The Arman Sangalang Quartet features:
Arman Sangalang - tenor saxophone
Dave Miller - guitar
Matt Ulery - bass
Devin Drobka - drums & cymbals
Arman Sangalang is a saxophonist, composer, and educator based in Chicago. As a performer, Arman has been a notable sideman on various projects for Kabir Dalawari, Zachary Finnegan, Camila Mennitte, and Jameson Scriver’s Reckoner. Throughout his career, he’s had the honor of sharing the stage with notable jazz artists such as Matt Ulery, Dave Miller, Reggie Thomas, Bobby Broom, Dave Stryker, and countless others. In addition to being a sideman, Arman leads his own quartet which feature his original compositions. In 2022, his quartet — featuring Dave Miller, Matt Ulery and Devin Drobka — performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival.
In addition to being an active performer, Arman has a passion for education. He has taught at Stafford Music Academy in Bloomington, IN and the NIU Community School for the Arts. Arman seeks to help students find a balance between what they enjoy in music while also challenging them to go outside their comfort zones.
In the fall of 2020, he began a master’s degree at Northern Illinois University studying with Geof Bradfield through a graduate assistantship where he coaches a small jazz combo and teaches an Introduction to Jazz Music course.
Arman has also received various accolades in the last few years. In 2022, IRIS, a quintet led by Arman, was one of four groups across the U.S. selected for the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Academy. Arman is also the 2022 awardee of the Jazz Institute of Chicago’s Jazz Links Fellowship program which provides young up and coming artists mentorship and performance opportunities in Chicago. In 2020, Arman completed his bachelor’s degree in Jazz Studies (Saxophone) at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he studied with Greg Ward, Tom Walsh, and Walter Smith III.
Every Tuesday and Wednesday, we present Chicago’s top jazz artists in a lively atmosphere, full of cocktail-shaking and spirited conversation.