The Mike Tucker Quartet

Mike Tucker has performed as a leader and a side man all over the world. In 2002 he competed as a semi- finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in washington DC, and soon after attended Berklee college of music where his career got a jump start. The Mike Tucker Quartet has been invited to perform at jazz festivals around the world including the Phoenix Jazz Festival in Nagoya Japan, The Nancy Jazz Festival in Lortraine France, The Emerging artists of the 21st century concert series in San Jose Costa Rica, and Closer to home at the Kennedy Center, and The JVC Jazz Festival in NYC. Tucker has also appeared on Several nationally syndicated jazz radio shows including: Toast of the nation on NPR, Voice of America, and on XM Satellite Radio Jazz and Beyond . Besides many engagements with his own group Tucker has performed with George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Melvin Sparks, The Motet, George Duke, Christian Scott among many others. Mike is currently based in Boston and leads his own quartet, and is a member of the Esperanza Spaulding Quintet, The New Life Jazz Orchestra, The Toni Lynn Washington Band, The Robin Mcelle Group, and the Alex Terrier Group.



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