Born
into a musical family in Seattle (his father is an amateur classical
pianist and his grandmother was a professional violinist), he has
been intrigued by classical music as well as jazz since his early
childhood. Logan’s first recollection of hearing jazz
is the classic “Kind of Blue” CD when he was in the
fifth grade. Beginning his musical studies at 4 with a year
of violin lessons, he moved to the clarinet in the fourth grade,
ultimately settling on the saxophone, he plays alto, tenor, baritone
and soprano. The past 3 years Logan has played in Seattle’s
Roosevelt High School Jazz Band, which has been selected each of
the past 3 years to perform in the Essentially Ellington competition
at Lincoln Center, where Logan has won 3 outstanding soloist awards,
1 on alto and 2 on tenor. He has played in a number
of combos with local high school and university students and was
selected for the Gibson/Balwin Grammy Jazz Ensemble this year. Logan
has had the opportunity to play at numerous jazz festivals, among
others, the Reno Jazz Festival, Earshot Jazz Festival and Lionel
Hampton Jazz Festival, winning an Outstanding Soloist award in
2006.
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