David Bixler Quintet at The Falcon

"David Bixler is an artist who manages to take much of the best of the jazz tradition and push it in new directions—push, but never shove. He is original, but his originality is not what I would call radical. He works within the tradition. He is not looking to destroy it. The Nearest Exit May Be Inside Your Head is an album filled with inventive ideas and exciting artistry. Most importantly, it is filled with music you'll want to hear and hear again." Jack Goodstein

Saxophonist, composer, and educator David Bixler continues to establish himself as a multi-faceted artist, performing and touring worldwide with Chico O'Farrill, Lionel Hampton, and Toshiko Akiyoshi, among others. His collaboration with pianist Arturo O’Farrill has resulted in a Latin GRAMMY for Final Night at Birdland and a GRAMMY nomination for 40 Acres and a Mule. ...

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"David Bixler is an artist who manages to take much of the best of the jazz tradition and push it in new directions—push, but never shove. He is original, but his originality is not what I would call radical. He works within the tradition. He is not looking to destroy it. The Nearest Exit May Be Inside Your Head is an album filled with inventive ideas and exciting artistry. Most importantly, it is filled with music you'll want to hear and hear again." Jack Goodstein

Saxophonist, composer, and educator David Bixler continues to establish himself as a multi-faceted artist, performing and touring worldwide with Chico O'Farrill, Lionel Hampton, and Toshiko Akiyoshi, among others. His collaboration with pianist Arturo O’Farrill has resulted in a Latin GRAMMY for Final Night at Birdland and a GRAMMY nomination for 40 Acres and a Mule.
In reviewing The Nearest Exit May Be Inside Your Head, Bixler's fifth recording as a leader, Dan Bilawasky / All About Jazz writes:

"Bixler has garnered plenty of attention for his contributions to O'Farrill's music over the years, but this album makes it clear that it's time to give him his due for his own winning work."

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