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Name Doug Stone
Talent Tenor Saxophone
Group Dave Hoffman Quintet
Address 342 Rodenburg Rd
City
Roselle State IL Zip 60172
Home 630-893-1263
Work 773-655-5286
Fax 630-893-1263
Email
Website www.dougstonejazz.com

Biography
Doug Stone was raised in Peoria, Illinois and began playing the saxophone professionally at age 10. He received his bachelors degree from Northern Illinois University. While at NIU Stone performed with jazz legends Frank Wes, Frank Foster, Benny Golson, Rufus Reid, Ed Thigpen, Larry Ridley and a host of others. Stone also led the university’s top combo as well as his own groups, the Jazz Arranging Syndicate and Scantily Clad, featuring his original works. He has performed with trombonist, composer, and arranger Joey Sellers and is a member of Panoramic, a world-jazz group co-led by steel pan virtuoso Liam Teague and pianist/percussionist Robert Chappell. In fall of 2004 and winter of 2005 Doug toured with Maynard Ferguson and the Big Bop Nouveau. He currently resides in a Roselle, Illinois, has performed locally with the Nick Fryer Trio, the Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, the Model Citizens Orchestra, and John Bany’s Men of Note. Stone also leads his own groups, the Doug Stone Quartet, featuring Tim Davis and Ryan Shultz, and the Doug Stone Big Band. Doug has recorded with numerous groups including the Sam Craine Quartet, the Dave Hoffman Sextet, the NIU Jazz Ensemble and Jazztet, the Jazz Arranging Syndicate, Scantily Clad, Birch Creek Academy Big Band, the Ji Young Lee Quartet, and Panoramic.

Discography
Sam Craine Quartet-Spring into Swing; Dave Hoffman-Groovin', Sextet Live; NIU Jazz Ensemble-Swingin' into the New Millenium, We Came To Swing, Swingin' Every Which Way But Loose; NIU Jazztet-On the Verge; Scantily Clad-Movin' Out; Jazz Arranging Syndicate-Not Quite Yet; Birch Creek Academy Big Band-3 Miles East; Ji Young Lee Quartet-Devotion; Panoramic-Rhythm Through The Unobstructed View; The Stone/Bratt Big Band.