Ron Holloway is one of the busiest tenor saxophonists on today’s music scene in any genre! Over the years, Holloway has been a frequent guest of Gov’t Mule, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Allman Brothers Band, Little Feat and Melvin Seals & JGB. He has been a member of an eclectic roster of groups, including; The Warren Haynes Band, The Susan Tedeschi Band, The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet and Root Boy Slim.

In the Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, renowned jazz critic Ira Gitler describes Ron Holloway as “a bear-down-hard-bopper who can blow authentic R&B, and croon a ballad with warm, blue feeling.” While true, this only begins to touch upon the versatility of the tenor saxophonist! The quest for complete expression has been a hallmark of Ron Holloway’s music from the beginning.

Holloway combines passion and a broad dynamic range to generate an exciting and distinctive sound…Like [Sonny] Rollins, Holloway strives to push the tenor sax beyond the limits of its dynamic range. He notes that the instrument was originally designed to play a range of two and a half octaves. By using special fingering techniques, Holloway can hit registers spanning almost five octaves. Holloway demonstrates his extraordinary range while maintaining precise control over a melody. As Holloway hits the highest register, Dr. [Billy] Taylor remarks, “That’s amazing to me”. — NPR.org

Since 2014, however, audiences have been filling venues to see Holloway’s latest project: His own band. A high energy, sax-driven funk machine called The Ron Holloway Band!