Gary Thomas: Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Howard University, Washington, DC - Jazz Performance 1978-1979 Jazz flute studies with Dr. Arthur Dawkins.

Classical saxophone studies with Reginald Jackson

Theory with Dr. Doris McGinty.

Peabody Preparatory, Baltimore, MD - Classical Performance 1973-1975 Classical flute studies with Bonnie Lake (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra). Classical flute studies with Shizona Thorton.

Adminstrative Experience

The Peabody Institute Of The Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD 1996-2017 Founding director and chair of jazz studies

● Director and chair of comprehensive professional music conservatory program operating within a research university context, averaging 20 full-time enrollments, granting Peabody degrees from the BM and BA to the GPD (graduate performance diploma) in jazz;

● Supervised academic quality, procedures, admissions, and academic administration for the jazz program, in collaboration with relevant university offices and committees;

● Hired, recruited, managed eight faculty (full and part time);

● Fostered new modes of interaction between music and technology through innovative curricular development;

● Overhauled the curriculum to enhance professional training, sheparding curricular proposals through conservatory apporval processes;

● Participated in academic governance;

● Liasied with conservatory development to facilitate a number of gifts and legacies to the school

(including gifts to support scholarships, sponsored concerts, and masterclasses) Garnered a $100,000 gift to create new administrative staff position (Academic Coordinator) to assure collabrative and efficient program management;

● Fostered a diverse range of masterclasses, lectures and performances, including Jack DeJohnette, Ingrid Jensen, John Scofield, Pat Martino, Terri Lyne Carrington, Conrad Herwig, Roy Haynes, Mark Copland, Helen Sung, Vijay Iyer, Cindy Blackman Santana, Chano Dominguez, Chick Corea, Luciana Souza, Orrin Evans, Andre Hayward, Dontae and Mashica Winslow;

● Successful recruitment of a diverse faculty in a range of disciplines, building the pre-eminence of the undergraduate and graduate programs that I previously established. Gary Thomas CV1

Academic Experience

The Peabody Institute Of The Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD 1996-2017 Responsibilities included:

Professor of jazz woodwinds (saxophone, flute, and clarinet) Professor of jazz theory fundamentals, beginning improvisation, and advanced improvisation Director of multimedia ensemble (13-15 pieces) and drummer’s collective ensemble (quartet) Towson University – Baltimore, MD 2001-2002

Adjunct Professor

Responsibilties included:

Instruction of first-year improvisation

Additional Teaching (Selected List Of Masterclasses): Hamburger Konservatorium: Hamburg, Germany 04/2014 Kungliga Musikhøgskola: Stockholm, Sweden 04/2014

Esberg Musikkonservatorium: Esbjerg, Denmark 04/2014 Malmo Folkhögskola: Malmo, Sweden 01/2013

Winter Jazz Camp: Engelsholm, Denmark 01/2013

Berklee College of Music: Boston, MA 07/2010

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor, Michigan 04/2003 Towson University: Baltimore, MD 05/2001

Esberg Musikkonservatorium: Esbjerg, Denmark 02/2000 Odense Musikkonservatorium: Odense, Denmark 02/2000 Malmo Folkhögskola: Malmo, Sweden 02/2000

Fridhems Folkhögskola: Svalöv, Sweden 02/2000

Centralskolan Torsas: Torsas, Sweden 04/1999

Vaxjo Jazzclub: Vaxjo, Sweden 04/1999

Borlange Kommunala Musikskola: Borlange, Sweden 04/1999 Esberg Musikkonservatorium: Esbjerg, Denmark 12/1998 Royal Conservatory of Music: Stockholm, Sweden 11/1998 National Conservatory of Music: Paris, France 10/1998 Skurups Folkhögskola: Skurups, Sweden 04/1997

Fridhems Folkhögskola: Svalöv, Sweden 04/1997

Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium: Copenhagen, Denmark 04/1997 Vestjysk Musikkonservatorium: Århus, Denmark 04/1997 Berklee College of Music: Boston, MA 11/1993

