Jon Tucker

Jazz Saxophone

Email: jontucker@usf.edu
Phone: (813) 974-2311
Office: MUS 349

Jon Tucker began teaching as an adjunct at USF in the Fall of 2017. His responsibilities include teaching undergraduate jazz saxophone lessons and a small jazz ensemble.  Tucker earned a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of South Florida and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.  
 
Tucker is an active performing saxophonist in the Tampa Bay area as well as a sound engineer in live and studio settings. He performed on the most recent Trans-Siberian Orchestra album ‘Letters from the Labyrinth’ and works as a music engraver for their live tour. He also worked as an assistant engineer on Chuck Owen’s multi-Grammy-nominated albums ‘Whispers on the Wind’ and ‘River Runs: A Concerto for Jazz Guitar, Saxophone, & Orchestra’.