Chase Baird

Chase Baird composer saxophonist. Chase attended California State University Long Beach and studied with saxophonist Eric Marienthal. He later graduated from The Juilliard School in NY, where he studied jazz with Ron Blake, Joe Temperley and Frank Kimbrough and classical counterpoint with Kendall Briggs. Chase has worked as a sideman with pop icon Chaka Khan, legendary Chicago vocalist Bill Champlin as well as indie-rocker Jakob Dylan. In the jazz realm, he has performed or recorded with Chris Botti, Brad Mehldau, Antonio Sánchez, Mike Stern, Antonio Faraò, Mike Clark, Victor Wooten, Thana Alexa, Dennis Chambers, Julian Pollack (J3PO), Dan Tepfer, Thomas Dawson, Steve Lyman and others. In 2017 - 2020, Chase performed as an active member of drummer Antonio Sánchez’s band Migration. He also recorded with progressive jazz ensemble Venture, featuring drum legend Mike Clark, Mark Sherman and Felix Pastorius. Venture explores hard-bop roots and accents of funk and fusion on their first studio collaboration, Life Cycle, released on Ropeadope Records in May 2018.Chase plays exclusively EWI with all-synthesizer band Circuit Kisser, created by collaborator Dan Chmielinski. The band’s most recent album, First Kiss, released on La Reserve Records in 2023.His latest album, A Life Between, with Pianist Brad Mehldau and drummer Antonio Sánchez are veteran companions alongside new-generation talents Nir Felder, guitar, and Dan Chmielinski, bass. For more info, visit: www.chasebaird.com