Originally from Italy but growing up in the Washington D.C. area, saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Alex De Lazzari first picked up the saxophone at age 12. Shortly after hearing a few John Coltrane records he was hooked, and began delving deeper into jazz, winning awards and competitions while still in high school.

Alex made the move to the New York City area in 2017, and attended William Paterson University. Here, he studied under jazz greats such as Mike LeDonne, Bill Charlap, Vincent Herring, Rich Perry, and the late great Harold Mabern. Even before graduating in 2021, Alex began playing gigs in New York, and has now established himself as one of the strongest young voices on the tenor saxophone today.

He has performed at countless venues along the east coast and overseas, such as the Petworth Citizen in Washington DC, Orania in Berlin, the Umbria Jazz Festival, Dizzy’s Club, Smalls Jazz club, and the Blue Note in New York City, among other places, with the likes of people like Winard Harper, Lonnie Plaxico, Bobby Sanabria, and Zaccai Curtis. Alex now keeps a busy schedule of performing and teaching around the New York City area.