Mitch Paliga

"I travel quite a bit with the Lt. Dan Band and felt the need for a backup horn to my Mark VI. I test played just about every new horn on the market, when I tried a Cannonball I was amazed at the big sound, great tone and intonation as well as the ergonomics paired with incredible aesthetics. I chose the Cannonball Pete Christlieb tenor and my initial idea of a 'backup' horn immediately changed, now my Cannonball is my main horn.This horn is well designed and built and can stand up to the rigors of the road, it's a top quality horn all the way around." ~ Mitch Paliga

Saxophonist with Gary Sinise's Lt. Dan Band, www.ltdanband.com
Jazz saxophone and jazz studies instructor at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois and Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois

Bio

Saxophonist Mitch Paliga is an active performer, educator and composer in the Chicago area. He currently tours with actor/musician Gary Sinise's Lt. Dan Band. As a member of the Lt. Dan Band he has performed in Afghanistan, South Korea, Japan, Europe and Canada as well as many U.S. states averaging 40 shows a year. In 2008 he also performed with the band Kimotion at the Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music and the Hue Festival in Vietnam.

Mitch has performed with Randy Brecker, Vinnie Colaiuta, Danny Gottlieb, Victor Kraus, the Temptations, Marie Osmond, the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, and Bob Newhart. Mitch is also a founding member of the Chicago Jazz Composers Collective.

He has a master's degree in jazz pedagogy from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in music from Eastern New Mexico University. He currently teaches at Lake Forest College and North Central College and has taught at Illinois Benedictine University, Governors State University and Old Town School of Folk Music. In 1993, he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant for individual jazz study with master jazz musician David Liebman. In 2002 he received a City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant.

Mitch has two recordings under his own name, Blithe Moments and his latest Fall Night which is on the Origin label. He also has recorded over 30 original compositions and arrangements with a variety of artists.

Mitch Paliga endorses Cannonball Saxophones, Rico reeds and AMT Microphones.

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