The Jeff Rupert Quartet
“Once in a while an album comes out that reminds us how the tenor saxophone is
supposed to sound” – Jazz Times regarding “The Ripple, RUPE MEDIA
The Jeff Rupert quartet with Marty Morell, Richard Drexler and Charlie Silva has been
performing for twenty years. The group interprets the Great American Songbook and
brings choice originals to the stage, keeping the discernable listener engaged and
wanting more. Jeff Rupert is a performing and recording saxophonist. Credits include
over 75 albums, 11 of those as a leader. Rupert is a featured soloist on recordings with
Mel Tormé, Kevin Mahogany, Ernestine Anderson, Maynard Ferguson, Sam Rivers,
Kenny Barron, Veronica Swift, George Garzone, Diane Schuur, and on Benny Carter’s
Grammy winning album, Harlem Renaissance. Rupert has performed at major jazz clubs
and concert halls around the world, including the Blue Note, Birdland, Carnegie Hall,
Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Tokyo Forum, the National concert hall of
Taipei, Taiwan, and jazz festivals throughout Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand,
Brazil, and Japan. Rupert’s album The Ripple was the #5 jazz album of the year (2020)
and his most recent album It Gets Better with jazz luminaries Kenny Barron, Joe
Farnsworth and Peter Washington is currently in the top ten of the three national jazz
charts. He is Distinguished Professor, Trustee Endowed Chair, and Director of Jazz
Studies at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and founded Flying Horse Records. Jeff
Rupert authors and hosts Jazz and the American Spirit, a nationally syndicated weekly
radio show examining the connection between jazz and the American experience.
