# Melissa Aldana
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melissa aldana (born 3 December 1988) is a Chilean tenor saxophone player, who performs both as a soloist and with her band melissa aldana & Crash Trio.
== Life and career ==
=== Early life and training ===
Aldana was born in Santiago, Chile. She began playing the saxophone when she was six, under the influence and tuition of her father Marcos Aldana, also a professional saxophonist.
Women’s History Month & Women in Jazz
For Women’s History Month, Leo Sidran reflects on the evolving role of women in jazz — from overlooked pioneers to contemporary innovators reshaping the music today. Featuring insights from Caroline Davis, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Melissa Aldana, the piece explores how representation, authorship,…
Culture Caravan (3/8/26)
Featuring music from Misha Panfilov and Tomo Katsurada, new music by Altin Gun, the Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana + more!
Chatting about ‘Filin’ with Melissa Aldana
Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, where I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious.
I chatted with Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana: her new ballads album Filin presents songs drawn from Cuba’s Filin music tradition and has just been released…
Episode April 19 2026
This episode was inspired by recent live performances to commemorate Miles/Coltrane centennial. These concerts featured some of modern jazz's finest artists including Emmet Cohen, Joe Lovano, Terrance Blanchard and others represented here.
Playlist
Artist ~ Name ~ Album
Emmet Cohen ~ Well You Need…
Alexandra Ridout
Trumpeter Alexandra Ridout joins Pablo Held for a conversation ahead of their upcoming tour together. They talk about playing sessions, learning standards, composing, and her thoughts about the flugelhorn. Other topics include Alexandra’s trumpet heroes, sitting in on gigs, being kind to yo…
Media Room Live! With Amber Weeks
Media Room Live! With Amber Weekes
Today I spoke with Los Angeles-based jazz singer Amber Weekes who released her fifth album, To Oscar With Love, August 7.
She talked about growing up around some of the most famous artists of the Harlem Renaissance, the L.A. jazz scene, and her relationship with …
Linda May Han Oh, Melissa Aldana, Cindy Blackman Santana, Bernd Lhotzky & More [Mondo Jazz 376-2]
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A collection of newly released gems in which jazz goes rock and baroque, modern and traditional, political and existential.
The playlist features Cindy Blackman Santana; Jacques Schwarz-Bart; Tuva Halse; Bernd Lhotzky; Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana [pictured]; Brad Goode Quintet, Ernie Watts.
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Melissa Aldana and Gonzalo Rubalcaba talk jazz
Jazz has often been called America's musical gift to the world. This week's guests remind us not only of the well-documented ways that Cuba revolutionized that gift, but also how it blossomed in South America.Chilean tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana and Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba stopped by af…
Alt.Latino: Melissa Aldana and Gonzalo Rubalcaba talk jazz
Jazz has often been called America's musical gift to the world. This week's guests remind us not only of the well-documented ways that Cuba revolutionized that gift, but also how it blossomed in South America.Chilean tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana and Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba stopped by af…
Stayin' Jazzy with Melissa Aldana
On this episode of "Stayin' Jazzy with Travis Kemp", I interview Grammy-nominated Chilean jazz saxophonist Melissa Aldana.
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