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David Kane was born in Scotland in 1955 and is a dual national of the US and UK. He started composing and playing piano at the age of eight. After moving to the US in 1965 he took up the clarinet and saxophone and started studying seriously in his early teens. After he moved to Washington DC 1975, he embarked on a five year period of intensive study with the legendary teacher, Asher Zlotnik. He also studied with Ludmila Ulehla, Alan Mandel and had lessons with Clare Fischer during this period. Thereafter he began his professional career in earnest. He currently lives in a suburb of Washington DC with his wife, Cynthia and his daughters, Celeste and Ariel. Credits: Pianist: David Kane is recognized throughout the Washington, D.C. area as a musician who is equally at home performing jazz or classical music. Over the years he has played for an impressive list of jazz stars, including * Woody Shaw * Mark Murphy * Dizzy Gillespie * the Duke Ellington Orchestra * Nancy Wilson, * Maxine Sullivan * Michelle Hendricks * Tito Puente, * Paul Bollenback * Jim Snidero * Charlie Byrd * Steve Kujala * Marlene Verplanck * Eddie Daniels * Dave Liebman He has also recorded four CDs as a leader in addition to recordings with others such as Rumba Club, Craig Fraedrich, Tthe US Airmen of Note, Rick Lillard, Eddie Vann, Lisa Rich, Dave Liebman, Drew Gress, Craig Fraederich, Pam Bricker and countless studio dates for others. In the world of Classical Music .he has performed with: * The Twentieth Century Consort * Baltimore Symphony Orchestra * National Symphony Orchestra * Arlington Symphony Orchestra (soloist in Petrushka) * Fairfax Symphony Orchestra * Alexandria Symphony Orchestra * Charlotte Church * Concert Artists of Baltimore * National Gallery Orchestra * Chicago Sinfonietta, * Kennedy Center Orchestra * Mid-Atlantic Chamber Orchestra * Joshua Bell * Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in addition to many chamber music and recital performances ———————————————————————————————————— Composer David Kane has been writing film and TV music since 1982. Among his many credits: National Geographic TV 2003-2004 Season 2 and 3 of Taboo National Geographic Special 2004 In Search of the Phoenecians- PBS Feature Film 2003 Crazy Like a Fox starring Roger Rees and Mary McDonnel Nature 2003 Mystery in Alaska nominated for Best Score, Jackson Hole Film Festival Learning Channel 2002 Jane Austen Great Books Series Smithsonian World 1985 Elephant on the Hill National Geographic Explorer 1982-1988 over 50 segments TV Series Corporate Clients IBM, NASA, American Red Cross, Intl.

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David Kane: Machinery Of The Night

Read "Machinery Of The Night" reviewed by Nic Jones


The super-abundance of jazz musicians on CD has had the curious effect of making composition an area in which they can stake out territory of their own. That can be an important step on their way to what must still be that holiest of grails: the realisation of their own musical identity.

David Kane is a case in point. In penning the airily rhapsodic “Other Roads," he proves that he's as in the pocket as the next person in the ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Machinery Of The Night

Magellan Jazz
2006

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Tekke

Magellan Jazz
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Grey Matters

Magellan Jazz
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I should Care

From: Tekke
By David Kane

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