SGM Andrew Layton was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, but raised in the great state of Washington. He is the Element Leader of the Jazz Ambassadors. After attending Kentridge High School in Kent, Washington, a school nationally recognized for its excellence in music, he attended the Berklee School of Music. After two years, he transferred to the University of North Texas. While there, he played lead alto saxophone with the prestigious Two O’Clock and One O’Clock Lab Bands. SGM Layton graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education degree in 1999, and shortly thereafter became the lead alto saxophonist with the Jazz Ambassadors. SGM Layton and his wife Debbie have been married since 2001 and welcomed their first child, Sidney, in the summer of 2009.