# Jaleel Shaw launched his own record label Changu Records, on which he released his sophomore recording Optimism: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2018/02/11/jaleel-shaw-launched-his-own-record-label-changu-records-on-which-he-released-his-sophomore-recording-optimism-video/
- Published: 2018-02-11T00:04:52+01:00
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**11.02. – Happy Birthday !!! Jaleel Shaw, alto saxophonist, is currently a member
of the Roy Haynes Quartet, Charles Mingus Big Band, and performs in various clubs
in New York City and abroad with various groups, including the Jaleel Shaw Quintet.**

Jaleel grew up in Philadelphia, PA, where he studied with saxophonist Rayburn Wright,
Robert Landham, and jazz instructor Lovette Hines, whose students have included 
Christian McBride and Joey Defrancesco.

Jaleel had many mentors in Philadelphia, including John Blake, Byard Lancaster, 
Alfie Pollit, and Grover Washington Jr. Jaleel attended the High School for Creative&
Performing Arts and later transferred and graduated from George Washington High 
School.

Upon graduating from high school, he received a full tuition scholarship to Berklee
College of Music in Boston, Mass. Jaleel attended Berklee for four years and earned
a dual degree in Music Education and Performance in 2000. While attending Berklee,
he received the Billboard Endowed Scholarship for Outstanding Academic and Musical
achievement (1998), two Woodwind Dept. Chair Awards, The Outstanding Student Teacher
Award, and The Boston Jazz Society Award (1999).

Upon graduating from Berklee, Jaleel received a scholarship to attend the Manhattan
School of Music in New York City, where he received his Masters in Jazz Performance
in May, 2002. He was also a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone
Competition that year. Jaleel has performed internationally in Australia, China,
London, Paris, Italy, Finland, Africa, Scotland, Amsterdam, Austria, Spain, and 
Portugal, as well as many cities in the U.S.

Jaleel can be heard on recent recordings from the Roy Haynes Quartet, Mingus Big
Band, The Either Orchestra, The Count Basie Big Band, and Jeremy Pelt Quartet. He
recorded his first Perspective for the Fresh Sound in February of 2004. The CD was
released in 2005 and was proclaimed one of the top debut albums of that year by 
All About Jazz. In 2008, Jaleel launched his own record label Changu Records, on
which he released his sophomore recording Optimism.

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