BIOGRAPHY

Wesley Chin is a music transcriber and airline pilot based in the Greater Philadelphia area.

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Wesley’s musical development began at a young age with piano before picking up the alto saxophone in elementary school. His interest in jazz developed in high school, where he participated in several jazz groups and formed a jazz combo.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Wesley began transcribing jazz saxophone solos. In mid-2020, he published a book of 50 solo transcriptions of jazz saxophonist Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, entitled “Chad LB Transcribed.” Since then, Wesley has published three other transcription books with Lefkowitz-Brown, in addition to working on several projects with his jazz education company, Jazz Lesson Videos. Wesley has also worked on transcription books and projects for Grace Kelly, Leo P, Steven Feifke, Jumaane Smith, Sam Dillon, Andrew Gould, Ryan Devlin, Tim Lin, Mike Tucker, Steve Kortyka, Erena Terakubo, Vincent Herring, and Eric Alexander.

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Wesley graduated from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in 2023 with a B.S. in Finance. Besides music, Wesley’s other passion and line of work is aviation. He is currently employed as a full-time airline pilot for a major U.S. airline flying Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft.