ArtistInfo

Sherman Irby

as, *1991 US
Musician of Jazz

Sherman Irby was born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He found his calling to music at age 12. In high school, he played and recorded with gospel immortal James Cleveland. He graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a B. A. in Music Education. In 1991, he joined Johnny O’Neal’s Atlanta-based quintet. In 1994, he moved to New York City, then recorded his first two albums, Full Circle (1996) and Big Mama's Biscuits (1998), on Blue Note Records. Irby toured the U.S. and the Caribbean with the Boys Choir of Harlem in 1995, and was a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra from 1995 to 1997. During that tenure, he also recorded and toured with Marcus Roberts and was part of Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead Program and Roy Hargrove. After a four-year stint with Roy Hargrove, Irby focused

Instruments

• Alto sax
• Clarinet
• Flute
• Soprano sax
• Saxophone

Genres

• Jazz
• Latin
• Folk
• World

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