David Binney


David Binney is an American alto saxophonist and composer.

Career

When he was nineteen, he moved to New York City and studied with saxophonists George Coleman, Dave Liebman, and Phil Woods. A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts helped him record his first album, Point Game. In the 1990s, he started his own label, Mythology Records.
He has been part of several bands, including Lost Tribe, Jagged Sky, Lan Xang, the Gil Evans Orchestra, the Maria Schneider Orchestra, and Medeski Martin & Wood. He has also worked with Adam Rogers, Alex Sipiagin, Ben Monder, Ben Perowsky, Bill Frisell, Bobby Previte, Brian Blade, Cecil McBee, Craig Taborn, David Gilmore, Donny McCaslin, Edward Simon, Eivind Opsvik, Genevieve Artadi, Jacob Sacks, James Genus, Jim Black, Jim Hall, Kenny Wollesen, Knower, Leni Stern, Lonnie Plaxico, Mark Turner, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Nate Wood, Scott Colley, Steven Bernstein, Thomas Morgan, Tim Lefebvre, Wayne Krantz, and Louis Cole.

Discography

Point Game The Luxury of Guessing Free to Dream Afinidad with Edward Simon South Balance A Small Madness with Jeff Hirshfield Welcome to Life Fiestas de Agosto with Edward Simon Bastion of Sanity This Life with Mario Franco Cities and Desire Out of Airplanes Oceanos with Edward Simon In the Paint with Alan Ferber Third Occasion Aliso Barefooted Town Graylen Epicenter Lifted Land Anacapa R&B with Adam Rogers The Time Verses Zinc City with Manuel Engel Aerial Basu with Kenny Wollesen Aerial 2 A Glimpse of the Eternal Where Infinity Begins Tomorrow's Journey Action In the Arms of Light
With Lan XangHidden Gardens
With Lost TribeLost Tribe Soulfish
  • ''Many Lifetimes''

As sideman

With Uri CaineUrlicht / Primal Light Gustav Mahler in Toblach
With Scott ColleyPortable Universe Architect of the Silent Moment
With John EscreetConsequences Don't Fight the Inevitable Exception to the Rule The Age We Live In Sabotage and Celebration
With Joel HarrisonFree Country So Long 2nd Street Harbor The Wheel Urban Myths Multiplicity: Leave the Door Open
With Donny McCaslinThe Way Through In Pursuit Perpetual Motion Casting for Gravity Fast Future Beyond Now
With Miles OkazakiMirror Generations
With Samo SalamonEla's Dream Government Cheese
With Edward SimonLa Bikina Sorrows & Triumphs
With Alex SipiaginImages Equilibrium Destinations Unknown Balance
With others