Portland saxophonist Tim Willcox was born. Since then, he has been making slow but somewhat steady headway in the jazz world. Moving to New Jersey in 1994 to attend internationally acclaimed William Paterson University, Willcox had a chance to study with jazz greats Kenny Burrell, Harold Mabern, Vic Juris, Rufus Reid, Steve Wilson, John Riley, as well as taking lessons outside of school from Rick Margitza, Lee Konitz, and the NY Phil's David Demsey. After graduating in 1998, Willcox moved to New York City and got the chance to play with Marc Copland, Jeff Hirschfield, Vic Juris, Reid Anderson, Ben Monder, Matt Pennman, Scott Mclemore, John Herbert, Michael Kanan, and many other acclaimed musicians.

Since moving to Portland in 2002, Willcox has performed with Randy Porter, Alan Jones, Bobby Torres, George Mitchell, Gary Hobbs, Gary Versace, John Gross and others as well as having recorded with Randy Porter, Ingrid Jensen, Peter Erskine, Larry Grenadier, Marcus Reynolds, Bill Athens, Darek Oles, Chris Mosley, and a slew of others. He recently released his first album of original material on Diatic Records titled “Sound Architecture” . (http://www.diaticrecords.com)

Tim Willcox : Saxophonist - Composer - Teacher