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Cory Combs: Valencia

Read "Valencia" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Valencia is a trip through the eclectic mind of Cory Combs, a terrific bassist and a mean cellist. Combs and the other members of his trio, drummer John Hollenbeck (of the Claudia Quintet) and saxophonist Dan Willis, are all graduates of the Eastman School and have been playing together since then. Combs says that he wrote the pieces on Valencia with Hollenbeck and Willis in mind, and the sensitivity and cohesiveness of the group is impressive. The ...

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Cory Combs featuring John Hollenbeck and Dan Willis: Valencia

Read "Cory Combs featuring John Hollenbeck and Dan Willis: Valencia" reviewed by Phil DiPietro


Cory Combs featuring John Hollenbeck and Dan Willis Valencia Evander Music 2006

One of 2006's finest slices of modern jazz has been turned in by a high school music teacher! Cory Combs teaches in San Francisco's Mission District, at a school on Valencia Street, where he says we can see “every facet of life represented. He's a virtuoso practitioner of seven-stringed electric bass, on which he displays a deft touch and colossal ...

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Stanford Jazz Workshop Names Cory Combs Executive Director

Stanford Jazz Workshop Names Cory Combs Executive Director

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations

Stanford Jazz Workshop names Cory Combs as its new Executive Director. Combs will work with Stanford Jazz Workshop Founder and Artistic Director Jim Nadel to provide the strategic vision and operational leadership as the non-profit organization embarks on a period of growth and transition. Combs succeeds longtime Executive Director David Miller, who is retiring. For more information, visit StanfordJazz.org. Founded in 1972 by Stanford University graduate and saxophonist Nadel, who has served as the Artistic Director for its over 50-year-history, ...

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Itkuja Suite,...

Edgetone Records
2023

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Valencia

Evander Music
2006

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