Roy Nathanson is a saxophonist, poet, and composer. He has written two books of poems: Conversations and Other Songs (MadHat Press, 2020) and Subway Moon (Buddy’s Knife Editions of Hamburg, 2008). Roy has written songs for Mavis Staples, Jimmy Scott, Elvis Costello, Debbie Harry, Jeff Buckley, and others and has recorded ten CDs with his longtime band The Jazz Passengers.
