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Ten things You Might Not Have Known About Jaared
 1 - Jaared has been performing professionally since the age of 14.
2 - Jaared is an accomplished singer. He is noted for his live versions of Sara Smile, She’s In Love, and I’ll Be Around, and sings a sensuous version of
‘How Deep Is Your Love’ on “Manhattan Nights”- singing and playing all the parts.
3 - He is very knowledgeable about wines- and is a particular fan of Napa Valley California Cabernet Sauvignon, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2005
4 - He used to wear leather pants, a feather earring, and have a very, very, long hair.
5 - He loves to cook, and has a gourmet kitchen in his home.
6 - Jaared is a fan of the WWE.
7 - Jaared is a certified SCUBA diver.
 8 - As a fundraiser, Jaared once held a note for 40 minutes- not a typo- MINUTES, with his supporters paying by the minute.
9 - Jaared is one of the few musicians who repairs and adjusts his own saxophones, and repaired Jeff Kashiwa’s sax when it was damaged by travel, and repaired Shilt’s sax at the Capital Jazz Festival right before a show.
10 - Jaared was a Semi-Pro Hockey player, and played for the Virginia Lancers. and was being considered by the Washington Capitals when he had a knee injury that effectively ended his career.
Extras:
- Jaared plays the Alto, Tenor, and Soprano Sax, and the EWI, (Electric Wind Instrument) the same instrument played by the legendary, late, great Michael Brecker.
- ‘Song For Dianne’, from Manhattan Nights, is a tribute to his drummer, who died in a freak accident in August of 2009, and was recorded in two takes.
- The coat he wears on the cover of his CD, ‘Manhattan Nights’, was purchased for the cover shoot on Oxford Street in Soho, London, and is called “The Matrix”
 A few more funny facts:
- He loves really nice watches, so if Franck Muller needs a sponsor, see www.jaared.com <http://www.jaared.com>
- He thinks that the jewellery store, Jared, made a mistake by not hiring him to play the sax solo on their theme song, and so do all his female family members.
- Jaared is one of the few people who is allowed to play with his EWI in public.
- Jaared has hair that most women would kill for. But the beard is a different story.
Read our interview with Jaared
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