Master Sergeant Geoff Vidal joined the West Point Band in 2013. A jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator, he earned a Bachelor of Music from University of Massachusetts Amherst. Prior to enlisting in the U.S. Army, Master Sgt. Vidal took first prize in the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival saxophone competition. In 2010, Master Sgt. Vidal released his debut album “She Likes That” on the Arts & Music Factory label to critical acclaim. In 2003, he was accepted into the prestigious Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. While in college at University of Massachusetts Amherst, Master Sgt. Vidal was the recipient of several Downbeat Student Music Awards as an outstanding collegiate soloist and was a member of the famed Jazz Ensemble I under the direction of Jeff Holmes. He has recorded on over two dozen albums as a sideman and released an EP called “GV5 (All The Way Live)” in December of 2022. In addition to leading his own small group in the Hudson Valley, Master Sgt. Vidal directs the Analog Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece big band comprised of the area’s finest jazz musicians and composers.
