Word: sax
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...measure him by his sax, Joshua Shedroff '91 is a heavyweight musician. His "horn," nearly old enough to be his father, perfectly fits Shedroff's description of "hip and delacquered...
JAZZ SAXOPHONISTS can often size one another up by the age of their instruments. An old and weathered sax sounds the way an aged wine tastes: smooth and mellow, but with a bite. Last year's vintage is for the nouveauriche, the amateurs...
Those who have heard him play would say that Shedroff already knows the sax. He played with the Harvard Jazz Band until his junior year, and since then has performed in New Orleans and San Antonio with Delfeayo Marsalis, younger brother of the better known Branford and Winton. Shedroff's name pops up often in New England jazz circles, and he has jammed with the best of Boston...
...Shedroff, who in his spare time away from the saxophone has earned honors grades as a Social Studies concentrator, owns something most aspiring sax players wouldn't even know what to do with: a spot in next year's class at Yale Law School...
Shedroff understands that the curtain will soon close on his long juggling act, the four years he has spent keeping his fanciful dream and his academic pursuits up in the air. Graduation will demand from him a choice. Behind door A may lie fame, success and an even older sax, or only disappointment. Door B hides fewer surprises: a career in the law with an emphasis, he predicts, on public service...