Resume
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Kevin Bales
(representative excerpts from complete resume until 2005)
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EDUCATION
Masters of Music, Florida State University
7/2003 Bachelor of Music, University of North Florida 4/1994 Georgia State University 1985-1988 -
EMPLOYMENT
Full-time Instructor of Music, University of North Florida 1994-2004 Adjunct Instructor of Music, University of North Florida 1993–1994 Commissioned Composer and Teacher, The Florida State University 2003-2004 Adjunct Instructor of Music, Georgia State University 2005–2006 Half-Time visiting Lecturer, Georgia State University 2006-present Self employed musician 1988–present -
HONORS
Director of the UNF Jazz Combo I, which won the Down Beat Student Music Award for “Best Jazz Group” three times: 2003, 1999, and 1998 2003 Director of UNF Jazz Combos which won the Down Beat Student Music Awards
for “Outstanding Performance”, including 1999, and 19982002 Director of UNF Jazz Combo I which was invited to perform at the International
Association of Jazz Educators Conference in Long Beach California2002 Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award, University of North Florida 1999 TIP Award for innovation in teaching, University of North Florida 1999 Director of the UNF Faculty Combo which was invited to perform at the
International Association of Jazz Educators Conference in New York City.1998 Southern Arts Federation featured artist. Radio show broadcast internationally;
CD with worldwide distribution1997 Preliminary Judge for the International Jazz Piano Competition, FL 1996-2002 Winner 2nd Biennial American Jazz Piano Competition, Indianapolis, IN. 1994 Top Five Finalist in the International Jazz Piano Competition, FL. 1993 Outstanding soloist award at the National Collegiate Jazz Competition, Boulder CO. 1992 Member of the University of North Florida President’s Jazz Trio 1992–1994 Outstanding soloist award at the National Collegiate Jazz Competition, Boulder CO. 1991 Recipient of the Hilton Head Jazz Society Scholarship 1991 Jacksonville Jazz Artist of The Year 1991 Cover and Feature Article, Jacksonville Today Magazine 1991 Nominated for the Dewars Jazz Piano Composition Award 1991 -
RECORDINGS
Destination Gordon Vernick, Jbird Records
2012
VA Virginia Schenck, Airborne Ecstasy, LLC
2012
Believe in Spring, Janet Stevenson, Dunwoody Jazz Society
2011
Black Lace Fruedian Slip Rene Marie, Motema Records
2011
Voice of My Beautiful Country Rene Marie, Motema Records
2011
Smile for The Count Karl Weismantel
2010
Riyel Ken Waters, Summit Records
2010
Sweet Thunder Ben Tucker, BenGlo Music
2009
Experiment in Truth Rene Marie, Independent
2008
Longineu Parsons: Spaced the collected works Longineu Parsons, Sam Rivers. Ubiquity Recordings
1999
Nocturnal Traces, Marcus Printup. Capital/Bluenote, a division of Sony Records
1998
The Southern Arts Federation: program 25 Kevin Bales. The Southern Arts Federation
Radio show broadcast internationally, CD worldwide distribution
1997
The Strangest Thing Gordon Vernick, Jbird Records
2009
Joe Gransden Plays and Sings Joe Gransden, Hot Shoe Music
2005
Rebecca Kate Myers Satin Doll, Hot Shoe Music
2005
Love Songs Pam Laws, Van Every’s Way
2004
Beachside David Guidi, Guidi Music, CD Baby
2004
Live from the Jazz Corner The Bob Reynolds Quartet, Bob Reynolds Music, CD Baby
2003
Thinking of You, The Nathen Page Quartet, Hugo’s Music
2000
Food Nation: with Bobby Flay Episode BF1A03 Savannah, Nationally Syndicated Television show on the Food Network Cable Channel
2000
The First Day, Kevin Bales, The American Pianist Association
1997
Season’s Greetings, The Nathen Page Quartet, Hugo’s music
1997
Live at Pinkie Lee’s, The Nathen Page Quartet, Hugo’s music
1996
Jazz Over Easy: The Kevin Bales Trio, Public Broadcasting Television Special, Indianapolis, Indiana
1995
Jazz Over Easy: APA Champion Kevin Bales, Public Broadcasting Television Special, Indianapolis, Indiana
1994
Ivories on the Avenue, Kevin Bales, Reginald Thomas, George Colligan, GS Records
1994
Have You Heard, The University of North Florida Jazz Ensemble, Walrus Records
1990
Essence of a Soldier
The Leon Anderson, Jr. Quintet, Anderson Music
2003
The Teddy Adams Quintet
Coastal Jazz Society
2002
Fearless Jones, Robert Lewis and Frank Duvall Music
2002
James Moody Quartet: at the Savannah Jazz Festival, featuring Ben Riley, Coastal Jazz Society limited edition
2000
Conversations with Joan Mack, Special Guest: Kevin Bales, South Carolina Public Radio Network, Hour long radio show featuring interview and excerpts from my recordings.
