Tyler Blanton

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Tyler Blanton (born May 8, 1981 in Ventura ) is an American jazz musician ( vibraphone , composition ).

Live and act

Blanton, who grew up in California, first learned guitar and drums. An early exploration of jazz came through his grandfather Joe Cavaglieri, who worked as a tenor saxophonist on the Los Angeles scene. Blanton quickly turned to mallet instruments in music school . After studying at the California Institute of the Arts , Blanton graduated from Sonoma State University in 2006 with a degree in music .

Blanton began working as a jazz musician in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2001 . The first recordings were made in 2007 with the band of guitarist Randy Vincent ( Nisha's Dream ). Since the same year he lived in New York, where he appeared in the following years with his own formations in which musicians such as Luis Perdomo , Nate Radley , George DeLancey , Eric McPherson and Billy Drummond played. He played with his bands in jazz clubs such as 55 Bar, The Living Room, Blue Note and Smalls . He recorded his debut album Botanic in 2010 with Joel Frahm , Aidan Carroll , Dan Loomis , Richie Barshay and Jared Schonig. The production Gotham followed in 2018 (with Donny McCaslin , Matt Clohesy , Nate Wood), which received an honorable mention in All About Jazz . In the field of jazz he was involved in three recording sessions between 2007 and 2012.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography
  2. ↑ a b Tyler Blanton. Smalls, November 21, 2018, accessed November 21, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Entry (AllAboutJazz)
  4. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 21, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Blanton, Tyler
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (vibraphone, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Ventura