Bruckner Conservatory: Vienna, Austria 04/1989

Hamburger Konservatorium: Hamburg, Germany 04/1989 Career Highlights

Constructed and launched Peabody’s first fully operational online course (Jazz Theory Fundamentals) 2015

Winner of Johns Hopkins University’s Excellence in Teaching Award 2012 Named Artistic Director of the Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club Series 2011 Selected as subject of Johns Hopkins University’s Provost Project on Innovation 2010 Established and launched Peabody’s first multimedia ensemble, the Peabody Improvisation and Multimedia Ensemble (PIME) 2008

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Pioneered online teaching at Peabody (Jazz Theory Fundamentals) 2008 Named the inaugural holder of the Case Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies at Peabody 2006 Joined Herbie Hancock’s Quartet 2001

Founded and estabished first jazz degree program at The Peabody Conservatory Of Musi 2002 Joined John McLaughlin’s "Heart of Things" 1997

Awarded Gold Prize "While the Gate is Open", Swing Journal Magazine (Japan) 1990 Awarded Bronze Prize "By Any Means Necessary", Swing Journal Magazine (Japan) 1989 Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition (Flute), Down Beat Magazine Critic's Poll 1989 Joined the Miles Davis Band 1987

Joined Jack DeJohnette’s "Special Edition" 1986

Performance Experience

Performed and/or Recorded With:

Miles Davis, Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Jim Hall, Dave Holland, Nana Vasconcelos, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Vinnie Colaiuta, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jason Moran, Billy Hart, Wynton Marsalis, David Sanborn, Joe Lovano, Geri Allen, Joshua Redman, Bobby McFerrin, Sam Rivers, Matt Garrison, Vanessa Williams, Wallace Roney, Betty Carter, George Benson, James Newton, McCoy Tyner, Joey DeFrancesco, Rashid Ali, Mark Helias, Chris Dave, Q-tip, Maysa Leak, Esperanza Spaulding, Howard Johnson, Lenny White, Charles Fambrough, Randy Brecker, Stefon Harris, Keeter Betts, Ingrid Jensen, James Newton, Christian McBride, Jeff Watts, James Williams, Paul Motian, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Patrice Rushen, Don Elias, Peter Washington, Vernon Reid, Cindy Blackman, Robin Eubanks, Leon Thomas, Lars Danielsson, Cassandra Wilson, Roy Hargrove, Andrew Hill, Kevin Eubanks, Greg Osby, John Scofield, Tony Williams, Dennis Chambers, Vijay Iyer, Kenny Garrett, Jeff Watts, Eddie Henderson, Omar Hakim, Mick Goodrick, Charlie Haden, Anthony Cox, Jimmy Smith, Mulgrew Miller, Steve Coleman, John Patitucci, Ronnie Burrage, Mike Clark, Ravi Coltrane, Steve Turre, Chester Thompson, Scott Colley, Lionel Loueke, David Murray, George Coleman, Idris Muhammad, John Hicks

Musical Groups (as a leader)

Gary Thomas Quartet, Pariahs’ Pariahs, Seventh Quadrant, Exile’s Gate, Overkill 1988 – present International Touring in North America, Europe and Asia Television and Radio appearances

Multiple CD recordings and videos

Musical Groups (As a side person/selected)

American Studio Orchestra: Soloist, saxophone and flute 2009 – present Multimedia Orchestra, 2010 "Artist-in-Residence" at The Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences' Center for Africana Studies

Soulful Symphony Orchestra: Soloist, saxophone, clarinet and flute 2006 –present Baltimore Symphony Orchestra partner

Herbie Hancock Quartet -Tenor Saxophone, Flute 2001 - 2003 Domestic Touring: performances in 40-plus states

John McLaughlin’s “The Heart of Things” - Tenor Saxophone, Flute 1997 – 1999 International Touring (North America, Europe)

Television and radio appearances

CD recordings and videos

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John Patitucci Quartet - Tenor Saxophone, Flute 1994 International Touring in North America, Europe

