John Stetch

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John Stetch (* 1966 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a Canadian jazz - pianist .

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John Stetch's family is from Ukraine . He had clarinet lessons from his father; he also came into contact with jazz through his uncles, who ran the Yardbird Suite jazz club . He first switched to the saxophone and finally to the piano in his sophomore year of college. He made his first appearances in the Ukrainian community of his hometown; when he played folk music with a Ukrainian wedding band. After completing his studies in Montreal , Stetch toured Canada and recorded his first albums, for which he received nominations for the Juno Award .

In 1993 he moved to New York City , where he worked as a sideman for a decade, often with bassist Rufus Reid and on recordings with Akira Tana ( Looking Forward , 1994), Mark Turner , Charlie Haden and Hank Roberts .

In 1994 the album Carpatian Blues , which is stylistically based on Chick Corea and in which Seamus Blake took part, was created. In 1998 he won the Prix ​​du Jazz at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal and from then on was broadcast frequently by CBC / Radio-Canada . From 1998 Stetch began to record a number of albums for the Justin Time label , both as a trio, and others. a. with Jeff Ballard , Kieran Overs , Ted Warren and Ben Street , expanded to a quartet with saxophonist Bill McHenry and also as a soloist, as with the albums Ukrainianism , Standards (2001) and the Monk album Exponentially Monk (2003), as part of one widely acclaimed solo piano trilogy. Stetch also received a composition commission for the CBC Radio Orchestra. In his album "TV Trio" ”, which was nominated for the Juno Award, Stetch interpreted well-known television series themes from the 1970s and 1980s.

Stetch lives in Ithaca, New York and teaches at Cornell University and Ithaca College.

Discographic notes

  • Green Grove (Justin Time, 1998)
  • Heavens of a Hundred Days (Justin Time, 2000)
  • Ukrainianism (Justin Time, 2001)
  • Standards (Justin Time, 2001)
  • Exponentially Monk (Justin Time, 2003)
  • Bruxin ' (Justin Time, 2005)

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Remarks

  1. ↑ The Down Beat (magazine) called Ukrainianism one of the "best solo piano recordings in recent years"; the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings gave this album and the subsequent Exponentially Monk the highest rating.
personal data
SURNAME Stetch, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta