Wally plays a custom Hollywood #8 and a Vintage #7* on his Yamaha tenor and soprano saxes

A native of Greensboro, NC, Wally West is one of North Carolina's most highly respected and in demand performers and educators. Wally earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Saxophone Performance from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA (1983). He has performed all across the US, Europe, and the Caribbean, touring, recording, and performing with such popular acts as Aretha Franklin, The Four Tops and Natalie Cole, as well as Tony Bennett, Mercer Ellington, Ellis Marsalis and countless other jazz artists. He is on the jazz studies faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Additionally, Wally serves as saxophone and jazz instructor at The Music Center, a division of City Arts and Greensboro (NC) Parks and Recreation. Mr. West has been featured on the cover and in an eight-page article/interview in Saxophone Journal (March/April 2001). Wally serves as music director and project coordinator for the John Coltrane Jazz Workshop in High Point, NC. Wally is also on the Board of Advisors at Guilford Technical Community College's Larry Gatlin School of Entertainment Technology. He is an artist-endorser for YAMAHA musical instruments.