Puerto Rican-born Edmar Colón is a saxophonist, pianist, and composer. Some highlights in Colon’s career include performing and touring with an expansive list of world-class artists, arranging/orchestrating selections in the GRAMMY AWARD-winning albums “12 Little Spells” by Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington’s “New Standards” and the GRAMMY-nominated “Waiting Game” by Carrington.
Other highlights include being the copyist for Wayne Shorter’s opera, “Iphigenia,” composing a 30-minute orchestral piece for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, arranging 16 pieces for the National Symphony Orchestra, and most recently, finishing three new works for the legendary Boston POPS including a four-movement Saxophone Concerto premiered in May 2024 played by the jazz luminary Branford Marsalis. This has led to numerous new commissions, including a brand-new arrangement or “re-imagination” of the classic work by George Gershwin, “Rhapsody In Blue,” commissioned by concert pianist Lara Downes. This work has been recorded and released on Pentatone Records, one of the leading classical music labels in the world.