1999
Sojourner, Barry Greene, Greene Jeens Music
1998
Danielle Gasparro, Danielle Gasparro, Reel People’s Music
1997
UNF 10th Anniversary, UNF Faculty Combo, University of North Florida Production
1997
Ben Tucker and Friends, Dolphin Music, South Carolina
1996
Work Song, Longineu Parsons, with Sam Rivers and Nat Adderly,
Longineu Music
1993
Mane Stream, Ned Holder, with Ira Sullivan, Ned Holder Music
1993
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PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Representative samples from each year (1994 – Present)
2010
Dizzie’s Jazz Club at Lincoln Center, New York, with Rene Marie 2/11-2/14
Concert: Sax Summit at Georgia State University 3/21
Guest Artist at Savannah Jazz Festival, Ben Tuckers 80th birthday concert 4/31-5/1
Concert with Marcus Printup at the High Museum, Atlanta, GA 4/16
Concerts at The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC 5/21-5/22
The Atlanta Jazz Festival, with Joe Gransden 5/30
Concert at the High Museum, the Kevin Bales Group 6/18
Concert at the Euphonium Festival, with Joe Gransden, Atlanta, GA 6/21
Concert with Count Basie Trumpeter Scotty Barnhard, Atlanta GA 7/16
Concert with Orchestra Atlanta, with Marcus Printup 7/25
Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC 8/13-8/14
North American Tour 2009
Dizzie’s Jazz Club at Lincoln Center, New York, with Rene Marie 2/11-2/14
Concert: Sax Summit at Georgia State University 3/21
Guest Artist at Savannah Jazz Festival, Ben Tuckers 80th birthday concert 4/31-5/1
Concert with Marcus Printup at the High Museum, Atlanta, GA 4/16
Concerts at The Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC 5/21-5/22
The Atlanta Jazz Festival, with Joe Gransden 5/30
Concert at the High Museum, the Kevin Bales Group 6/18
Concert at the Euphonium Festival, with Joe Gransden, Atlanta, GA 6/21
Concert with Count Basie Trumpeter Scotty Barnhard, Atlanta GA 7/16
Concert with Orchestra Atlanta, with Marcus Printup 7/25
Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC 8/13-8/14
North American Tour 2008
Judge for the Guthman Piano Competition, at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 2/22-23
Concert for the Savannah Jazz Society, Savannah, GA 2/24
Concerts at Dazzle Jazz Club in Denver, CO 2/29-3/1
Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC (with Annie Sellick) 4/11-13
Concert for the Gainesville Friends of Jazz, Gainesville, FL 4/14
Concert for the Palm Coast Jazz Festival, Palm Coast, FL
(with Jazz at Lincoln Center members Vincent Garner and Walter Blanding)5/10
Guest Artist with the Gwinnett Philharmonic, Atlanta, GA 5/13
Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC (with Spider Salof) 5/16-18
Performance at the Atlanta Jazz Festival with the GSU Faculty 5/25
Concert for the Columbus, GA Jazz Society 6/8
Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC (with Lisa Roti) 12/18-19
Concerts at the Jazz Corner, Hilton Head Island, SC (with Annie Sellick) 9/19-20
Kevin Bales Trio Concert with the Southern Organization of Jazz Arts,
Atlanta, GA10/5
Macon Jazz Festival, Macon, GA 10/18
Concert with Rene Marie at the Warsaw Philharmonia, Warsaw, Poland 10/14
2007
Concert at the Kennedy Center with Kevin Mahangony and Rene Marie, Washington DC 1/13
Concerts at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, at Lincoln Center, New York, NY 1/16 – 1/21
Guest Artist at Broward Community College, Florida 3/17
Concert, The Kevin Bales Group, Palm Coast Jazz Society,
Daytona Beach, Florida3/18
Guest Concert and Clinic, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL 3/31
Concerts at Dazzle Jazz Club in Denver, CO 8/10-12
Guest Concert at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL 8/6-7
