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 baritone sax Joined
Bond Street 1995 Other/Previous
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Calen Uhlig began his musical education at an early age, plinking out melodies by ear on a toy piano. Long before recorder lessons in grade school began, he taught himself to play a small, ceramic ocarina he picked up at a Saturday Market in Portland. Eventually, the recorder led to the clarinet (much to his schoolmates' chagrin, he was always first chair even though he never brought his instrument home to practice). In middle school, he switched to tenor saxophone, then to baritone sax in high school. By the time he graduated, he'd added the stringed bass to his instrumental repertoire. These days, Calen knows the value of the woodshed, filling the majority of his free time with one band practice or another, when not onstage proving he still has that finely-tuned ear, which he also puts to use as a soundman for his own and other musical acts. Starting out with Bond Street while still in middle school, Calen began his full-time tenure with the band as a sophomore. Since then, he's added to his well-deserved fan base (made up of musicians and audience members alike) via performances with The Function, the Heather Christie Band, The North Coast Big Band, North Coast Symphonic Band, Beefsteak Mine, The Big Fish Blues Band, Bulldog Rhythm Review, the Cindy Pearson Band, Steve Einhorn and Kate Power, and Dave Drury. Currently (Spring 2007), while a fulltime engineering student, Calen continues to play baritone sax for Bond Street, and bass for Caravan Gogh, Everyday People, and Amy Keys Jazz Band. Occasionally he takes the bass spot in place of his dad, Bill, for the Floating Glass Balls.
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