Kristin Korb

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Kristin Korb (in Aarhus 2014)

Kristin Ann Korb (born October 29, 1969 in Billings , Montana ) is an American jazz musician ( double bass , vocals ) with roots in mainstream jazz .

Live and act

Basket, which played music from an early age with her brothers and with them a rock & roll band formed, initially studied music education at the Eastern Montana College , then from 1992 to 1994 classical double bass at the University of California, San Diego in Bertram Turetzky to to study. Then she took private lessons from Ray Brown (1994-2002), Jeff Hamilton and John Clayton .

Korb, whose “clear, cool and almost vibrato-free voice” was discovered by Turetzky, was the head of the jazz course at Central Washington University in Ellensburg from 2000 , where she also directed the large-format Jazz Band 1 . In 2002 she moved to Los Angeles to perform nationwide from there. She also taught at Azusa Pacific University and the University of Southern California , where she directed training in jazz singing. On a European tour she fell in love with a Dane; since 2011 she lives in Copenhagen.

With her current trio, consisting of pianist Magnus Hjorth and drummer Snorre Kirk , she introduced herself to Jazz Baltica and Nordischer Klang in 2015 . She also goes on tour with pianist Dena DeRose and Lines for Ladies featuring Sheila Jordan . She continued to work with musicians such as Anthony Davis , Ray Brown, Jan Lundgren , Clark Terry , Bill Mays , Bobby Shew , Jeff Hamilton, Harry Allen , Carl Allen , Joe LaBarbera , Alex Riel , Aaron Serfaty, Otmaro Ruiz, Mary Fettig and Jacob Fischer . She can also be heard on albums by Bertram Turetzky / Mike Wofford and Kim Richmond .

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  1. ↑ a b Short portrait (JazzBaltica) ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jazzbaltica.de
  2. ↑ Craig Jolley: Meet bassist / vocalist Kristin Korb . All about jazz. June 3, 2004. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Kristin Korb / Cosmologic with Anthony Davis at Conrad Prebys Recital Hall in San Diego (All about Jazz)
  4. ↑ Review jazzdimensions.de ( memento of the original from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jazzdimensions.de
  5. ^ Review of the Jazz Times
  6. ↑ Introducing Kristin Korb at Allmusic (English)
personal data
SURNAME Basket, Kristin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Korb, Kristin Ann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (double bass, vocals)
DATE OF BIRTH 29th October 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Billings , Montana , United States