Jazz Language Episode 8 with Ryan Devlin

Hosted by Noah Preminger, this episode of the Jazz Language podcast features a conversation with saxophonist Ryan Devlin. Devlin grew up in Orlando, where his father spent more than 30 years playing saxophone at Walt Disney World. He came to jazz through funk, chasing Maceo Parker and the Brecker Brothers before finding Steve Grossman, and went on to study with Jerry Bergonzi at New England Conservatory. Now executive director of the online education platform Jazz Lesson Videos, he has built his performing career largely through social media, which has led to gigs across the world, including an upcoming nine-country European tour with drummer Dave Weckl and a recording with Weckl titled The Summit. In this episode, Noah and Ryan discuss growing up backstage at the Magic Kingdom, how a funk obsession turned into a deep dive on Grossman and Brecker, getting ridiculed on the Orlando scene and finding his voice anyway, Bergonzi's advice to play the way you want to play, landing major gigs through Instagram and YouTube, the business of online jazz education, a shared obsession with golf, and a rapid fire round covering everything from Elvin Jones to Tiger Woods.   Subscribe to The Jazz Language on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@jazzlanguagepodcast     Noah Preminger - Host Ryan Devlin - Special Guest    Coyle Girelli - Executive Producer Andrew Horowitz - Executive Producer Chris Leon - Executive Producer Erica Ramon - Producer  Eric Elterman - Producer Livia Blanc - Director Matt Heymann - Director of Photography Michael Bartolomeo - Video Editor Jacob Derwin - Audio Engineer Eric Elterman - Mixing Engineer Linds Cadwell - Assistant Engineer, DIT Lauren Cohen - Production Assistant   Jazz Language Episode Eight is brought to you by Chill Tone Records and recorded at Audio Technica House in SoHo NY Thank you to Audio-Technica for access to AT-One Studio at Technica House NYC.    Stay Connected with Chill Tone Records  Website: https://chilltone.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chilltonerecords/ Instagram: @chilltonerecords  TikTok: @chilltonesounds   Stay Connected with Noah Preminger  Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/2WUAJpHBpYwRyY17woH3f0?si=OJA8o0n2QYuaUj8c_Z_Hjw&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1&dlsi=20c04a76525d44bb Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/noah-preminger/302417083 Website: https://www.noahpreminger.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/noah.preminger/ Instagram: @noah_preminger Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTXues2F8qllL9LD8Y5Ai0w   Stay Connected with Ryan Devlin   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0FuKYrhqkxOzlTLggOEez4?si=yPLks0cDTtKhgmAF8Be0Vw  Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ryan-devlin/1441837374  Website: https://www.ryandevlinmusic.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RFD.SAX  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rfd.sax/?hl=en  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCARkVRc_nh46nzgsVLb4u5g  Theme song composed by Noah Preminger Played by:</