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Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few

A 2024 Madison Jazz Festival Event 

Saxophone virtuoso Isaiah Collier and his powerhouse ensemble, The Chosen Few, bring their transcendent sound to the 2025 Madison Jazz Festival at the Memorial Union Terrace, 800 Langdon Street, Saturday, June 14, 7:00pm.

Hailed by the New York Times as “an heir apparent to both the Chicago lineage and the post-Coltrane sax tradition,” Collier fuses spiritual jazz, cosmic improvisation, and social commentary into a sonic experience that defies boundaries. The band’s critically acclaimed albums, including Cosmic Transitions (2021) and The World Is On Fire (2024), showcase Collier's ability to channel the past and future simultaneously. Don't miss this electrifying performance that promises to be a highlight of the 2025 Madison Jazz Festival.

 

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier

Isaiah Collier

Isaiah Collier is a Chicago/Brooklyn based multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, curator, activist, motivational speaker and educator. Collier is most known for his work as a saxophonist, and a drummer as well. Collier's sound and approach is drawn from the influences of other masters saxophonists such as John Coltrane, Roscoe Mitchell, Wayne Shorter. Ari Brown and Gene Ammons. 

Collier has shared the stage with many musicians both locally and internationally. with artists such as Chance the Rapper, Lewis Nash, Waddada Leo Smith III, Antonio Aart, Junius Paul, James Carter, Rene Marie, Carl Allen, Paul Rogers, Bennie Maupin, Rudy Van Gelder, Angel Bat Dawid, and many more. 

In addition to Collier playing at venues and festivals from notable places such as the Jazz Showcase, Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, Lithuania Jazz Festival, the White House, Chicago Jazz Festival, New York Winter Jazz Festival, the Hyde Park Jazz Festivals, Sons d'Hiver Festival (... Read More

with additional funds from the Endres Manufacturing Company Foundation, the Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.

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