Concert at the High Museum, Atlanta, GA, Kevin Bales Trio 10/19
Christmas Concert at Spivey Hall, with Joe Gransden 12/16
2006
Guest Concert and Clinic; Tribute to Bill Evans, With the Leon Anderson Trio
Southeastern Louisiana Universtiy2/21
Concerts at the Mexico City Civic Auditorium, Mexico City, Mexico 3/9-3/10
Concerts in Athens, Greece with Rene Marie 3/16 – 3/23
Concert at the Shanghai Jazz Festival with Rene Marie, Shanghai, China 5/2
Atlanta Jazz Festival, main stage with Rene Marie 5/27
Concerts at the University of Alabama at Huntsville 6/24- 6/25
Concert at the High Museum, Atlanta, GA, Kevin Bales Trio 7/21
Concerts at the Edinburgh Music Festival with Rene Marie, and the Kevin Bales Trio, Edinburgh, Scotland 7/26-7/31
Concert at the Frick Museum, Pittsburgh, PA 9/2
Concert at Lincoln Center Jazz Club, New York, NY 9/3
Concert at the Sedona Jazz Festival, Sedona, AZ 9/23
Concert at the Savannah Jazz Festival, Savannah, GA 9/30
Concert with the Kevin Bales Group, Western North Carolina Jazz Society, Asheville, NC 10/8
2005
Concert for the Palm Coast Jazz Society with the Kevin Bales Group, Daytona Beach, FL 1/16
Concert for the Super Bowl festivities in Jacksonville Florida with New York Vocalist Alan Harris. 2/3
Concert at the High Museum with the Kevin Bales Group, Atlanta, GA 2/18
Concerts in Ireland and Scotland with Rene Marie 4/28–5/1
Live Broadcast of NPR, Women in Jazz Concert at the Kennedy Center 5/21
Performances at the Jazz Standard, New York, NY 5/24-5/29
Concert at High Museum with Blue Note recording Artist Marcus Printup 7/15
Concert at the University of Alabama, Huntsville 7/22
Concert at the San Jose California Jazz Festival 8/14
Concert for Clint Eastwood, Carmel, CA 9/3
Honors Concert for Nancy Wilson, New York, NY 10/6
Concert and clinic at the University of Richmond, VA 10/22
Performance at the Moscow International Center for the Performing Arts, Moscow, Russia 11/5
Tour of Spain: Madrid, Barcelona and the Eastern Coast, Concerts with Rene Marie 11/21- 11/26
Clinician, Georgia State All-State Jazz Festival 12/2-12/3
Concerts, Chicago Jazz Club 12/13 -12/18
Live NPR Broadcast, New Year’s Eve Broadcast: Toast of the Nation
Columbia, MS: with Rene Marie12/31
2004
Concert with Grammy Winner Bobby McFerrin at Florida State University as Guest Artist 2/24
Guest Artist for Gershwin Celebration at the Savannah Music Festival. Billed with pianists Marcus Roberts and Dick Hyman. 4/2
Concert at Legendary New Orleans Jazz Club: Snug Harbor 8/19-8/20
Guest Artist, Savannah Jazz Festival 9/23-9/26
Concert with New York Vocalist Alan Harris, Hilton Head Island, SC 10/1-10/2
Guest Clinician and Concert at Broward Community College, FL 10/14-15
2003
Performed with the Bunky Green Quartet at the International Association of Jazz Educators convention in Toronto, Canada 1/10
Performed concert for the Percy Heath Jazz society in Willimington, NC. 1/31
Performed for the 150 anniversary of Steinway, Cummer Museum, Jacksonville 3/5
Guest Artist and clinician for the Percussive Arts Society of North Carolina, performances at Wake Forest University, Greenville, NC. 3/28 – 29
Commissioned to compose music based on Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf”, by the Commission Project, in Rochester, NY. 4/24
Concert for the International Reading Association Convention, Orlando, FL. In cooperation with UNF faculty member Niles Stanley 5/7
Recital at Florida State University 6/12
Concerts and Clinics with Lincoln Center’s Wycliffe Gordon, Valdosta, GA 6/24 – 26
Concert for BET Television, taped in Atlanta, GA 7/11
2002
Performed with the UNF Combo at the IAJE convention in Long Beach, CA 1/11
Performed a concert for the Ft. Meyers Jazz Festival. 1/25
Concert and Jazz Piano Clinic at the East Coast Jazz Festival
