Episode 016 - John Ellis; Making a life in music and the financial realities

Everything Saxophone Podcast · Jun 28, 2018 · 58m

John Ellis is one of the most in demand saxophone and woodwind players in the world today. In 1992, John Ellis moved to New Orleans to study with the legendary Marsalis family, thus beginning his New Orleans connection. Around 1996 Ellis moved to New York and has been there ever since while keeping his NOLA connections and inspirations intact. Ellis keeps an impossibly busy schedule putting out a prolific catalogue of his own music while keeping extremely busy recording and playing with countless other bands and projects.

John was nice enough to take some time out of his busy schedule to…