Johnny Mag Sax

Johnny Mag Sax was born in Rochester, New York. He started playing the Saxophone when he was in the 5th Grade. He went on to play in High School Jazz and Concert Band in Jacksonville, Illinois where he grew up. He attended Western Illinois University as a Music Performance Major. While Johnny was at WIU he was also in R.O.T.C. (Reserve Officers Training Course), which offered him the opportunity to audition for an Elite group of Musicians, The United States Army Band.



Johnny toured overseas with the Army Band for 2 years, playing for Military and Presidential Dignitaries as well as many concert venues with local Bands in Germany.



After transferring back to the U.S.A., Johnny was assigned to Ft. Hood next to Austin, Texas where he frequently played night clubs on the famous 6th street. There, he added a blues angle to his already versatile playing style. Johnny then moved to Southwest Florida in 1997 and currently resides in Orlando, Florida.



Johnny Currently has a Collaboration Cd with Guitarist Marc Vee called VMP Vee/Magsax Project . They also , have just opened for some top named smoothjazz acts such as Kenny G , Chirs Botti and Boney James



Johnny Mag Sax, has performed on many albums with some top named recording artists , such as Ayieb Dieng, Paul Jackson Jr. , Bob Baldwin , Ruth Ann Galatas , Tata Vega , Paul Russo , Tom Dowd and Mike Blaty.



Main E-Mail : themagsax@aol.com



If anyone would like to Buy a cd of the songs you hear on this page and more ,. Just let me know ,.



For more info and to listen to VMP goto: www.cdbaby.com/vmp