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Albert Abena
Sax
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Originally from
San Francisco, Albert started playing the black tube of
death (aka the clarinet) in 5th grade. A precocious child in
middle school, he pretty much took home a different instrument
every weekend (it's not easy walking home with a sousaphone!).
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Albert found his first musical
love in high school - who would have thought it would be the
bassoon? Oddly enough, Albert did not
get a lot of gigs on that twisted double-reed, so he started
playing sax with high school and college buddies in the Rich
Martini Big Band. He fondly remembers being a "hand model" for
the band's stint on the Red and White Fleet's weekend cruises of
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Albert took a hiatus from music before
moving to Cedarburg in 1994, but his muse inspired him to again pick up
the black tube of death, working with local bassist Frank Tarantino and
guitarist Gary Williams at the Java House. He played clarinet and
percussion with the Cedarburg Civic Band and Lakeshore Symphonic Band
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Albert started playing with Gary
Christensen and the SUPERband in 2001, subbing as needed on alto and tenor sax.
In addition to occasional gigs with the SUPERband, Albert currently plays bassoon with the Knightwind Ensemble
and the Waukesha Area Symphonic Band, and dabbles in French horn with
various groups. He has been a dentist since 1986, and teaches at the
Marquette University School of Dentistry and MATC. While not officially
diagnosed with ADHD, Albert is pursuing a law degree at Marquette
University Law School, and plans to graduate in
May 2008.
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