Eli Degibri Quartet at the the 2019 PDX Jazz Fest

Known for his charismatic performances, Degibri has recorded and performed extensively since the mid-1990s. He has been called, “an exceptionally melodic improviser with a big, bold tenor tone” (Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes), and “a bewitching fellow who shows impressive chops, as both a player and a composer.” (Karl Stark, The Philadelphia Inquirer). Jazz icon Herbie Hancock added that Degibri is, “a very talented composer, arranger, and performer,” one who’s music, “treads uncharted waters,” and that the saxophonist-composer, “has the potential to be a formidable force in the evolution of jazz.”