David Hazeltine

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David Hazeltine

David Hazeltine (born October 27, 1958 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ) is an American jazz pianist .

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David Hazeltine began his professional career at the age of 13, initially performing in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas. Shortly before starting his studies, he gave up his original desire to become an electrical engineer in favor of a music career. As the resident pianist of the Jazz Gallery in Milwaukee, he had the opportunity to accompany guest jazz musicians such as Sonny Stitt , Pepper Adams , Charles McPherson , Al Cohn , Lou Donaldson , Eddie Harris and Chet Baker . The latter convinced him to come to New York for the first time after 1981. After a temporary return to his hometown, he finally moved to the Big Apple in 1992 , where he had 23 appearances in the Star Cafe with musicians such as Curtis Fuller and Junior Cook . In the next few years he also worked with Jon Hendricks , in a trio with Louis Hayes and Peter Washington and in Eric Alexander's sextet One for All , as well as with Steve Davis , Jim Rotondi and Joe Locke ; With Rotondi he also leads the radio band Full House .

Around 1990 he made his debut album After Hours (Go Jazz) in a trio with Billy Peterson and Kenny Horst ; followed by productions under his own name in trio, quartet and quintet line-up for the Sharp Nine and Criss Cross Jazz labels . He has also worked on productions by Tony Coe , Mike DiRubbo , Jon Faddis , Joe Farnsworth , Louis Hayes ( Louis at Large , 1996), Brian Lynch , James Moody ( Homage , 2003), Eric Reed , Jerome Richardson , Jim Snidero and John Swana With. Hazeltine also worked as a music teacher; so he was involved in setting up a jazz program at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, taught at times at the Berklee College of Music and gives private lessons.

He describes composing as extended improvisation and he can approach the music more slowly. In addition, compositions for him are in a process of development that has to be repeatedly improved. He is influenced by Buddy Montgomery .

Discographic notes

  • The Classic Trio (Sharp Nine, 1996) with Louis Hayes, Peter Washington
  • The Classic Trio, Vol. 2 (2000) with Louis Hayes, Peter Washington
  • Manhattan Autumn (Sharp Nine, 2002) with Eric Alexander
  • Close to You ( Criss Cross Jazz , 2003) with Joe Farnsworth
  • Modern Standards (Sharp Nine, 2004)
  • The New Classic Trio (Sharp Nine 2012) with George Mraz, Joe Farnsworth

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Interview in All about Jazz
  2. ↑ a b Discographic information based on Richard Cook / Brian Morton , The Penguin Guide to Jazz , 8th edition 2006, p. 617.
personal data
SURNAME Hazeltine, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee , Wisconsin