Biography

Doug Stone was raised in Peoria, Illinois and began playing the saxophone professionally at age 10. He received his bachelors degree from Northern Illinois University. While at NIU Stone performed with jazz legends Frank Wes, Frank Foster, Benny Golson, Rufus Reid, Ed Thigpen, Larry Ridley and a host of others. Stone also led the university’s top combo as well as his own groups, the Jazz Arranging Syndicate and Scantily Clad, featuring his original works. He has performed with trombonist, composer, and arranger Joey Sellers and is a member of Panoramic, a world-jazz group co-led by steel pan virtuoso Liam Teague and pianist/percussionist Robert Chappell. In fall of 2004 and winter of 2005 Doug toured with Maynard Ferguson and the Big Bop Nouveau. He currently resides in  Roselle, Illinois, and has performed locally with the Joel Spencer Quartet, the Nick Fryer Trio, the Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, the John Burnett Orchestra, the Model Citizens Orchestra, John Bany’s Men of Note, Human Motion, and the Ed Breazeale Group. Stone also leads his own groups, the Doug Stone Quartet and Trio and is co-leader of the Nick Fryer/Doug Stone Quartet and the Stone/Bratt Big Band.  He has written several pieces for big band and his works have been featured with the Central Illinois Jazz Train Orchestra and vocalist Kathy Kosins. Doug has recorded with numerous groups including the Sam Craine Quartet, the Dave Hoffman Sextet, the NIU Jazz Ensemble and Jazztet, the Jazz Arranging Syndicate, Scantily Clad, Birch Creek Academy Big Band, the Ed Breazeale Group, the Ji Young Lee Quartet, the Stuart Mindeman Group, and Panoramic.