Tanner Caldwell was born in Houston, TX, but it wasn’t until he moved to St. Louis in 6th grade when a saxophone was put in his hands. The rest is history in the making. Tanner started learning about jazz in middle school and high school, and even participated in the extracurricular program JazzU during his junior and senior year of high school. This all lead to studying under Jason Swagler at SIUE.
Tanner has now graduated with a degree in Jazz Performance from SIUE, and has been playing music professionally since 2019. Among the groups he’s played with are Bullseye Womprats, Power Play, and Griffin and The Gargoyles. Currently, he is a member of The Red Jackets, The Boat Show, MoSTLy Jazz, and is a founding member of EBTKS (Everything But The Kitchen Sink).