Dave Sewelson

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David "Dave" Sewelson (* 1952 in Oakland , California ) is an American jazz musician ( baritone saxophone , baritone horn , harmonica , vocals ).

Live and act

Sewelson learned the trumpet at the age of nine before switching to the baritone horn at the age of eleven. After playing the drums, he took up the electric bass at the age of 13, before making the baritone saxophone his main instrument as a young adult. In 1978 he moved to New York City and settled in the East Village , where he played with various avant-garde bands. The 25 O'Clock Band (with Robin Holcomb and Wayne Horvitz ), a trio with David Hofstra and Richard Dworkin , Jemeel Moondoc's Jus Grew Orchestra , the formations Noise R Us and Mofungo (both with Phillip Johnston ), Freedomland and Almost 'n Bulbous (with Joe Fiedler and Gary Lucas ). Sewelson was a founding member of the Microscopic Septet with William Parker and played for many years in William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra . In the field of jazz he was involved in 41 recording sessions between 1976 and 2000. In 1981 he published the album Synchro-Incity under his own name . In 2002 he performed a Captain Beefheart project at the Saalfelden Jazz Festival .

Discographic notes

  • Microscopic Septet: Off Beat Glory (1986)
  • William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra Flowers Grow In My Room (1994)
  • William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Sunrise in the Tone World ( AUM Fidelity , 1997)
  • Phillip Johnston: Music for Films (Tzadik, 1998)
  • William Parker: Long Hidden: The Olmec Series (AUM Fidelity, 2006)
  • Claire Daly : 2 Sisters, Inc - Scaribari (2007)
  • Almost 'N' Bulbous: Waxed Oop (An Impetuous Stream Bubbled Up) ( Cuneiform Records , 2009), with Philip Johnston, Jesse Krakow, Richard Dworkin, Gary Lucas, Joe Fiedler, Rob Henke
  • Peter Kuhn / Dave Sewelson / Gerald Cleaver / Larry Roland : Our Earth / Our World (pfMENTUM, 2016)
  • Music for a Free World (20017)
  • More Music for a Free World (Mahakala Music, 2020)
  • Dux Orchestra - Dave Sewelson / Mats Gustafsson / Susie Ibarra / Will Connell Jr. / Dave Hofstra / Walter “Sweet” Perkins / JC Morrison: Duck Walks Dog (with Mixed Results) (NoBuiness, 2020)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait on MySpace
  2. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
personal data
SURNAME Sewelson, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sewelson, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (baritone saxophone, baritone horn, harmonica, vocals)
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakland , California