David Allan Gross is one of the great NYC alto players who has a very unique sound.
David also has developed one of the best and most organized methods of teaching improvisation
that I have seen. I consider myself fortunate to have studied with David in the mid 80's, and
I'm very happy he'll now be playing the Alto DV to make beautiful challenging music.
Jody Espina
David Allan Gross on the JodyJazz Alto DV:
My JodyJazz DV alto sax mouthpiece gives me tremendous power,
presence and projection. At the same time, it plays
with an unbelievable ease so that I never have to
strain or push. I feel as if the mouthpiece was
custom made specially for my needs.
David Alan Gross - New York City
David Alan Gross' Bio: www.davidalangross.com
David Alan Gross attended the Hartt College of Music in the late sixties. In the early seventies he went on to study privately with three stellar teachers whose legacies he carries on to this day. He studied saxophone for two years with Joe Allard, who covered principles of tone reproduction and saxophone technique. Gross also studied two years with Metropolitan Opera principal flutist Harry Moscovitz, concentrating on the classical flute repertoire. With jazz keyboard harmony teacher John Mehegan, Gross rounded out his studies, exploring the basics of chord changes and jazz composition.
Starting in the early eighties, he worked for drumming great Bob Moses, and appeared on three of Bob Moses' CDs, including When Elephants Dream of Music, A Visit With The Great Spirit and The Story of Moses.
With the advent of the nineties, Gross did three tours of Italy culminating in the 1993 recording Le Mille e Una Notte for Italian pianist/composer Francesco D'Errico. In 1995 Gross produced and performed on the MJA release Dance My Heart -- the debut CD of jazz vocalist Nancy Monroe. 1998 has seen two new major CD releases for the New York saxophonist including The Cutting Edge for pianist Michael Cochrane on the Steeplechase label, and the long awaited The Final Answer To Everything on the MJA label. The latter CD marks Gross' first outing as a leader.
Throughout the last two decades Gross has maintained a busy private teaching schedule. From his midtown Manhattan studio he has taught all levels of aspiring players from virtually every continent on the globe. Since the early eighties, he also found time to write over fifty published articles and interviews for several world wide publications, including "International Musician and Recording World", "Windplayer", "Saxophone Journal" and "Essence Magazine".
