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Dave Chisholm
His second full-length album "Calligraphy" was released in December of 2011. It combines post-rock textures with jazz improvisation.
His first album "Radioactive" came out June of 2010 and features 5 of his new big-band compositions. It is inspired largely by comic books, apparently.
Dave exclusively plays an Adams A4 trumpet in raw brass.
Dave is also a published comic-book writer and artist.
Awards
2009 Downbeat Student Music Award - Outstanding Collegiate Jazz Soloist 2010 University of Utah Leroy Robertson Prize 2010 Reno Jazz Festival Outstanding Collegiate Jazz Trumpet 2004 Utah Arts Festival Jazz Composer Commission
Gear
Adams A4 trumpet
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Enter the Blue
by Mark Sullivan
Enter the Blue Dave Chisholm: writing, drawing, coloring and lettering; Dustyn Payette: color flats 180 Pages ISBN: 978-1940878898 Z2 Comics 2022 Trumpeter/visual artist Dave Chisholm has found ways to combine his two interests before. Instrumental (Z2 Comics, 2017) was an original story featuring a jazz trumpeter; Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California (Z2 Comics, 2020) told the story of bebop icon Charlie Parker's formative two-year sojourn in Los Angeles. Blue Note ...
read moreInstrumental by Dave Chisholm
by Mark Sullivan
Instrumental Dave Chisholm 136 Pages ISBN: # 1940878152 Z2 Comics 2017 With Instrumental trumpeter/composer/cartoonist Dave Chisholm presents a black and white morality tale about a struggling young trumpeter and bandleader—with an accompanying soundtrack. There have been previous instances of visual/musical collaborations: I think of Alan Moore's The Birth Caul (and other “workings") that involved spoken word and music, in some cases later illustrated; more recently, songwriter Jonathan Coulton commissioned a graphic novel ...
read moreDave Chisholm: Instrumental
by Mark Sullivan
Trumpeter/composer Dave Chisholm has a creative skill outside of music: he's also an accomplished cartoonist. His graphic novel Instrumental tells the story of an aspiring trumpeter who almost loses his soul after receiving a cursed trumpet, and this album serves as the Soundtrack. The seven selections have titles paralleling the chapters in the graphic novel, but they are rarely directly programmatic; it's more a matter of mood. So the comic and the music each can be experienced alone, but there ...
read moreDave Chisholm: Calligraphy
by Bruce Lindsay
Trumpeter, composer and comic book writer Dave Chisholm made a confident recording debut with Radioactive (Self Produced, 2010), a big band album featuring five of his original tunes. On Calligraphy he takes a different approach, performing another set of originals in a quintet setting. Along with this paring-down of the ensemble, Chisholm's writing makes even more use of space and a “slow burn" approach to the development of mood and tension. Chisholm's trumpet tone is breathy and ...
read moreDave Chisholm: Radioactive
by Bruce Lindsay
Radioactive was recorded in Salt Lake City in 2009, while bandleader/composer/trumpeter Dave Chisholm was working on the Master of Music degree at the University of Utah. Recording a debut album as leader with a 17-piece big band might be considered a tad hubristic, even for a Masters program--"start small" might be the received wisdom--but why not, if the chops are there to back it up? Chisholm's chops are there, instrumentally and compositionally; and so too are those of his young ...
read moreTake Five With Dave Chisholm
by Dave Chisholm
Dave Chisholm is a trumpet player and composer who currently lives in Salt Lake City. He is moving to Rochester, NY in the fall of 2010 to pursue his DMA at the Eastman School of Music. He has his bachelor and masters degrees from the University of Utah.Dave's first album, Radioactive, is coming out June of 2010 and features five of his new big band compositions. It is inspired largely by comic books. Dave is also a published ...
read morePrimary Instrument
Trumpet
Location
Rochester
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Credentials/Background
Teaching is my passion. Will teach trumpet (classical and jazz), composition, improvisation, and comic-book drawing. Can teach all levels from beginner to advanced.
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Music
A Fitting Combination
From: CalligraphyBy Dave Chisholm
