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Artie Bressler, composer and saxophonist, has performed and recorded extensively
throughout the United States and around the world. As a featured soloist with the
United States Air Force Band, he traveled throughout Europe and North Africa for the
State Department. Since his return, he has worked with major artists and producers
including The O’Jays, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, John Hammond, Milt Jackson,
The Four Tops and many others.
Artie’s recent success as a composer came for the score of the new musical comedy,
"The First Family of Second Avenue", which had its world premiere at the Becton
Theatre at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, N.J.The Newark Star Ledger gave
Artie and his lyricist, Michael Colby, a “New Jersey” Tony for best score. Earlier in his
career, Artie wrote the music for the Pulitzer prize-winning play “Crimes of the Heart”.
In 1987, he was elected to be a judge for the prestigious Cleo Awards because of his
outstanding work in commercial music.
Artie has been teaching both privately and in schools throughout his professional
career. He was a founding faculty member of The New School of Jazz and
Contemporary Music In New York. He has also taught at the Stevens Institute of
Technology in Hoboken N. J., at Monmouth College in W. Long Branch N.J.,and is
currently teaching at The Elefante School of Music in New Providence N.J. Artie has a
B.A. in Music from Thomas Edison College and has a substitute teacher’s license from
the state of New Jersey.
Artie lives in Fair Lawn with his wife, Irene, and their two children, Sarah and David,
who are his real inspiration.