John D'Earth
John D'Earth (* the thirtieth March 1950 in Holliston , Massachusetts , and John D'earth ) is an American jazz - trumpet player and composer .
D'Earth started his career with Boots Mussulli. He studied English literature at Harvard , where he also worked as an assistant. Then he moved to New York City , where he studied with Carmine Caruso, Vince Penzarella and Richie Beirach . With the drummer Robert Jospe and the singer Dawn Thompson, who D'Earth later married, he founded the formation Cosmology (album of the same name in 1977 with Collin Walcott and Armen Donelian ). He then worked u. a in the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra , The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band (with which he accompanied Miles Davis in Montreux ), with Buddy Rich , Lionel Hampton , Klaus König ( Reviews , 1995), Bob Moses , Gunter Hampel , Harvie Swartz and Emily Remler ( Transitions , 1984) together. In 1989 he created his first album under his own name for the Enja label, One Bright Glance, on which he played with John Abercrombie , Marc Johnson and the drummer Howard Curtis . In 2000, D'Earth recorded the album Restoration Comedy (Double Time) with Mulgrew Miller , Jerry Bergonzi and Mike Richmond .
D'Earth is a senior lecturer in Jazz Performance at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville , Virginia. He also works with the Free Bridge Quintet , the Charlottesville Swing Orchestra and his own quartet / quintet and together with his wife with the Thompson D'Earth Band .
D'Earth has written music for the Kronos Quartet , the Kandinsky Trio, the Charlottesville Chamber Festival , Bruce Hornsby , the Dave Matthews Band and various symphony orchestras , among others . His works include the five-part Natural Bridge , the Rakalam Suite for string septet, trumpet and percussion and music for the Murnau silent film Faust - a German folk tale (1926)
literature
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
- Richard Cook & Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (8th edition), London, Penguin; 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9
Web links
- Allmusic
- John D'Earth at Discogs (English)
- Entry at the University of Virginia (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | D'Earth, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | D'earth, John (proper spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holliston , Massachusetts , USA |