NEW JERSEY (Top40 Charts/ Breakout Entertainment) - Michael Pedicin has always been a trend setter in the world of fine music and jazz. And now, with the emergence of The Jazz Hut he has created a venue not only for him, but other great musicians to play their music and sell their wares to an adoring and highly appreciative group of admirers.
Every weekend Pedicin and his 'friends" gather at The Jazz Hut at Gardner's Basin in Atlantic City and perform some of the best jazz that can be heard anywhere in the United States. In addition, Pedicin's Jazz Hut concept also allows himself and other musicians to sell their cd's, dvd's and whatever merchandise a particular artist may have to offer. Michael Pedicin has again hit the mark.
A consistent figure in contemporary instrumental music, tenor saxophonist and composer Michael Pedicin has always maintained his devotion and commitment to his roots. Throughout the many years of his incessant drive to the pursuit of his original sound, there have been so many who have noticed his accomplishments. "Michael Pedicin Jr. tempered the soft-focus lyricism that the quartet's saxophone chair has demanded with some discreet John Coltrane devices and an attractive sense of spacing and drama" (The New York Times). "Michael Pedicin Jr. seems more dedicated to his art than to radioplay" (Downbeat Magazine). "Pedicin stretches on tenor in a Breckeresque fashion" (Downbeat Magazine).
Born into a musical household, Pedicin's father was already making his mark on the music scene and introduced his son, Michael, to many artists with whom he was involved, e.g. Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, etc. But, it wasn't until he took Michael to the Harlem Club to listen to tenor saxophonist, Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson that Michael's devotion began to evolve. At thirteen, while studying the alto saxophone, Pedicin bought a Cannonball Adderly record and was absorbed by what it "said" to him. As he began seeing and listening to others, like Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and Clifford Brown, he began to think about switching to the tenor saxophone. Then, he heard John Coltrane! Pedicin was so taken by Coltrane's genius and spiritual sound that he switched to the tenor and began to study with Philadelphia tenor-great Buddy Savitt and jazz educator extraordinaire, Denis Sandole (with whom Coltrane has also studied). His musical studies eventually propelled him to graduate from the University of the Arts - ultimately leading to the completion of a Ph.D. Pedicin has recorded and performed with many jazz giants through the last three decades, including Maynard Ferguson, Dave Brubeck, Peter Erskine, Stanley Clarke, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, The Funk Brothers, Gino Vanelli, and Pat Martino. Michael's debut album, Michael Pedicin Jr. was cut for PIR/CBS Records in 1980, followed by City Song (1987), Angles (1989), You Don't Know What Love Is (1992), Because of Love (1996) and Downtown Found ( 2004). At the age of twenty-one, Downbeat Magazine quoted, "The most exciting solo in the entire three-day festival was produced by Mike Pedicin Jr" (Downbeat Magazine). When you hear Pedicin's current playing, you will realize that what he played at twenty-one has now been realized and ripened to a sound that is familiar, challenging, innovative, and full of the history of the great jazz tenor saxophonists....without compromise or imitation.
Please visit his web-site to listen to and view samples of his C.D.'s www.michaelpedicin.com and stop by and see him perform live at The Jazz Hut every weekend in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Check him out on MySpace.com, as well.
