Jon Hamar
Jon Hamar (born June 25, 1975 in Kennewick ) is an American jazz musician ( double bass , composition ) and university lecturer.
Live and act
Hamar comes from a musical family; His father played gospel , boogie-woogie and classical music on the piano, his mother plays oboe and sings in church, so he started playing the double bass at the age of eleven and also the electric bass a year later . He earned a Bachelor of Arts in classical double bass performance from Eastern Washington University , where he took lessons from Roma Vayspapir and Kelly Ferris. He then graduated from the Eastman School of Music with a Masters Degree in Jazz and Contemporary Media. There he studied with Jeffrey Campbell, James Vandermark , Harold Danko , Clay Jenkins , Raymond Ricker and Fred Sturm .
In 2001 Hamar moved to Seattle and worked as a freelance bass player. Hamar performed for four years with jazz and blues vocalist Ernestine Anderson and Northwestern artists Greta Matassa , Jim Knapp , Randy Halberstadt , Dawn Clement , Kelley Johnson and John Hansen. Jon also performed regularly in an orchestra, recording film music . Further recordings were made from 2005 with Greg Williamson, Todd DelGiudice, Sarah Shea, Danny Kolke, Steve Treseler and Chris Amemiya. Around 2008 he presented his debut album Hereafter , followed by Hymn ( Origin Records , 2011), with Todd DelGiudice and Geoff Keezer , on which he also played his own compositions. He can also be heard on Jeff Hamilton's trio album Catch Me If You Can (2020, with Tamir Hendelman ) as well as with the Nickel & Brass Septet and the Unhinged Sextet . In the field of jazz, he was involved in 18 recording sessions between 2005 and 2019, according to Tom Lord .
Hamar has been Professor of Jazz and Classical Double Bass at the University of Tennessee , Knoxville , since 2015 .
Discographic notes
- Hereafter (2008), with Hans Teuber , Dawn Clement, John Hansen. Dan Tyack, Byron Vannoy, Jon Wikan
- Idyl Wild (2013), with Rich Perry , Todd DelGiudice, Julian MacDonough
Web links
- Web presence
- Entry (University of Tennessee)
- Jon Hamar at Allmusic (English)
- Jon Hamar at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/jonhamar
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 15, 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hamar, Jon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (double bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kennewick |