James Mahone

James Mahone brings nearly three decades of world-class saxophone experience to The Deluxe, a journey that began in Monterey, California and has taken him from the acclaimed jazz quintet Black Note — recording for Columbia and GRP/Impulse and performing at the Montreal, North Sea, Pori, and Umbria jazz festivals — to advanced studies in New York City under Billy Harper and Charles Tolliver, a thriving career in Tokyo, and finally home to the Bay Area where he is now a fixture alongside Marcus Shelby, Tiffany Austin, Faye Carol, and many of the region’s most talented musicians. Trained in both classical and jazz saxophone and equally at home as a performer, composer, and educator, Mahone is a musician whose global experience and deep roots in the tradition make every set feel like the distillation of a lifetime spent in service to the music.