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Jim Snidero Quartet – The Essence of Contemporary Hard Bop Jim Snidero alto sax · Olivier Truchot piano · Ignasi González Tejada double bass · Valentín Jam drums Grammy Award-winning alto saxophonist, composer and author Jim Snidero embodies the uniqueness and appeal of jazz. Acclaimed as an alto sax virtuoso ( DownBeat ), with an astonishing improvisational ability ( The Guardian ) and a rich, pure alto sax sound ( Stereophile ), he has amassed more than 16 million streams on Spotify and Apple Music, delivering acoustic jazz of the highest quality, including his 2021 album Live at the Deer Head Inn (Savant), which received a five-star review in DownBeat magazine. In 2024, Jim Snidero reached the top of the jazz world, ranking among the five best alto saxophonists in DownBeat magazine’s prestigious international critics’ poll. Raised in Camp Springs, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., Snidero fell in love with jazz during his teenage years, studying with jazz greats Phil Woods and David Liebman , and later attending the University of North Texas, where he joined the renowned On