Elliot Humberto Kavee

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Elliot Humberto Kavee is an American jazz - drummer and - cellist , composer and actor .

Kavee is a member of various bands; so he is next to the pianist Vijay Iyer and the saxophonist Aaron Stewart Coleader of the group Fieldwork . With Omar Sosa's band he went on a six-year world tour and recorded four albums. With saxophonist Francis Wong , he recorded more than a dozen albums that received multiple Grammy nominations.

He is also a member of Rudresh Mahanthappa's Quartet, Henry Threadgills Zooid , the Frame group (with Eric Crystal , Dave Macnab and Hillel Familant ) and the Club Foot Orchestra and has worked as a sideman a. a. with Joseph Jarman , Steve Coleman , Don Cherry , Cecil Taylor , Ben Goldberg , John Tchicai , Glenn Horiuchi , Elliott Sharp , Tim Berne and Jon Jang . Since 1995 he has released a number of albums as a band leader, all of which appeared on the Eliasound label .

Kavee was also an actor, composer, writer and musical director with the San Francisco Mime Troupe ; he received the Drama-Logue Award here . He also composed film, television and drama music.

Discography

  • Lament of Absalom with William Roper , Francis Wong, 1995
  • Duets 1 with Francis Wong, 1996
  • elliot humberto kavee , solo album, 1996
  • Pariah with Ben Goldberg, Francis Wong, 1997
  • Eavesdroppin ' with Graham Connah , Trevor Dunn , Rob Sudduth , 1997
  • White House Tape , 1997
  • elLIot kaVEe , 1997
  • Sangre with Ben Goldberg, Francis Wong, 1998
  • Robert Is Fourty , 1998
  • here's how it happened with Nathan Hanson , 1999
  • Live at The Internet Cafe , 1999
  • Live in France , 1999
  • Full Circle with Francis Wong, Nathan Hanson, Trevor Dunn, 2000

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