Michael Dease Alex Iles, Wycliffe Gordon and Michael Dease at the ITF 2013 in Columbus GA (360p)

Michael Dease - Michael Patrick Dease (born August 25, 1982) is an American jazz tenor and bass trombonist, composer and producer. He also plays saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn, bass and piano. At age 17, Michael taught himself to play trombone, and was soon invited to join the inaugural class of the Juilliard jazz studies program by Wycliffe Gordon. His teachers included Wycliffe Gordon, Steve Turre, Vincent Gardner, John Drew and Joseph Alessi. While at Juilliard, Dease won many awards, including the Frank Rosolino Award, J.J. Johnson Award, the Sammy Nestico Jazz Composers Award, ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, and the Fish Middleton Jazz Competition. He began his career in Illinois Jacquet’s Big Band in 2002, and has performed as a featured member of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Christian McBride Big Band, Roy Hargrove Big Band, Nicholas Payton Big Band, Jimmy Heath Big band and the Charles Tolliver Big Band. Dease also performs with small groups led by Claudio Roditi, Rodney Whitaker, Wycliffe Gordon, and David Sanborn. In addition to performance, Dease serves and president and producer at his jazz record label, D Clef Records. Dease has toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, North America and Latin America. Previous engagements include the Nice Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Tims Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival and the Spoleto Music Festival. Dease’s album Grace (2010) received excellent reviews from publications such as Jazz Times, All About Jazz and The Guardian (UK). #MichaelDease #jazz #tenortrombonist #basstrombonist, #composer #Musician #Saxophone, #Trumpet, #flugelhorn, #bass #piano. #Trombone #producer #August25 #jazzcalendar #jazzhistory #jazzlover