Ken Nigro
Ken Nigro, a Yamaha Artist and multi-instrumentalist moved to Austin in 2021 from the northeast. Ken currently performs in the Austin and San Antonio areas. He’s performed at venues such as Newport Jazz Festival in Saratoga NY, 53rd Presidential Inaugural at Kennedy Performing Arts Center, White Nights Jazz Festival in Russia, Freihofer’s Hartford Jazz Festival (with the Ken Nigro Band), B.B. King Blues Club in NYC & Daryl’s House in Pawling, NY. He taught applied music at the University of Miami, UConn, & most recently Southern Connecticut State University.
Over the past several years he performed as a woodwind musician (saxophones, flutes & clarinets) for national companies including: Book of Mormon, Phantom of the Opera, the Sound of Music, Newsies and Chicago. He also played the premier run of Happy Days at Goodspeed in Connecticut.
Ken plays lead tenor saxophone and is a featured soloist on the jazz CD: Jens Wendelboe’s “Against All Odds” released October 2021 on Losen Records. He worked with Jens regularly since 2015. Ken’s performed or recorded with artists including Harvey Swartz, Bill Mays, Luis Conte, Doc Severinsen, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Manhattan Transfer, Sammy Davis Jr., John Pizzarelli, Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Marvin Stamm, Ernie Watts, and Chris Botti. Ken performed regularly (prior to the pandemic) with the Waterbury Symphony, Orchestra New England and Ridgefield Symphony (most recently in February 2020 for Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on solo alto and soprano saxophones).
Over the past several years he performed as a woodwind musician (saxophones, flutes & clarinets) for national companies including: Book of Mormon, Phantom of the Opera, the Sound of Music, Newsies and Chicago. He also played the premier run of Happy Days at Goodspeed in Connecticut.
Ken plays lead tenor saxophone and is a featured soloist on the jazz CD: Jens Wendelboe’s “Against All Odds” released October 2021 on Losen Records. He worked with Jens regularly since 2015. Ken’s performed or recorded with artists including Harvey Swartz, Bill Mays, Luis Conte, Doc Severinsen, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Manhattan Transfer, Sammy Davis Jr., John Pizzarelli, Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Marvin Stamm, Ernie Watts, and Chris Botti. Ken performed regularly (prior to the pandemic) with the Waterbury Symphony, Orchestra New England and Ridgefield Symphony (most recently in February 2020 for Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on solo alto and soprano saxophones).
