Erly thornton biography

From the beginning... Playing the saxophone has always been emotionally intense for Erly Thornton. Each performance is a connection that this artist and his audience mutually enjoy! Born in Nashville into a family that had artistic talent on both sides, mother being a painter and father being a trumpet player, he had no choice but to experience a double dose of creativity from birth.

Starting on the sax in the 5th grade, Erly was asked to play in front of “the boys”, his father’s musician...

From the beginning... Playing the saxophone has always been emotionally intense for Erly Thornton.

Introducing an artist that transcends the genre of jazz: Erly's music does not toe the line of the popular jazz of today but goes beyond, weaving r&b, funk, and.

Starting on the sax in the 5th grade, Erly was asked to play in front of “the boys”, his father's musician friends, every weekend to the music of Ray Charles.

Erly J. Thornton III is an.

Graduate in Public Administration and a talented paint and charcoal artist, his father a B.S. graduate in Civil Engineering and a trumpet/flugelhorn player.

Playing the saxophone has always been emotionally intense for Erly Thornton.

Each performance is a connection that this artist and his audience mutually enjoy! Born in Nashville into a family that had artistic talent on both sides, mother being a painter and father being a trumpet player, he had no choice but to experience a double dose of creativity from birth.

Starting on the sax in the 5th grade, Erly was asked to play in front of “the boys”, his father’s musician frien