Chris Dingman (musician)

Chris Dingman (born August 21, 1980 in San Diego ) is an American jazz musician ( vibraphone , balaphone , percussion ) and composer .

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Dingman was born in the La Jolla neighborhood , north of downtown San Diego . He grew up in San José (California) and began playing piano and percussion as a child. After moving to the east coast of the USA at the age of 18 , he switched to the vibraphone. He received his bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in 2002 , where he a. a. studied with Jay Hoggard , Pheeroan AkLaff and Anthony Braxton and participated in their world music programs. In this context, he spent the summer of 2000 in Kerala, India, studying mridangam and classical South Indian music . In 2005 he toured with the Monk Institute Ensemble commissioned by the State Department through Vietnam , where he u. a. performed with Wayne Shorter , Herbie Hancock and Nnenna Freelon . At the beginning of 2007 he again went on a tour with workshops through India with Hancock and Shorter.

In 2007 he received his Master of Music from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he a. a. studied with Terence Blanchard , Ron Carter , Benny Golson , Jimmy Heath , Jerry Bergonzi and Wynton Marsalis . Dingman worked in New York City a. a. with Ambrose Akinmusire ( Prelude: to Cora , 2008), Harris Eisenstadt ( Canada Day IV , 2015), Steve Lehman ( On Meaning , 2007), Adam Rudolph ( Thought Forms , 2008), Tyshawn Sorey and Keith Witty . With Ambrose Akinmusire and Loren Stillman he released his debut album Waking Dreams on Pi Recordings in 2011 . Fabian Almazan invited him to the New Jazz Meeting in 2015 , where the album Realm of Possibilities was created. In 2020 he released the album Embrace (Inner Arts Initiative).

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SURNAME	Dingman, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 21, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Diego