Born: January 12, 1955 Primary Instrument: Trumpet
I am an improvising composer, arts advocate and educator; a product of the historic and fertile Black Music Division at Bennington College, directed by Bill Dixon. My early foundational studies were with the wonderful Frank Baird, who chaired the brass department at the University of Colorado's Boulder campus during the sixties and seventies. My current focus is the development of my own music for a variety of ensembles ranging from duo to nonette. I am very concerned with the plight of the local artist in his/her hometown and region, and with the importance of well-developed support for those of us who enjoy working close to home and being treated properly.
Over the years I have worked with a range of musicians, with a primary interest in large ensembles and composition: George Russell, LaMonte Young, Butch Morris, Rhys Chatham, Bill Dixon, Leroy Jenkins, JD Parran, Cecil Taylor/AHA! Orchestra, Adam Rudolph/Go: Organic Orchestra, Gunter Hampel and the Dells.
Awards:
2009/Strategic Initiative Grant/Connecticut Commision on Culture and Tourism 2005/Creation of New Works Initiative/Edward C.and Ann T. Roberts Foundation 2004/Individual Artist Fellowship/Greater Hartford Arts CouncilDouble Trio:Live at the Jazz Standard
Stephen Haynes/Taylor Ho Bynum
Engine
2008
The RAW Field Recordings
Paradigm Shift: A New Brass Band
Tautology
1995
As A Side Musician
17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur
Bill Dixon Orchestra
AUM Fidelity
2008
Cecil Taylor and Orchestra Humane (Ubuntu) Live at Iridium
Cecil Taylor
ESP
Unissued/2004
Alan Silva and the Sound Vision Orchestra
Alan Silva
Eremite
1999
Spiritstage
JD Parran
Y'All of New York
1994
Fresh Heat: Gunter Hampel Big Band Live at Sweet Basils
Gunter Hampel
Birth
1986
Bill Dixon in Italy, Volume I & II
Bill Dixon
Soulnote
1983
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Primary Instrument:
Trumpet
Location:
Wethersfield, CT
Willing to teach:
Advanced students only.
Credentials/Background:
I teach all levels on trumpet, and began teaching as an Artist in Residence with the Black Music Division of Bennington College in 1981. I also worked as a faculty member in several disciplines at The Harlem School for the Arts in the early nineties.
Clinic/Workshop Information:
Master Classes in improvisation and small ensemble practice.
Schilke XA1 Cornet
Schilke Soprano
Kanstul Flugelhorn ZKF 1525 Flugelhorn
Vintage Besson Alto Horn
