David Haney

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David Alan Haney (born May 7, 1955 in Fresno (California) ) is an American composer and jazz pianist .

Live and act

Haney grew up in Calgary, Canada . He graduated from the University of New Orleans in 1977 and then continued his studies at Clarke College in Vancouver . From 1980 he received private lessons from the composer Tomas Svoboda . During this time he worked as a composer of contemporary music. His works have been performed in Portland, Oregon and at Linfield College , McMinnville (Oregon) . He wrote more than a hundred compositions of sacred music.

From 1997 he turned to jazz. He became known through his collaboration first with Julian Priester , John Tchicai and Hank Jones , then also with Buell Neidlinger , Han Bennink , Mat Marucci and Wilbert de Joode , with whom he recorded several albums for the 2000s in various formations under his own name Recorded label Cadence and CIMP . He gave a solo concert at Porgy & Bess in Vienna . In 2004 he went on a concert tour with Julian Priester in Belgium, Germany and France. He played with his own trio at the Valparaíso Jazz Festival ; With the trio, to which the two bassists Michael Bisio and Adam Lane belonged, the albums Blues Royale and Blue Flint Girl were created in 2006 during sessions for CIMP . In 2008 he recorded duets with drummer Andrew Cyrille ( extended to a trio on some pieces with Dominic Duval ). Haney lives and works in Portland.

Discographic notes

  • The David Haney Collective - Live from Yoshi’s (Cadence, 2000) with John Tchicai
  • For Sale: Five Million Cash (Cadence, 2001) Duo with Julian Priester
  • The Music (CIMP, 2005) with Julian Priester, Adam Lane
  • Blue Flint Girl (CIMP, 2009) trio
  • Clandestine / Conspiracy a Go Go (CIMP, 2008) with Andrew Cyrille, Dominic Duval
  • Daniel Carter / Hillard Greene / David Haney: Live Constructions (2018)

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SURNAME Haney, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haney, David Alan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Fresno (California)