Word: shedroff
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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...
...environment touted for its diversity, Shedroff is a rare find. His dual interests in jazz and law have somehow fused him into a cross between Charlie Parker and Oliver Wendell Holmes. To this date, he has juggled the two passions adeptly; for instance, he wrote his senior thesis on race relations among jazz musicians...
From September to May, schoolwork has come first, but Shedroff has reserved his summers exclusively for music. Since his freshman year, he has spent summers playing jazz, either in California or in Boston at the highly respected Berklee School of Music...
...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...