Ikechi Onyenaka is an American Jazz Saxophonist, Multi-Instrumentalist, Singer-Songwriter, and Recording Artist from Upper Darby, Pennsylvania on the rise in modern jazz. Although his primary instrument is the alto saxophone, he also plays the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, piano, keyboard, bass, and drums.
As a saxophonist and songwriter, he takes a wide range of influences from the likes of Grover Washington Jr, Kenny Garrett, Robert Glasper, Stevie Wonder, and Nas. Through emotionally driven saxophone melodies, atmospheric piano chords, and immaculate bass lines, Ikechi Onyenaka has truly created his own lane in modern jazz with his new heartfelt debut EP, ‘The City Dreams EP’.
With his YouTube Channel, he has garnered over 5K subscribers, uploaded over 1,000 YouTube videos to date, and has been able to entertain well over 1,000,000 people worldwide with his vlogs, song covers, and performance videos. Ikechi’s work has been shared by numerous world-renowned artists and companies on social media. Some of which include Will Smith, Pitbull, DJ Khaled, We The Best Music Group, Snoop Dogg, DDG, Paidway T.O, OG Parker, C5, Bankrol Hayden, Rotimi, Romeo Miller, Jaleel Shaw, Be ON IT, LeriQ, Amorphous, Reel Goats, Facebook Watch, and ATTN. His previous supported acts include Khalid and The Strumbellas. Ikechi aspires to become a world-renowned solo artist as well as a sideman for both mainstream and independent artists.