Kim Cass

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Kim Cass (* around 1985) is an American jazz musician ( double bass , composition ) of the Modern Creative .

Life

Cass hails from Mount Desert Island on the coast of Maine and grew up in Bar Harbor , where he was first introduced to the bass at the age of ten. First he played the electric bass before he switched to the double bass at the age of 13. At the same time he turned to jazz music. While studying at the New England Conservatory of Music , Cass received lessons a. a. by George Garzone , Ran Blake , Joe Morris and Joe Maneri . As a student, he was part of the Miwokido Kid quartet from 2004–05 , for which he also composed.

He has since performed in a variety of ensembles and performed music; from the mid-2010s he worked in the quartet of saxophonist Noah Preminger , to be heard on his albums Pivot: Live at the 55 Bar , Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground and Meditations on Freedom (with Jason Palmer , Ian Froman ). With the quartet he gave a. a. also in Germany and Austria.

Cass also played in Matt Mitchell's band Snark Horse , Rent Romus ' Life's Blood Ensemble ( Cimmerian Crossroads ) and in the Trio Anteater (with Jacob Zimmerman, Sam Ospovat ), as well as with Tyshawn Sorey , John Zorn , Bill McHenry and Kate Gentile . He was also a member of the Jakub Rojek Quartet and the trio Leaving the Sky in Splinters (with Jim Black and Álvaro Domene ). In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in nine recording sessions between 2015 and 2018, including with Sam Ospovat. In 2015 he released a self-titled debut album under his own name, on which he also played synthesizer and piano . Cass currently resides in New York City. He currently also plays in the Jacob Fiss-Hobart Standards Trio and Rob Garcia's quartet .

Discography

  • Matt Mitchell: A Pouting Grimace (2017)
  • Devin Gray : Meta Cache (2017)
  • Noah Preminger: Preminger Plays Preminger (2018)
  • Noah Preminger: After Life ( Criss Cross Jazz , 2018)
  • Matt Mitchell: Phalanx Ambassadors (2019)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography
  2. ↑ Event information on the Leibnitz Jazz Festival
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 30, 2019)
  4. ↑ Kim Cass at Bandcamp
  5. ^ Actual Jazz Series
  6. ↑ Entry (Smalls)
personal data
SURNAME Cass, Kim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (double bass)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1985