Vincent Herring

Vincent Herring (born November 19, 1964) is an American jazz hard bop and post-bop saxophonist and flautist.

Biography

Herring's formal musical education began at age 11, when he started playing saxophone in school bands and studying privately at Dean Frederick's School Of Music in Vallejo, California. At age 16, he entered California State University, Chico on a music scholarship.

A year later, Vincent auditioned for a spot in the United States Military Academy band Jazz Knights playing lead alto sax. He made the move to West Point and served one enlisted tour, which turned out to be a steppingstone to the New York jazz scene.

Since first touring Europe and the United States with Lionel Hampton's big band, Herring has worked with Nat Adderley, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the Horace Silver Quintet, Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, Larry Coryell, Cedar Walton, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, the Mingus Big Band, Nancy Wilson, the Roy Hargrove Big Band, Arthur Taylor, Dr. Billy Taylor, Carla Bley, and the Phil Woods Sax Machine (a band augmenting Woods' regular quintet to an octet with three additional alto saxophonists). Herring has appeared as a special guest soloist with Wynton Marsalis at Lincoln Center as well as with John Faddis and The Carnegie Hall Big Band. Herring now plays with the Cannonball Legacy Band, which plays in jazz festivals an jazz clubs. Occasionally, the band will play in smaller towns. Recently the band played in Bellingham, Washington at a benefit concert for the Bellingham Youth Jazz Band, a band for children and teenagers grades 6-12.

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Brain Tumour Awareness Month: Kent film club screens documentary

BBC News 26 Mar 2025
Red Herring depicts the journey of writer and director Kit Vincent, who has a brain tumour. .
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San Jose Jazz Summer Fest announces huge lineup of talent for 2025

East Bay Times 20 Mar 2025
R&B/gospel great Mavis Staples, hip-hop star Common and Grammy-nominated R&B singer PJ Morton are set to perform at the 35th annual San Jose Jazz Summer Fest ... The festival takes place Aug. 8-10 at Plaza de César Chavez Park in San Jose ... Vincent Herring.
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