Sam Newsome is a soprano saxophonist and professor of music at Long Island University, Brooklyn, where he teaches classes on music theory, music appreciation, and saxophone.
He has released several critically acclaim recordings as leader and has appeared on more than 40 as a side person. Since 2006, he has become a specialist in solo performance and extended techniques, and has released numerous recording showcasing the soprano in this unconventional format, along with his innovative prepared saxophone techniques. He began focusing on writing in 2010 upon starting his blog Soprano Sax Talk, http://sopranosaxtalk.blogspot.com/ where he posts about topics that range from extended saxophone techniques to finding one's own artistic voice. His writings have been mentioned in the Huffington Post, National Public Radio's A Blog Supreme and the blog Do the Math http://dothemath.typepad.com by pianist and composer Ethan Iverson.

To learn more about Sam Newsome, please visit him at http://www.somenewmusic.com or http://www.sopranosaxtalk.blogspot.com