Jake Clemons (born February 27, 1980) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Since 2012, he has been the saxophonist for

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, after the death of the band's original saxophonist, his uncle

Clarence Clemons Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr. (January 11, 1942 – June 18, 2011), also known as The Big Man, was an American saxophonist. From 1972 until his death in 2011, he was the saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band. Clemons rel ...

. Clemons has performed various instruments including percussion and backing vocals on Springsteen's Wrecking Ball Tour,

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and

The River Tour The River Tour was a concert tour featuring Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band that took place in 1980 and 1981, beginning concurrently with the release of Springsteen's album '' The River''. Itinerary The first leg of the tour took place ...

. Clemons attended the Virginia Governor's School for the Arts to study jazz performance. Clemons also has performed with

Eddie Vedder Eddie Jerome Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III; December 23, 1964) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and one of three guitarists for the rock band Pearl Jam. He was previously a gues ...

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and

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. Clemons released a solo album titled ''Fear & Love'' in January 2017.

Tours with Jake Clemons Band

* Ireland, England, Scotland – Oct – Nov 2014 *Australia – 2014 * Australia – March 2015 * Ireland/ Canada – Spring 2017 * Ireland/UK – Fall 2017 * Summer Road Trip – Canada, USA, UK – 2018

Tours with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Wrecking Ball World Tour The Wrecking Ball World Tour was a concert tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band to promote Springsteen's seventeenth studio album, '' Wrecking Ball'', which was released on March 5, 2012. It was the first tour for the E Street Band wi ...

(2012–2013) *

(2014) *

The River Tour 2016 The River Tour was a concert tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in support of Springsteen's 2015 '' The Ties That Bind: The River Collection'' box set and in celebration of the 35th anniversary of Springsteen's 1980 album, '' The ...

(2016) * Australia & New Zealand Summer Tour (2017), billed as Summer 17. *

Springsteen and E Street Band 2023–2025 Tour The Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2023–2025 Tour is an ongoing concert tour by American singer Bruce Springsteen and his backing band the E Street Band. The tour began on February 1, 2023, in Tampa, Florida. Due to band member illne ...

(2023–2025)

References

External links

* 1980 births Living people African-American rock musicians American male saxophonists E Street Band members 21st-century American saxophonists {{US-saxophonist-stub