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Brian Cutright

Brian Cutright was born on September 23,1989. He started playing drums at four years old. In his senior year in High School he received the Louis Armstrong Jazz award in 2008. He graduated from Hastings College in 2013 with a degree in Music Performance. Brian began playing professionally in 2011 and is proficient in all forms of music, although he prefers jazz. He began composing and arranging music in 2013. His style suggests the entire history of jazz from Max Roach to Antonio Sanchez. He has appeared with Grammy Award winner Davy Spillane and Blues Hall of fame inductee Jimmy D. Lane, most notably.

Awards

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award (2008)


Tags

Primary Instrument

Drums

Location

Lincoln

Willing to teach

Advanced only

Credentials/Background

Brian Cutright graduated from Hastings College in 2013 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Music Performance. Since then Brian has been composing original compositions as well as arranging standards to be performed and recorded, and freelancing as much as possible.

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