Jaleel Shaw

Born: February 11, 1978

Raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Shaw attended Greene Street Friends School, the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts and graduated from George Washington High School. He studied with saxophonist Rayburn Wright, Robert Landham, and jazz instructor Lovette Hines, whose students have included Christian McBride and Joey Defrancesco. His many mentors in Philadelphia, including John Blake, Byard Lancaster, Alfie Pollit, and Grover Washington Jr. 

Shaw received a dual degree in Music Education and Performance in 2000 from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He subsequently attended the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, from which he received a master's degree in Jazz Performance in May 2002. He was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition that year. In 2008, he was awarded ASCAP's 2008 Young Jazz Composer Award.

Painter Of The Invisible

By Jaleel Shaw

Label: Changu Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Good Morning; Contemplation; Beantown; Distant Images; Baldwin's Blues; Gina's Ascent Intro; Gina's Ascent; Tamir (For Tamir Rice); Meghan; The Invisible Man; Until We Meet Again.

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by Benjamin Boddie
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Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, Josh Lawrence, Michika Fukumori, Tierney Sutton, Linda Dachtyl, Mike Pope, Marc Seales, Jen Allen, Joe Bowden, Randy Napoleon, George Coleman, Alberto Pibiri, Jaleel Shaw, Christian McBride, Kelly Green, Irving Flores, Caelan Cardello, Eric Byrd, Roger Glenn, Birdland Big Band, Conrad Herwig, Ira B. Liss, Paul ...

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by Jerome Wilson
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by Maurice Hogue
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Jaleel Shaw: Painter Of The Invisible

by Carl Medsker
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by Maurice Hogue
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by Cheryl K.
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by Angelo Leonardi
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