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Saxophonist Briggan Krauss has been an internationally recognized key player in New York City's creative music scene for more than twenty-five years. He connects the extreme edges of technique with the unexplored tonal possibilities of the instrument while making his work as much about shape as it is about his unique signature sound.  

He has released several critically acclaimed recordings as a leader and has appeared on over fifty other recordings as a sideman. He has worked with a diverse range of artists such as John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Steven Bernstein, Wayne Horvitz, Levon Helm, Skerik, Butch Morris, Eyvind Kang, Robin Holcomb, Norah Jones, Medeski Martin and Wood, Hal Willner, Skuli Sverrisson, Jim Black, Ikue Mori, Joey Baron, Kato Hideki, Satoko Fuji, Dave Harrington, The New York Composer's Orchestra, Elysian Fields, Iron & Wine, Fey Victor, Rufus Wainwright, Sarah Manning, Trey Anastasio, Joan Wasser, Mary Halvorsen, Jessie Harris, Bernie Worrell, Beth Fleenor, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Marc Ribot, Anohni, U2, and many others.  

Briggan's voice has been a part of Steven Bernstein’s iconic quartet Sexmob from its inception more than twenty-five years ago. Sexmob earned a Grammy Award nomination for their 2006 recording titled Sexotica and Briggan also recorded with guitarist Bill Frisell on his Grammy Award winning 2007 album Unspeakable.  

Besides his work as a saxophonist and composer, Briggan is a guitarist and he also makes wide- ranging use of Max/MSP for digital audio and video in the areas of sound art, electronic music, and interdisciplinary performance. He is currently an adjunct professor at New York University, The New School, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.