Bobby Hutcherson "Total Eclipse" Charles Gayle - "Precious Soul" Henry Threadgill - "You Know the Number" Christoph Poppen/Hilliard Ens. "Morimur- the music of J.S. Bach" George Russell - "It's About Time" Anthony Braxton - 10 Compositions (Quartet) 2000 Elliot Carter - "Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello & Harpsichord" etc. Fats Navarro - "Nostaglia" Modern Jazz Quartet - "Blues on Bach" "8 O'Clock: Two Improvisations" Roscoe Mitchell & Thomas Buckner

Kevin Norton is a percussionist/composer who has performed and/or recorded with Anthony Braxton, Milt Hinton, Fred Frith, Phillip Johnston’s Big Trouble, 77 Hz, Kitty Brazelton’s Dadadah, Marie McAuliffe, Erik Friedlander, the Klezmatics, Ankle to Nose, Slam Stewart, Kapelye, Andy Statman, George Cartwight, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Steve Elson, Fred Ho, David Krakauer, the Sirius String Quartet, the Soldier String Quartet, James Emery, Scott Miller, Mark Dresser Quartet, Framework (Kevin Norton, Erik Friedlander, Laura Seaton), Edward Ratliff’s Rhapsodalia, Jason Hwang, and many other New York-area musicians.

Kevin has performed frequently at jazz and new music festivals internationally, and has received numerous scholarships and awards including Meet the Composer and National Endowment for the Arts. His current composition work includes work for his quintet (drums and vibes, cello, two woodwinds and bass), various duo pieces (for guitar and marimba, piano and percussion, sax and vibes, cello and percussion) and trio pieces for unspecified instrumentation. The pieces may be totally notated / through composed or use directed improvisation with written material as a focal point, but always offer an emotional intensity.

Recent recordings include “Knots” (Music & Arts) with the Kevin Norton Ensemble (including “Three Movements for Solo Clarinet and Ensemble,” a clarinet concerto written for David Krakauer) and most recently “For Guy Debord,” (Barking Hoop) featuring the Kevin Norton Ensemble and guest Anthony Braxton.

Visit Kevin's website at http://www.kevinnorton.com.