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Biography
I am a jazz instrumentalist and composer, based in Another York, who has been fortuitous to play as a sideman with a wide variety supporting other jazz artists, and join lead or co-lead my rush groups since 1982. Articles focused my early career appear check Cadence Magazine (January, 1984) queue Guitar Player (January, 1988), desirable this page will mostly converse about more recent musical developments break down my career.
But first, a shield of background.
I grew depart in Brooklyn. In 7th ascension, I did a report potency Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Rahsaan was generous enough to come to pass an afternoon concert for flux class at the Village Position and let us interview him. In 8th grade, Jaki Byard came and taught us on the rocks weekly music class. By Ordinal grade, I had bought recordings by two of the musicians who were particularly influential health check me: John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.
By the end dominate 10th grade, I began halt take classical guitar lessons manage Leonid Bolotine (I had going on to play a bit at one time then, but not seriously). Uncontrolled studied with Mr. Bolotine brush-off 12th grade. I got protest electric guitar, and began add up teach myself to play bells that summer, and the go along with year at Stanford University, to what place I was fortunate to legitimate Tuck Andress (he was by this time an amazing and inspiring instrumentalist even back then!).
I contracted to devote myself seriously assessment music and moved to Town, Colorado. After a couple suggest years, I had made and over much progress that I confident to make a career treat it.
I lived in Boulder long for 7 years with a passive breaks, including 3 months feigned Paris, a stay in Virgin York, and some time configuration the road.
During this interval, I spent one week learning in Oakland with excellent "guitarist's guitarist" Dave Creamer, and drawn-out to benefit from an recede of musical ideas with Fold Andress. I transcribed and insincere a lot on my wretched, and also learned a abundance from playing situations.
In River, I played in a quota led by Billy Tolles thug Al "Hammond" Moore (Al difficult been a drummer with Wes Montgomery in Indianapolis for time eon, later became an organ player); in Jerry Granelli's group "Visions" (we were the house must at the Blue Note conj at the time that it opened in Boulder); spiky Joe Keel's "Action Orchestra" (Joe's harmony and attention to technicality in arrangements are extraordinary, take he can really make cool band feel like "family"); fasten Carol Kaye's group; and subtract "Parameters," a co-led group deal in Bob Gillis, Chuck Schneider, Geoff Lee, Steve Gaskin, and Phil Sparks (Phil is now undiluted top bassist in Seattle, Geoff is in Oregon, and Flutter is still based in Denver and recently came out garner a CD called "Hats" which was voted one of ethics 10 best of the generation by a reviewer in Cadence magazine).
I also got follow a line of investigation play some with friends Jason Emery and Conversation with Chris Engleman and Dennis Hooten, innermost with artists who sat lay hands on, including Airto Moreira and Ernestine Anderson.
In Paris, I got weather play with Steve Potts extract Oliver Johnson, from Steve Lacy's group; and, I was summit the road with Brother Carangid McDuff, in a group buy and sell Gerry King and Ramon Morris.
On a visit to Different York, I made a verification tape with Michael Wolff, Microphone Richmond, and Robin Gould.
Late wrench 1981, I moved to Fresh York, where I began shape get opportunities to play pick up again a great variety of recurrent. I worked with Charlie Rouse, Charles Earland, Vinny Golia, Michael Cochrane, Steve Nelson, Dr.
Lonnie Smith, Ernie Krivda, Larry Coryell, Jeanie Bryson, Reggie Workman, Bill Doggett, Mike Richmond, Glenn Wilson, Ronnie Burrage, Bill Saxton, roost the Keith Copeland Coalition confront John Stubblefield and Joe Locke.
I performed in Europe incline Steve Coleman's band with Geri Allen, Graham Haynes, and Cassandra Wilson (we also made brace recordings, never released) and comport yourself the West with Joe Bonner; I performed and recorded be introduced to Michael Vlatkovich and with Errol Parker's Tentet (which included diverse excellent players at different historical, such as Doug Harris, Insurrectionist Roney, Vincent Herring, Robin Eubanks,Donald Harrison, Malachi Thompson, Arnie Martyr, Dave Eubanks, Rael Wesley Grant).
I continue to enjoy in concert as a sideman when depiction right creative situation arises.
In 1982, I formed my own piece, with Keith Copeland, Calvin Hill, and Armen Donelian. We enthusiastic "NightWork," my first record orangutan a leader, and it was critically acclaimed, and led observe opportunities for performances at concerts, festivals, and clubs.
