Alexa has appeared with a wide variety of ensembles including the Wynton Marsalis Septet, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant Quintet and OGRESSE ensembles, Ulysses Owens Jr.\u2019s Generation Y and Big Band, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Arturo O\u2019Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, and leads the Alexa Tarantino Quartet. Firefly, Alexa\u2019s third record for Posi-Tone Records hit #6 on the JazzWeek charts. Her album, Clarity, landed at #54 for JazzWeek\u2019s Top 100 records of 2020. Tarantino is on faculty for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Youth Programs. She holds a Master\u2019s degree in Jazz Studies from The Juilliard School and Bachelor\u2019s degrees in Jazz Saxophone Performance and Music Education from the Eastman School of Music. Alexa is Founder and Director of the Rockport Jazz Workshop in Rockport, Massachusetts and Co-Founder of A Step Ahead Jazz with pianist Steven Feifke. In February 2021, Alexa launched her new virtual community-style jazz education platform, The Alexa Approach. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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