Jim Knapp
Jim Knapp (born July 28, 1939 in Chicago ) is an American jazz trumpeter , composer , band leader , arranger , who worked as a university teacher for a long time.
Live and act
Knapp graduated from the University of Illinois , Champaign-Urbana, where he earned a bachelor's and master's degree in composition. From the early 1970s taught at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle , where he has lived since; with his big band , the Jim Knapp Orchestra , he recorded three albums a. a. for Origin Records . Around 2010 he worked with the string ensemble Scrape , led jointly with violinist Eyvind Kang , for which he wrote the composition Just a Moment . Knapp is the author of the book Jazz Harmony . His compositions influenced musicians like Jim McNeely or Myra Melford . He has also worked on recordings with First Avenue (ECM, 1980) and Jay Clayton ( Tito's Acid Trip 1995). As a result of diabetes , his right leg had to be amputated. In Seattle, Cornish College and the Earshot Festival organized a benefit concert for him in November 2011.
Discographic notes
- Secular Breathing (Origin, 2003)
- On Going Home (Seabreeze, 1995)
- Things for Now (A Records, 1998)
Lexical entry
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Web presence at Cornish College
- Jim Knapp at Allmusic (English)
- Jim Knapp at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Close, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |