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JOHN STOWELL

John Stowell began his successful career with guitar lessons in his native Connecticut from guitarist Linc Chamberlind, and from John Mehegan, pianist and respected jazz educator at the Julliard chool of Music and Yale University. Several years later he met noted bassist David Friesen in NYC and launched a critically acclaimed touring and recording association that lasted 7 years, included 6 albums, and performances in Europe, Canada, USA and Australia. During that time, John also moved to Oregon. Paul Horn, John, David Friesen and Robin Horn were invited to perform in the Soviet Union. It was the first time in 40 years that American jazz musicians had been invited to play public performances in Russia, paving the way for many others to follow. John Stowell is an in-demand teacher and clinician of jazz guitar. He has taught at the country's most prestigious schools of music, and frequently is invited to present "Artist in Residence" series.

DAVE GLENN

Dave Glenn is a clinician for Jazz Education Abroad and Professor Emeritus at Whitman College where he was Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Low Brass from 1989-2011. He received a Bachelor of Music from North Texas State University and a Master of Music from the University of Northern Colorado. Dave Glenn spent 11 years as a professional trombonist in New York City where he played for ten years with the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band and toured extensively with Bill Watrous' Manhattan Wildlife Refuge, Diana Ross and Lou Rawls. He plays trombone on the Grammy-award winning recording Walk on the Water by the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band. Dave Glenn has also recorded two jazz CDs of his original compositions and arrangements, "Journeys" and "National Pastime" and a recently released CD, "Violin Memory" with guitarist John Stowell. He has composed five commissioned works for orchestra and numerous commissioned chamber music works. Dave Glenn is an endorsing artist for Conn/Selmer, an Origin Records recording artist and an Executive Board member of Jazz Education Abroad and iJazzMusic.com.

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