David Schrader, Saxophone At the age of nine, a simple game of hide-and-seek in the attic brought David and his father’s high school saxophone together for the first time and the rest is history. David has been playing music professionally for over 35 years starting with high school and college dances. His talent playing in a popular funk band paid for his classical saxophone training at the University of Arizona (Tucson). David founded the popular San Francisco Saxophone Quartet nearly 30 years ago and in its first year on the street was discovered and signed to Angel Records by Brown Meggs (who signed the Beatles to Capitol Records), and has been produced by the Grammy-nominated Patti Laursen. The Quartet has toured the U.S. five times, played the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival eight times, performed at Francis Ford Coppola’s birthday parties four times (and played on one of his film’s sound tracks), as well as played concerts in Japan. David also has performed regularly with the San Francisco Symphony for the past 20 years. He studied jazz with Joe Henderson, played with trumpeter Eddie Henderson (of Herbie Hancock 'Headhunters' fame) and Ed Kelly's Big Band to name a few. He was also a "street musician" in San Francisco for many years writing and playing his own songs. A film in the up-coming San Francisco Film Festival, "Street Performers of San Francisco 1988-89", edited by John Nutt (sound editor of "The English Patient", "Amadeus", "Apocalypse Now") features David being interviewed and playing his sax on 14 different selections. David also plays R&B with “A Case of the Willys,” Jazz with “Shade,” Rock ‘n’ Soul with “The Poyntlyss Sistars Band,” and original Blues and Rock with The Volker Strifler Band.