Alto Saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger & composer Joey “G-Clef” Cavaseno began performing regularly with legendary trumpeter Doc Cheatham, at 18 years old. He then began making rounds, was hired by a Who's Who in Jazz History, by names including Clark Terry, Carrie Smith, Major Holley, George Kelly, Frank Lacy, Art Baron and the Duke's Men, Aaron Bell, Henry Butler, Weldon Irvine, Jimmy “Preacher” Robins, Bill Doggett, Melvin Sparks, and many others. His main gigs were with Illinois Jacquet Big Band, Panama Francis and the Savoy Sultans, and Arvell Shaw and the Louis Armstrong Legacy Band, where he put in about 12 years with each band. He was also featured on the grammy-nominated album “Jacquet's Got It” (Altantic Records). Cavaseno's musical style, jazz-wise can be described as soulful, melodic, hard- swinging, within the traditions of swing and be-bop, but he is not limited in scope nor direction.