Patrick Zimmerli

Even in high school, tenor saxophonist Patrick Zimmerli was receiving accolades and awards for his jazz playing. However, in early 2000, he was not active in the jazz scene, nor was he playing much horn. Rather, he was devoting himself to classical composition. It was as a composer, after all, that Zimmerli received his highest honor; he won the first annual BMI/Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Composers Competition in 1993. As a jazz player, Zimmerli has worked with Kevin Hays, Bill Stewart, and Don Sickler, among others. In 1995, he led a quintet called the Jazz Ambassadors...