BIO-Bill Vint
 

MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS


 
  • Performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival and the Montreaux Festival in July '92 with Viva jazz, a group from Scottsdale, Arizona

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  • Toured Mexico in January '93 on an arts commission gig for the state of Arizona with jazz pianist Charles Lewis

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  •  Played at the '94 IAJE convention in Boston with the Berklee Concert jazz Orchestra

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  •  Appeared as finalists in the Europe Jazz Contest as member of the Chris Gestrin Group (held in Overijse, Belgium in September'94)

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  • · Performed at the '95 IAJE convention in Aneheim, CA with the Berklee Thelonious Monk Ensemble

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  •  Played in the Herb Pomeroy Tribute Concert (4/29/95) backing up such artists as Joe Zawinul, Abe Laboriel Sr., John Abercrombie, and Toshiko Akiyoshi

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  • Toured Germany and Switzerland in MayJune of''95 with the Phillip Van Endert Group, a six piece jazz/fusion band

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  •  Performed in the 1996 Berklee Commencement concert, playing the music of Honorary Doctorate Degree recipient Pat Metheny

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  •  Played at the Nice Jazz Festival and Jazz at the Toulon festival in France with pianist Pierre Hurel's quartet inJuly'96

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  •  Performed original material with the jazz/fusioin band Time Design at the Phoenix Jazz Festival, held in Kobe, Japan on 8/4/96

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  •  Appeared at the 1996 MontereyJazz Festival with the Vincent Bourgeyx Trio

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  •  Member of the Sean Driscoll Group, winners of Musician Magazine's "Best Unsigned Band in America" contest in 1996
  •   Tours with the Artie Shaw Orchestra and Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
  •  Recorded on the album "Sapajazzy"( featuring Mike Stern and Jim Kelly),distributed by Dymusic in Europe and Orchard/Valley Multimedia in the USA.
  • Played in Big Band thaty backed up trumpet great John Faddis on 10/7/98.
  • Played in Big Band that backed up singer Bobby Caldwell on 1/23/99
  • EDUCATION


    • Tucson High School (arts magnet)
                        Won the Lonis Armstrong Jazz Award in '88 and '89
    Graduated Spring'89

    Berklee College of Music
    Studied woodwinds with Bill Pierce and Joe Viola Played in Herb Pomeroy's Berklee ConcertJazz Orchestra Studied improvisation with Gary Burton and Hal Crook Graduated Summa Cum Laude Spring '96.