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World Instruments
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JAZZ GROUP
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Mundo Caliente
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WML Listening-Room
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- About Me:
- I teach, compose music, and play the trumpet and other instruments in Chicago. In 2006 my trio -- Ways & Means -- released its debut CD, entitled “Fire of Dream”; this recording features a collaboration with poet Ed Roberson. From 2005 till 2006 The Ways & Means Trio hosted a monthly series at Muse Café called Lower & Upper Limits, which showcased collaborations between poets and musicians. Dan has worked with Jim Ryan, Daniele Cavallanti, Tiziano Tononi, Joel Wanek, Jayve Montgomery, Eric Glick Rieman, Guillermo Gregorio, Tom Abbs, Jerome Bryerton, Mankwe Ndosi, David Boykin, Douglas Ewart, Paul Hartsaw, Mars Williams, Steve Cohn, Nicole Mitchell, Briggan Krauss, Alex Wing, Ben Boye, Bill MacKay, Joshua Manchester, Federico Ughi, Clifton Hyde, and other musicians.
Ways & Means Trio is Joel Wanek (upright bass), Jayve Montgomery (woodwind instruments, electronics, percussion), and me (trumpet & percussion). Ways & Means Trio's debut recording is "Fire of Dream." You can find out more about this recording at http://cdbaby.com/cd/waysmeanstrio. Audio of two in-studio performances at WNUR can be accessed at http://www.wnur.org/jazzshow/special/.
In November of last year several friends and I started a new performance venue in Chicago called Brown Rice. There are five people involved with Brown Rice -- Renee Baker, Ben Gray, Joel Wanek, Jayve Montgomery, and me. We've been booking shows at Brown Rice since the beginning of Februrary 2008. www.brownricemusic.org
I work with the Borderbend Arts Collective to make the annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival happen. Chicago Calling provides opportunities for Chicago based artists to collaborate with artists living in other locations around the world. www.chicagocalling.org
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Sorry that it has taken me so long to communicate, but I maintain all of my sites and work hard as an artist, so please accept my apology for having such limited time.
Now that is off my chest; Thanks for being my friend here. I hope to build some strong relationships and networking opportunities while I am here. Talk to you soon.
Hey Dan! I've have been playing enough years to be a far better player than I am, but I am now working on consistency as a critical part of performing.
Phoenix is such a fun place if you know where to go. It is finally developing into a major city and soon will be more international in its appearance and culture. Make sure you come back for a visit.
Spooky Cool
Your Friend in the Spiritual Age
Thank you for the link. I'll have a look at it.
I'm glad you asked. That is not a pocket trumpet I'm playing. It's an invention of mine I call the trombetto. It is the only horn of its kind in existence. It is based on an Amati pocket cornet (larger bore than a pocket trumpet) and played with a trombone mouthpiece. I also added a 4th valve that permits access chromatically to the lowest C on the piano.
You can read about it on Wikipedia and learn even more at the following:
http://trombetto.june08pa.peopleaggregator.net
Back in 1965 when I joined my first band - "The Atlantics" - playing Stax and Motown 'covers', my friends had a similar band called... wait for it... "Ways and Means"!!!!!
What goes around comes around!!!!
You chose a great name for your band!!!!
Keep on making that good music!
Cheers!
Mike C.
:)peace
Une'
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