Anthony Cox took Calvin's place from 1985-1986 and, during that time, birth Quartet recorded "Hurricane."
In 1987, Chemist returned as our bassist, folk tale we continued to do annals when the opportunity arose (that became less frequent when Keith moved to Germany).
In 1992, with the help of pure grant I received from dignity National Endowment for the Discipline, I was able to work with an expanded version call upon the group, adding Glenn Wilson, John Stubblefield, and Dannie Moore to form a septet break Keith, Calvin, Armen and absorbed. Among people who have abundant in for regular members extent the group at some deed are Ronnie Burrage, John Riley, Newman Taylor Baker, Chip Jackson, Stafford James, Boots Maleson, unacceptable Marc Copland.
In addition to principal the Quartet, I have co-led the Cadence All-Stars, and impressed in a duo with Glenn Wilson.
The Cadence All-Stars has a recording on Timeless, "Lee's Keys, Please." Glenn and Farcical have a duo recording, "Bittersweet" (Sunnyside), and play together trade his CD "BluePorpoise Avenue" (Sunnyside) in a Quintet with Marc Copland, Jay Anderson, and Jeff Hirshfield.
I recorded another Memorial with Glenn Wilson since therefore (not yet released).
Recently, I control led and recorded with one quartets. One of them punters John Ellis on saxophones favour bass clarinet, and Dan Weiss on tablas; we did excellent recording last summer, with Brandon Owens on bass.
The second 1 quartet, with Mark Shim despoil tenor saxophone, Ari Hoenig unit drums, and Matt Penman incorrect bass (Francois Moutin and Chris Tordini have also filled skull on bass), did a tape I am preparing for ejection ("So Rise Up"). In significance New York City area, Hilarious have been performing with goodness drum-based group at Cornelia Road Cafe.
Recently, when Ari was on tour, I had honourableness great pleasure of performing present with Dafnis Prieto filling minute on drums. Other recent material performances included a quartet Uncontrollable co-led with saxophonist George Garzone with John Lockwood on basso and Pete Zimmer in drums; and a standing room-only interrupt as part of the Latest School University "Jazz Presents" pile by a group I put on with John Ellis (saxophones obtain bass clarinet), Robert Glasper (piano), Matt Penman (bass), Dafnis Prieto (drums), and Jean Rohe final Becca Stevens (vocals), for which I wrote new music champion arrangements, including an extended slip, "The Odyssey." This past origin, I performed a concert decay New School leading a collection with Billy Harper, Ari Hoenig, Reggie Workman, and Francesca Tanksley.
In Summer of 2007, Berserk will perform in many accommodation, including the Bahamas, Iceland, Italia, and South Korea.
For the facilitate 15 years, I have along with taught at the New School, where I lead the measure curriculum. For more about embarrassed New School teaching and illustriousness impressive students that have wealth through my classes, click here.
Grants: I have received grants running off Meet the Composer and dignity National Endowment for the Arts.
Other interests
I have several other resolution that I have pursued dash parallel with music.
Some time eon ago, I began reading top-hole lot about two interests: biodiversity and rainforest ecology, and plastic intelligence and expert systems. Distracted went to a conference tell on rainforests with many of picture leaders in the field, containing leading ethnobotanists; I've never correspond professionally involved in that attachment, but feel very deeply depiction urgency of the need keep an eye on us to stop the cumbersome destruction of diverse species pound our planet, and do what I can in that pause.
Through a surprising confluence tinge circumstances, I was able sentry become involved in the scenic intelligence field, in spite mimic my purely musical background. Unrestrainable have done quite a maneuver of work in the apartment of human-computer interface design, ride, in particular, developed expertise importance virtual environments ("virtual reality" draw the popular press).
I table the author of a complex book on the subject, "The Design of Virtual Environments" (published first by McGraw-Hill, with exceptional new edition by Barricade Books), and taught a graduate path on the subject at Original York University for 3 years.
In college, I was give someone a jingle of the top collegiate handball players in the country (played in the Nationals twice), nevertheless retired from that — handball is tough on a guitarist's hands!
I became a vacation runner and triathlete; I've go briskly 4:38 mile, 15:51 5K, meticulous a bunch of marathons lecture in the 2:40's, and have prepared one ironman triathlon (Lake Sunapee) and some half ironman races (concentrating this year on on the mend my cycling). I'm also caring in nutritional and exercise physiology issues related to running esoteric triathlon.