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Dave Hagedorn, Dan Cavanagh Reunite at the Artists Quarter, July 19th

Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor

Monday, 16 July 2012

Dan Cavanagh and Dave Hagedorn©Andrea Canter

There’s something special about jazz duets. The sparse instrumentation allows listeners to focus on the bare essentials of harmony, while two is ample for interactive collaboration. Great duos have often involved piano plus a melodic instrument such as saxophone and of course the human voice. Yet there are many other interesting combinations, not the least of which is piano and vibraphone. When the vibes are handled by Dave Hagedorn, with his former student Dan Cavanagh on piano, the results are always magical, as documented by their 2010 release, Horizon. Hagedorn and Cavanagh come together again for a night of duo pleasures at the Artists Quarter on July 19th.

Dan Cavanagh©Andrea Canter

Dan and Dave first met at St. Olaf in September 1997 when Dan was a first-year student and Dave in his first year directing jazz bands. Although a piano student, Dan ended up taking private vibes lessons from Dave in order to learn jazz improvisation and theory. For his first recital, they reversed roles, with Dan on vibes and Dave on piano. Dan went on to earn his undergrad degree and then his master’s degree in jazz and composition at the University of Oregon. Now Associate Director of Jazz Studies and an Associate Professor of Music at UT Arlington, Dan is an Honorary Fellow of the National Academy of Music in Greece, was a Prizewinner in the 2009 International Music Prizes for Excellence in Composition, and has received numerous awards for composition, including the 2002, 2005, and 2007 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers competitions, and ASCAPLUS awards each year since 2003. His list of commissions is quite lengthy, and his works appear on his Jazz Emporium Big Band release, Pulse (2008) and on his new trio release, Heart of the Geyser (OA2). In addition to his own ensembles, Dan has performed with Terrell Stafford, Jon Irabagon, Jeff Coffin, Jason Marsalis, the Adonis Rose Quintet, Remy Le Boeuf, Linda Oh, the Fort Worth Jazz Orchestra, John Riley, and Grammy-winners Joe McCarthy and Irma Thomas.

Dave Hagedorn©Andrea Canter

Assistant Professor of Music at St. Olaf, Dave Hagedorn teaches percussion, jazz studies and world music. His education includes a BS in Music Education from the University of Minnesota (where he studied with Marv Dahlgren), an MM in Percussion Performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston (where he studied with Vic Firth), and a DMA from the Eastman School of Music (where he studied with John Beck). Among his performance and recording credits are two albums and tours with the George Russell Living Time Orchestra, recording with Debbie Duncan, performances with David Berkman, Anthony Braxton, Armen Donelian, Gil Evans, Urbie Green, Haopy Apple, Thad Jones, Vince Mendoza, Tiger Okoshi, Julian Priester, Rufus Reid, Clark Terry, Steve Turre, Kenny Wheeler, Anthony Cox, Bobby Shew, and Roy Hargrove. Locally he is a member of the X-Tet, Phil Hey Quartet, Out to Lunch Quintet, Low Blow, and the duo SCHAG with drummer Dave Schmalenberger. He released Solid Liquid on the Artegra label in 2003. In 2011, his teaching resume expanded to include leadership of Downbeat Magazine’s top college jazz band (St. Olaf).

Dan and Dave recorded Horizon over two days in January 2010 at the new recording studio at UT Arlington after playing a concert of this material at the university. The set list includes four originals from Cavanagh, two takes of one composition from Swedish pianist/composer Lars Jansson, a cover from Kenny Wheeler, classic standards “Cry Me a River” and “Stormy Weather,” and a juxtaposition of Debussy and Monk.

Dan perhaps expected to cool down here in Minnesota, but that seems unlikely, at least not on the bandstand of the Artists Quarter on Thursday, July 19th!

The Artists Quarter is located in the lower level of the historic Hamm Building in downtown St. Paul, at 408 St. Peter Street. Show time is 9 pm and the cover a mere $5; www.artistsquarter.com

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