{{short description|Canadian jazz musician}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Brodie West | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Saskatoon, Sask., CANADA | death_date = | death_place = | genre = Avant-garde jazz, free jazz, experimental | occupation = Musician | instrument = Alto saxophone, clarinet,<ref name="toronto">{{Cite web|title=Brodie West|url=http://torontojazz.com/artist/brodie-west|work=Toronto Jazz Festival|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> }}
'''Brodie West''' is a Canadian alto saxophonist who has worked with The Ex,<ref name="toronto"/> Getatchew Mekuria,<ref name="toronto"/> Sandro Perri,<ref name="mcdowall">{{Cite web|last=McDowall|first=Kerilie|title=Brodie West Finds Rhythm with The Ex, Mengelberg, Bennink|url=https://downbeat.com/news/detail/brodie-west-finds|work=Downbeat|date=August 6, 2018|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> Lina Allemano,<ref name="mcdowall"/> Hamid Drake<ref>{{Cite web|last=Devlin|first=Mike|title=For Drake, free jazz is freedom from pre-conceived notions |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/for-drake-free-jazz-is-freedom-from-pre-conceived-notions-1.23049993|work=Times Colonist|date=September 28, 2017|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> and Gord Downie.<ref name="mcdowall"/>
==Biography== Born in 1975 and raised in Nanaimo, British Columbia,<ref name="storring">{{Cite web|last=Storring|first=Nick|title=The Aural Perspectives of Brodie West |url=https://www.musicworks.ca/featured-article/featured-article/aural-perspectives-brodie-west|work=Musicworks|date=|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> West began playing saxophone in the sixth grade.<ref name="storring"/> In his teens, West began performing as well as attending educational programs which led to him being awarded a soprano saxophone at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Idaho, and receiving the Rising Star Award at Musicfest Canada, which included a full scholarship to Humber College in Toronto in 1993.<ref name="storring"/>
==Career== In 1998, West formed a trio called Zebradonk with drummer Shawn Abedin and trumpeter Alfons Fear.<ref name="storring"/> Deciding to do a busking tour of Europe, the trio met Han Bennink at Bimhuis in Amsterdam.<ref name="storring"/>
West began studying with Misha Mengelberg in Amsterdam<ref name="mcdowall"/> and while there he reconnected with Han Bennink who introduced West to Terrie Hessels of the Dutch experimental band The Ex.<ref name="storring"/> West then began touring with The Ex playing over 100 dates between 2005 and 2015.<ref name="mcdowall"/> He appeared with The Ex and Getatchew Mekurya on the albums ''Moa Anbessa'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Moa Anbessa|url=https://theex.bandcamp.com/album/moa-anbessa|work=Bandcamp|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> ''Y'Anbessaw Tezeta'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Y'Anbessaw Tezeta|url=https://theex.bandcamp.com/album/yanbessaw-tezeta|work=Bandcamp|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> and ''The Ex at Bimhuis''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brodie West: Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/brodie-west-mn0001941214/credits|work=AllMusic|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
West has since formed The Brodie West Quintet which has released the album ''Clips''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jacobson|first=Josef|title=Nanaimo-raised saxophonist Brodie West back for hometown show at the White Room|url=https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/entertainment/nanaimo-raised-saxophonist-brodie-west-back-for-hometown-show-at-the-white-room/|work=Nanaimo News Bulletin|date=October 2, 2018|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> and Eucalyptus<ref name="storring"/> which released the album ''Kick It Till You Flip It'' in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kick It Till You Flip It|url=https://brodiewest.bandcamp.com/album/kick-it-till-you-flip-it|work=Bandcamp|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://brodiewest.bandcamp.com/ Brodie West] at Bandcamp
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{{DEFAULTSORT:West, Brodie}} Category:1975 births Category:Canadian jazz musicians Category:20th-century Canadian male musicians Category:20th-century Canadian saxophonists Category:Living people