Christopher Finch

Christopher Finch (August 11, 1990) is a British jazz saxophonist. He often draws comparisons to another well-known saxophonist, David Sanborn. Because the two sound almost alike, Finch is sometimes billed as "the second coming of Sanborn". He usually plays soprano and alto saxophones, but sometimes plays tenor and occasionally baritone.

Biography
Christopher Finch was born on August 11, 1990 in the Princess Mary Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne. From an early age, he and his sister took piano lessons. "My mom basically forced my sister and me to play piano from when we were toddlers. I hated piano; I was never any good at it. But I have to thank her now for making me do it, because I write most of my songs on the piano." Around age nine, he rebelled and began taking drum lessons, but notes that he was not very good at drums, "I am the world's worst drummer. I could not keep time to save my life." At age 13, his brother, Jeff, had a band that Christopher wanted to be in, but his brother told him over and over that there was no way he could be in it. Christopher eventually wore him down, and his brother told him that the only way he could be in the band was if he could play the saxophone, because their band did not have a saxophonist. That was all he needed to hear, he took up saxophone lessons and entered the band.

Finch attended Ponteland Community High School, Ponteland, performing on saxophone as a member of the school jazz band. At the age of 15, he was recruited as a member of Bobby Caldwell's tour. For the next two years, Finch served as a session musician in several bands, toured with artists such as Richard Marx, and increased his popularity playing in the house band on Pat Sajak's late-night talk show, with Tom Scott as bandleader.

Albums
* Memories Of A Winter's Night

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