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Derek Douget

New Orleans tenor and soprano saxophonist Derek Douget leads bands, records with the city's jazz orchestras, and works in music education.

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About Derek Douget

WWOZ traces Douget from Gonzales, Louisiana, through University of New Orleans study with Ed Petersen and mentorship from Ellis Marsalis and Harold Battiste.[1]

The public-radio biography documents work with the Ellis Marsalis Quartet and New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, including the orchestra's 2010 Grammy-winning Book One, followed by Douget's return to New Orleans in 2009.[1][2]

Ellis Marsalis Quartet

Douget joined the ensemble during his University of New Orleans years and continued a long musical relationship with Marsalis.[1]

New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

WWOZ credits Douget on Book One and in the orchestra's touring and recording work.[1]

Tenor and soprano saxophones

Wynton Marsalis's personnel archive identifies both saxophone roles in its record of Douget's work.[2]

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