Brian Landrus is a woodwind specialist, composer/arranger, and educator. Brian lives in Brooklyn, NY and grew up in Reno NV. Landrus is an in demand soloist with an individual voice on baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, bass flute, and alto flute. He has performed and/or recorded with many artists including George Garzone, Bob Brookmeyer, Michael Cain, Rakalam Bob Moses, Billy Hart, Lonnie Plaxico, John Lockwood, Frank Kimbrough, Donny McCaslin, Steve Wilson, Jay Anderson, Lewis Nash, Scott Robinson, Ryan Truesdell, Dave Pietro, Mike Rabinowitz, Herb Robertson, Greg Gisbert, Jerry Bergonzi, Steve Swell, Roscoe Mitchell, Jason Palmer, Darryl Harper, Danilo Perez, Ken Schaphorst Orchestra, Ayn Inserto Orchestra, Omar Thomas, John Carlson, Carmen Staaf, Lefteris Kordis, Warren Smith, Matthew Parish, Nir Felder, Rudy Royston, DJ Ecto, Frank Carlberg, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Allan Chase, Francis Vanek, Peter Epstein, David Ake, Allan Ferber, Larry Engstrom, Ed Corey, Grant Levin, Gerry Genaurio, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, The Coasters, The Drifters, Mike Love, Nicholas Urie, Groundation, Rufus Haereiti, Jammal Tarkington, and many others. Landrus plays soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophones; clarinet, bass clarinet, and contra bass clarinet; piccolo, flute, alto flute and bass flute; oboe, english horn, bassoon and piano. Brian has been awarded Baritone Saxophone "Rising Star" in Downbeat Magazine's 2011 & 2010 Critics Poll. He is being acknowledged as one of the strongest voices on baritone saxophone & bass clarinet of his generation. He earned two Master of Music degrees from the New England Conservatory in Boston, (Jazz Composition and Jazz Performance) and was awarded the Gunther Schuller Medal by the faculty of NEC. Brian received his Bachelor's degree in music performance at the University of Nevada Reno. Landrus plays many different genres of music and performs/records regularly with many groups including his own bands with which he has recorded six CDs. His 2007 recording "Forward", was released by Cadence Jazz Records in the November of 2009 and received rave reviews. He recorded "Everlasting" for Cadence Records C.I.M.P. (Creative Improvised Music Projects) with Bob Moses, John Lockwood, and Jason Palmer which was released in 2011. Brian has recently launched his record label BlueLand Records and has recorded two CDs on this label which will be released in 2011. The recording "Traverse" features Billy Hart, Lonnie Plaxico, and Michael Cain. "Capsule" by the Landrus Kaleidoscope features Michael Cain, Nir Felder, Matthew Parish, & Rudy Royston. "Capsule" will be released on October 25, 2011.
Brian is faculty at the 92Y School Of Music and The Lagond Music School.
Saxophones:
Selmer SBA Low Bb Baritone w/ custom Fred Lebayle metal 10 mouthpiece
Selmer Mark VI Low Bb Baritone 58XXX
Selmer SBA Low A Baritone
Selmer SBA Tenor w/ Otto Link Florida 9* mouthpiece
Selmer SBA Alto w/ Otto Link Slant Sig 9 mouthpiece
Selmer SBA Soprano w/ custom Fred Lebayle metal Jazz 9* mouthpiece
Selmer Series II Bass Saxophone w/ a Selmer mouthpiece customized by Fred Lebayle.
Clarinets:
Selmer Series 9 Low Eb Bass w/ Charles Bay mouthpiece
Selmer Series 9 Low C Bass w/ Charles Bay mouthpiece
Selmer Series 9 Contra Alto w/ custom Freddie Gregory mouthpiece
Buffet R13 Bb from 1970 w/ Backun Traditional mouthpiece
Flutes:
Eva Kingma Bass Flute
Sankyo 301 Alto Flute w/ Custom Arista Lip Plate
Powell Handmade C Flute w/ Arista Headjoint
Sankyo 401 Piccolo
Live Performance Microphones:
AMT LS
Brian Landrus Project 2000
UNR Jazz Orchestra 2000
1272 2001
Landrus Project "True Colors" 2002
Reno Jazz Orchestra 2002
Erika Paul Quintet 2002
Keyser Soze 2003
Spike D'eggnog 2004
Mike Love 2005
Carmen Staaf 2006
Lefteris Kordis 2006
Ayn Inserto Big Band 2008
Brian Landrus "Forward" 2008
Nicholas Urie Large Ensemble 2008
Darryl Harper Sextet 2009
Brian Landrus "Everlasting" 2009
Ron Mosher Storytime 2009
John Adler Octet 2010
Landrus Kaleidoscope "Capsule" 2010
Nicholas Urie Large Emsemble 2010
Brian Landrus Quartet "Traverse" 2010
Greg Adams 2010
Omar Thomas Large Ensemble 2011
Gerry Genaurio, B. Landrus Duet 2011
Ed Corey, B. Landrus Duet 2011
Rufus Haereiti, B. Landrus Duet 2011
CIMP Festival In Austria 2011
Gil Evans Centennial Project 2011
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