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About The Quartet
Performing together for thirty years, this ensemble tours regularly throughout the United States. Past tours have included the Republic of China, where they performed concerts on national radio and television. They have been heard daily for the past three years playing newsbreaks for "All Things Considered" on National Public Radio. Their latest CD, Daydream, has been reviewed very favorably on National Public Radio. Known for their rich harmonies and refined sounds, they can be heard on Voice of America. The Washington Saxophone Quartet has proved to its audiences what Europeans have known for decades: the saxophone is a versatile instrument, capable of the widest range of musical ideas. Their performances evoke the refined sounds of a string quartet, the rich harmonies of an organ prelude, and the excitement of a jazz sax section. More Information Is Available... The Players The individual members of the WSAXQ have toured in Europe and the United States as soloists with orchestras and military bands, as recitalists in concert halls, and as performers with leading jazz and show business personalities. WSAXQ records with Americus and Mapleshade records. WSAXQ members, all with graduate degrees in music, are Reginald Jackson, Soprano; James Steele, Alto; Rich Kleinfeldt, Tenor; and Rick Parrell, Baritone.
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The members of the Washington Saxophone Quartet (WSAXQ), in addition to holding graduate degrees in music, have diverse musical backgrounds and experiences. 
Reginald Jackson, a former professor of saxophone at the University of Maryland and Howard University, has appeared as recitalist and soloist with orchestras, wind ensembles and military bands throughout the United States and Europe. He holds first prize in both the solo and chamber music competitions at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. Mr. Jackson has been selected nine times to represent the United States in international saxophone events in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Slovenia, and the United States.
James Steele attended University of Minnesota. He played in The U.S. Army Band in Washington before joining the quartet. Providing music in church is one of his long-term satisfactions and he is always on the look out for appropriate arrangements, solo and quartet. He "moonlights" designing residential projects with a firm he runs called Strategic Performance, LLC. He and his wife have seven children. Mr. Steele holds an M.M. and an MBA.
Rich Kleinfeldt is a broadcaster, professional musician, teacher and lecturer. He is currently host of two nationally syndicated radio programs: Indianapolis-on-the-Air, featuring the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Center Stage from Wolf Trap. Mr. Kleinfeldt is a former classical music broadcaster with the Voice of America. A graduate of Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois and Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Mr. Kleinfeldt performed until 1983 with The United States Army Band as saxophone soloist and master of ceremonies.
Rick Parrell is an active performer in jazz and classical music, as well as a teacher. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and his Master of Music from North Texas State University in Denton. Currently he is saxophone soloist with The United States Army Band and professor of music at George Mason University. In addition to his performances with The Army Band and other area ensembles, Mr. Parrell has appeared with such notable jazz artists as Lee Konitz, Gary Foster and Louie Bellson.