Washington, D.C.2/16
Performed concert at the African American Heritage Festival in Savannah, GA 2/23
Guest Artist at the College of Charleston, SC. Improvisations to visual art. 3/23
Concert at the Gullah Festival: African-American Musical event, Beaufort, SC 5/25
Concert and clinics with the Lincoln Center All-Stars, for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program, Valdosta, GA 6/26 – 28
Concert with James Moody for the Savannah AACP, Savannah, GA 10/17
2001
Performed on the Great American Jazz Series with BlueNote recording artist Marcus Printup. 2/3
Featured performer at the East Coast Jazz Festival in Washington, D.C. 2/16 – 17
Featured performer at the Atlanta Jazz Festival 5/26
Performed concerts and clinics for the Georgia Governors Honors Program with the Lincoln Center All-Stars 6/28 – 29
Featured performer at the Savannah Jazz Festival 9/28 – 29
Concert with legendary jazz musicians Keter Betts and Ethel Ennis for the Hilton Head Island Jazz Society 10/7
2000
Performed at the International Association of Jazz Educators convention in New Orleans with director of jazz studies Bunky Green. 1/13
Performed on the Great American Jazz Series with BlueNote recording artist Marcus Printup, Jacksonville, FL 2/3
Performances for Georgia Governors Honors with the Lincoln Center All-stars, Georgia 6/28 – 30
Concert at the Savannah Jazz Festival with jazz legends James Moody and Ben Riley. 9/15
Performances at the “Jazz Corner” with international jazz vocalist Rebecca Paris (student of Sarah Vaughn) 9/20-23
Concert for the Greenville Arts Council, Greenville, Mississippi 9/30
Concert as Guest Artist with the Jazz Ambassadors (United States Army) at the Times Union Center, Jacksonville, FL 11/2
Featured guest artist with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, Tribute to Duke Ellington. Conducted by Skitch Henderson. Savannah, GA 11/3
Concert at the Koger Museum with legendary Jazz Bassist Jay Leonhart, Jacksonville, FL. 11/12
1999 – 1994
Interviewed for nationally syndicated PBS arts show “Conversations” 10/7/99
Performance at the Hampton Jazz Festival, Birkenhead, England 11/2/98
Concert at the International Association of Jazz Educators Convention, with Blue Note recording artist Marcus Printup, Chicago, IL 1/11/97
Concerts and Clinics with Wynton Marsalis, Florida 3/30/97 – 3/31/97
Performances at “Top of the Senator”, top jazz venue in Toronto, CA 6/17/97 – 6/21/97
Live broadcast on Toronto Television, “Toronto Today” 6/19/97
Performance at the JVC Jazz festival, Saratoga Springs, New York 6/28/97
Concerts and Clinics at the Skidmore Jazz Institute,
Saratoga Springs, NY.6/29/97 – 7/1/97
Concert at the Wexner Center for the Performing Arts, Columbus, OH 8/30/97
Soloist with the Jacksonville Pops Symphony Orchestra 6/96 – 8/96
Series of Concerts and lectures on a variety of topics ranging from Louis Armstrong to American Popular Song at the Disney Institute with BlueNote Artist Marcus Printup 8/17/96 – 8/21/96
Performance at “Blues Alley” in Washington, DC, one of the top jazz venues in the country. 9/4/96 – 9/5/96
Performances at “The Jazz Bakery”, Los Angeles, CA 11/7/96 – 11/8/96
Concert at the La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, CA 11/9/96
Soloist with the Savannah Symphony Orchestra 12/6/96
Performances at New York Jazz Club, Iridium. A top venue for jazz. 5/23/95 –5/27/95
Performances at “The Jazz Kitchen” in Indianapolis, IN. National venue 7/18/95 – 7/20/95
Concert at the Indianapolis Jazz Festival, Indianapolis, IN 7/22/95
Concert at the Savannah Jazz Festival with David “Fathead” Newman, Ben Riley, and Delbert Felix, GA 9/22/95
JVC Jazz Festival with Marcus Printup. New York, at Lincoln Center 4/21/94