Charles "Hornman" Neville

Grammy winning Charles Neville is a virtuoso Saxophone player with an astounding variety of styles. Most well know as a front man for the world famous Neville Brothers (“The Kings of New Orleans” – Conan O’Brien) with whom he has performed with for more than 30 years. His saxophone solo won him a Grammy in 1989 for his haunting rendition of Healing Chant on the Neville Brother’s Yellow Moon album. With the Neville Brothers Charles has played venues all around the world, The Late Night with Conan O’Brien , Late night with Jay Leno, the Late Show with David Letterman , and Saturday Night Live twice. In addition to Charles’s stellar career as The Neville Brothers front man he has performed with some of the world’s most legendary musicians including: Ray Charles, James Brown, B.B. King, Santana, The Grateful Dead, Herbie Hancock, and many, many more. His brothers affectionately refer to him as “The Horn Man”.

“The rippling, and at times percussive, arrangements with the kora are like rocks in a stream, with Neville’s fluid and melodic saxophone like water flowing over and around the rocks. The music is meant to be a healing force that binds the past with the present. ” – The Monterey County Herald