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Dick Oatts is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator. He has been active in the jazz scene since the 1970s, performing with a variety of groups and leading his own ensembles. He has released several albums as a leader, and has appeared on many recordings as a sideman. Oatts was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and began playing saxophone at the age of nine. He attended the University of North Texas, where he studied with saxophonist and composer Jerry Coker. After graduating in 1975, he moved to New York City, where he worked with a variety of jazz musicians, including Mel Lewis, Thad Jones, and Bob Brookmeyer. Oatts has released several albums as a leader, including "The Saxophone Section" (1985), "The Music of Thad Jones" (1987), "The Music of Bob Brookmeyer" (1989), and "The Music of Mel Lewis" (1991). He has also appeared as a sideman on numerous recordings, including those of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band. Oatts has also been active as an educator, teaching at the University of North Texas, the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and the Manhattan School of Music. He is currently a professor of jazz saxophone at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. As of 2021, Dick Oatts's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

Popular As Richard Dennis Oatts
Occupation Musician, composer, educator
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 2 April 1953
Birthday 2 April
Birthplace Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2006

Oatts has taught at the Manhattan School of Music and has been artist-in-residence at the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 2006, he became a professor and artistic director of the jazz studies department at Temple University in Philadelphia.

1980

Oatts' work on woodwind instruments (saxophone, clarinet, flute) became more widely known when he led the crossover jazz group Flim & the BB's in the 1980s and '90s with bassist Jimmy "Flim" Johnson, drummer Bill Berg, and keyboardist Billy Barber.

1972

While growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, Oatts gained an interest in music from his father, Jack Oatts, who was a saxophonist himself and a respected music educator in the Midwest. After high school, Oatts attended Drake University for one year before dropping out and moving to Minneapolis to begin a career in music in 1972. In 1977, he was called by Thad Jones to join The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, which later became the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Oatts moved to New York City to join the band, first playing tenor saxophone, and began playing Monday nights with Jones and Lewis at the Village Vanguard, as well as touring in Europe with them. Eventually Oatts switched to playing alto saxophone in the band, and he continues to play with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra at the Village Vanguard every Monday night.

1970

Since the 1970s, Oatts has released more than a dozen albums as a leader and co-leader, and he has appeared on over 100 albums as a sideman with Joe Henderson, Jerry Bergonzi, Eddie Gómez, Bob Brookmeyer, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Joe Lovano and others, working extensively with Steeplechase Records. He has also accompanied Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Tormé, and Ella Fitzgerald.

1953

Richard Dennis Oatts (born April 2, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator.

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