Brian Landrus is a woodwind specialist, composer/arranger, and educator. Brian lives in New York City, and grew up in Reno NV. Landrus is an in demand soloist with an individual voice on baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, and alto flute. He has performed and/or recorded with many artists including George Garzone, Michael Cain, Bob Moses, John Lockwood, Ken Schaphorst Orchestra, Ayn Inserto Orchestra, Frank Carlberg, Maria Schneider Orchestra, Allan Chase, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, The Coasters, The Drifters, Mike Love, and many others. Landrus plays soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones; clarinet, bass clarinet, and contra bass clarinet; piccolo, flute, alto flute and bass flute; oboe, english horn, bassoon and piano. 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. He has studied with Bob Brookmeyer, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Danilo Perez, Frank Carlberg, Lee Hyla, Peter Epstein, Ralph Alessi, Gary Smulyan, and Francis Vanek. Landrus plays many different genres of music and performs/records regularly with many groups including his own bands with which he has recorded four CDs. His 2007 recording "Forward", is being released by Cadence Jazz Records in the summer of 2008. He recorded his new album for Cadence Records C.I.M.P. (Creative Improvised Music Projects) with Bob Moses, John Lockwood, and Jason Palmer. The new CD will be released in fall 2008.