Vincent Herring
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Vincent Herring at Birdland, New York City
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Vincent Dwayne Herring |
| Born |
November 19, 1964 Hopkinsville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Saxophone, flute |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | Landmark, Musicmasters, HighNote, Smoke Sessions |
| Associated acts | Nat Adderley |
| Website | www |
Vincent Herring (born November 19, 1964) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.
Vincent Dwayne Herring was born November 19, 1964 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. His parents divorced, and he and his mother moved to California. When he was 11, he started playing saxophone in school bands and studying privately at Dean Frederick's School of Music in Vallejo, California. At age 16, he entered California State University, Chico on a music scholarship.
A year later, Herring auditioned for the United States Military Academy band, Jazz Knights, playing lead alto sax. He moved to West Point and served one enlisted tour. In 1982 he moved to New York City.
Since first touring Europe and the United States with Lionel Hampton's big band, Herring has worked with Nat Adderley, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the Horace Silver Quintet, Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, Larry Coryell, Cedar Walton, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, the Mingus Big Band, Nancy Wilson, the Roy Hargrove Big Band, Arthur Taylor, Billy Taylor, Carla Bley, and the Phil Woods Sax Machine (a band augmenting Woods' regular quintet to an octet with three additional alto saxophonists).
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