet. In 2001 he became a steady member of the Mingus Big Band/Orchestra/Dynasty, The Lonnie Plaxico Group, and Abdulah Ibrahim’s Akaya. Then in 2004 Grammy award winning producer, arranger and trumpeter Don Sickler asked Wayne to be a part of Ben...

b. London, England. This UK vocalist grew up in a musical environment with his mother and father pursuing part-time jobs as a singer and a DJ respectively. Escoffery began writing and singing in his early teens and in the late 90s played a small part in the West End musical, Mama, I Want To Sing, which starred Doris Troy and Chaka Khan. His attempts to launch a recording career were going nowhere until, in 2001, a promo of his track "Space Rider" attracted the attention of the independent label Oyster Music. A re-released "Space Rider" and its follow-up "Days Like...

There are four bands named Scoff: 1. Stonerrock from Germany 2. Punk from USA 3. Early 90's band 4. Grunge band from Osijek, Croatia 1) What is it that makes playing in a band some kind of magical? It’s these incomparable moments like jamming, writing a song and of course being on stage. Moments the Munich based band SCOFF, consisting of Zacki (vocals/guitar), Michi (Bass/add. Vocals) and Malte (drums), knows to savour. About a 100 shows with bands from all over the globe (such as HARMFUL (GER), SPEEDEALER (USA), KARMA 2 BURN (USA), THE AWESOME MACHINE (S), STONERKINGS (FIN), MASS...