Vincent Friedel is a freelance saxophonist and educator based in Cincinnati, Ohio. While improvising is his primary area of expertise, he has also studied concert saxophone, flute, composing and arranging, and theory at the collegiate level. Vincent is a versatile musician and has played with a variety of groups that include: big band, jazz combo, wedding bands, R&B/soul/gospel groups, saxophone quartet, woodwind quintet, concert band, and church groups where he has not only acted as a sideman but also a bandleader.