Don Braden
Donald Kirk Braden is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist born
November 20, 1963 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, he began
playing tenor saxophone at 13 years old and joined the McDonald's All-American
High School Jazz Band before studying engineering at Harvard University from
1981 to 1984. Moving to New York City in 1984, he performed with The Harper
Brothers, Lonnie Smith, and Betty Carter, and toured with Wynton Marsalis from
1986 to 1987 and Freddie Hubbard. Braden launched his recording career as a
leader with The Time Is Now (1991), followed...
