Xavier Del Castillo is a saxophonist and composer based in Brooklyn, New York. Since graduating from the Manhattan School of Music, he has performed with numerous jazz and new music ensembles including Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days, Cat Toren's Human Kind, the Kyle Athayde Dance Party, the RAD Jazz Orchestra, Patrick Bartley’s Dream Weaver Society, Ben Rosenblum's Nebula Project, Mat Muntz’ Phantom Islands, Tim Rachbach's Under One Moon, Alec Goldfarb's Laughing Coffin and Brooklyn Qawwali Party. He has co-led various ensembles like Brickwork (formerly Mughal Muesli) and the Arsonists as well as leading his own small groups as well as the jazz prog metal fusion band The White Visitation, recordings of which can be found on Bandcamp and YouTube. He has performed throughout the world at numerous festivals including BRIC JazzFest, Chicago Jazz Festival, Winter Jazzfest, Earshot Jazz: The Second Century, Havana International Jazz Festival, Angra Jazz, Festival Internacional Cervantino, St. Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival and Sitka Jazz Festival as well as venues like Birdland, Dizzy’s Club, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Kennedy Center, Roulette, Public Records, Littlefield, MoMA, Carnegie Hall, Palacio de Bellas Artes in CDMX and the 55 Bar.