Curtis Nowosad

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Curtis Nowosad (born April 2, 1988 in Belleville , Ontario ) is a Canadian musician ( drums , composition ) of modern jazz .

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Curtis Nowosad grew up in Winnipeg , Manitoba and earned a bachelor's degree in jazz from the University of Manitoba , where he had lessons from Terreon Gully and Quincy Davis ; a Masters degree followed from the Manhattan School of Music , where he was a Fellow of the Jazz Institute and had lessons with John Riley and Jim McNeely . During this time he performed with the MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Bobby Sanabria . In the course of his career so far he has worked a. a. with Donny McCaslin , Stefon Harris , Miguel Zenón , Jack Wilkins , George Colligan , Dave Douglas , Steve Wilson , Marc Cary , Philip Harper , Craig Harris and Jacques Schwarz-Bart , Cándido Camero , Dave Liebman , Jimmy Owens and Kenny Barron .

After his debut album The Skeptic & the Cynic (2012, inter alia with the pianist Taylor Eigsti ) Nowosad and his quintet released the album Dialectics (Cellar Live) in 2015, which was nominated for the Juno Award as "Jazz Album of the Year: Solo" ; Contributing musicians were Jimmy Greene , Derrick Gardner , Steve Kirby and Will Bonness . Nowosad has received several awards and grants, including a. he performed as the winner of the Keep an Eye Jazz Award 2014 in the Bimhuis in Amsterdam; He was twice Artist in Residence ( Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead ) at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC In 2017 he also worked on John Pittman's album Kinship . In 2019 he presented a self-titled album, which he u. a. with Duane Eubanks , Braxton Cook and Andrew Renfroe .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Curtis Novosad. Smalls, January 11, 2019, accessed January 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Juno
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 10, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Nowosad, Curtis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 2nd, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Belleville, Ontario