Ed Xiques

Edward F. "Ed" Xiques, Jr. (born October 9, 1939, New York City) is an American jazz saxophonist.

Xiques received his bachelor's degree in music from Boston University in 1962, where he played with Jaki Byard and Herb Pomeroy. Returning to New York, he taught in New York schools for much of the 1960s, and played on the side with Buddy Morrow, Les and Larry Elgart, Duke Pearson, and Woody Herman. He worked full-time as a musician from 1968, playing extensively with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra in the 1970s as well as with Ten Wheel Drive, Frank Foster, and McCoy Tyner. In the 1980s he worked frequently with Toshiko Akiyoshi and Liza Minnelli, and later was a member of the Westchester Jazz Orchestra and the groups of Mario Bauza and Maria Schneider. Since the 1990s he has taught music at Vassar College.

References

• Barry Kernfeld, "Ed Xiques". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition.