David Gibson

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David Gibson (* 1968 or 1969) is an American jazz musician ( trombone , composition ) with a hard bop tradition.

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Gibson began playing the trombone in Mound, Minnesota Elementary School. He then grew up in Yukon, Oklahoma; after his potential became apparent in high school, he studied jazz at the University of Central Oklahoma and attended Clark Terry's summer camps . At an annual meeting of the International Trombone Association , he won the Frank Rosolino Scholarship and met his role model Curtis Fuller for the first time . After completing his bachelor's degree, he completed a master's degree in the composition program of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester in the mid-1990s . During this time he played with musicians like Slide Hampton , Jon Faddis and the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All Star Big Band, with Roy Hargrove , Jimmy Heath and James Moody .

After moving to New York City in 1999, he worked with Orrin Evans and George Gee . In 2002 his debut album Maja was released , in 2003 he was a finalist at the Thelonious Monk International Trombone Competition ; In the following years he put on a number of albums under his own name and performed with his quintet in New York jazz clubs, such as Smalls , Fat Cat and Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center . In addition to his own compositions, his repertoire includes arrangements of titles by Wild Bill Davis and Eric Clapton . In 2014, he released Boom! (Posi-tone), with Josh Evans , Theo Hill (piano), Alexander Claffy (double bass) and Kush Abadey (drums); Inner Agent followed in 2016 with the same label .

In the field of jazz, he was involved in over 30 recording sessions between 1998 and 2018, according to Tom Lord . Gibson currently (2019) leads a quintet that includes Freddie Hendrix, Davis Whitfield , Joseph Lepore and Jason Brown (drums).

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  1. ↑ David Gibson: Propelling the story forward. In: All About Jazz . Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b David Gibson, Trombone. Smalls, September 1, 2019, accessed September 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ David Gibson: Boom! In: All About Jazz. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b David Gibson: Inner Agent. In: All About Jazz. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 16, 2019)
  6. ↑ Gordon Polat Nick: David Gibson: Maya. All About Jazz, July 17, 2002, accessed September 16, 2019 .
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SURNAME Gibson, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (trombone)
DATE OF BIRTH 1968 or 1969