Miles Davis Band - Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Bass Clarinet 1987 – 1989 Domestic Touring: performances in 40-plus states

Jack DeJohnette’s Special Edition - Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Bass Clarinet 1986 – 1994 International Touring in North America, Europe and Asia Domestic Touring: performances in 40-plus states

Multiple Television and Radio appearances

Multiple CD recordings and videos

Selected Discography

As a leader:

Gary Thomas “At Risk” (Inner Circle Music) 2016

Gary Thomas "Seehear" (Indie) 2005

Gary Thomas "Pariah's Pariah" (Winter&Winter) 1998 Gary Thomas/Various Artists "Resurrection II: 20th Century Improvised Music Works”

(Winter&Winter)

1998 Gary Thomas/Various Artists "Monk to Bach" (Winter&Winter) 1998 Gary Thomas "Found On Sordid Streets" (Winter&Winter) 1997 Gary Thomas "Overkill" (JMT) 1995

Gary Thomas "Exile's Gate" (JMT) 1993

Gary Thomas "Till We Have Faces" (JMT) 1992

Gary Thomas/Christy Doran/Marc Helias/Bobby Previte “Corporate Art” (JMT) 1991 Gary Thomas "The Kold Kage" (JMT) 1991

Gary Thomas "While The Gate Is Open" (JMT) 1990

Gary Thomas "By Any Means Necessary" (JMT) 1989

Gary Thomas "Code Violations" (ENJA) 1988

Gary Thomas "Seventh Quadrant" (ENJA) 1987

As a sideperson:

Ralph Peterson Jr. “Inward Venture” (Onyx Music) 2017 Ralph Peterson Jr. “Aggregate Prime” (Onyx Music) 2016 Kevin Clark “Causes and Conditions” (Inner Circle Music) 2017 Cesar Orozco “No Limits for Tumbao” (ALFI Records) 2016 Alex Norris “Extension Deadline” (BJUR Records) 2015 Levon Mikaelian “United Shades of Artistry” (Levon Mikaelian Music) 2015 Anders Mogensen “Just Another Day at the Office” (Steeplechase) 2013 Blake Meister “Septagon” (Inner Circle Music) 2012 Jesse Elder “The Winding Shell” (OFF) 2009

Jacob Yoffee “Dead Reckoning” (Inner Circle Music) 2008 Jacek Kochan “Man Of No Words” (Gowi Records) 2008 Whit Williams "The Whit Williams Now's The Time Big Band (MAMA Records) 2008 Paul Bollenback "Brightness Of Being" (Elefant Dreams) 2006 Chris McNulty "Dance Delicioso" (Elefant Dreams) 2005 Mashica “The Real Thing” (Ranson Entertainment) 2003 Ruth Naomi Floyd “Fan Into Flame” (Contour Records) 2001 Jimmy Wilson “Future History” (Replicant Records) 2001 George Colligan "Mad Science" (Sunny Sky) 2003

Q-Tip "Kamaal The Abstract" (Arista) 2002

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Maysa “Out of the Blue” (N-Coded Music) 2002

George Colligan "Ultimatum" (Criss Cross) 2001

Adam Pieronczyk “Digivooco” (PAO) 2001

Terri Lyne Carrington "Jazz Is A Spirit" (ACT) 2001 Maysa “All My Life” (N-Coded Music) 2001

Peter Herborn "Large Two" (Jazzline) 2001

Steve Coleman "Ascension to Light" (BMG France) 2001 Jazz Unit “Yaqui” (Pama Records) 2000

Grainger “Phase II” (GBM Records) 2000

John McLaughlin "The Heart Of Things Live In Europe" (Verve/Polygram) 2000 Greg Osby "The Invisible Hand" (Bluenote) 2000

Rez Abassi "Modern Memory" (Feroza Music) 2000

Tim Lefevre And Zack Danziger “Boomish” (KineticSurge) 1999 Ingrid Jensen "Higher Ground" (ENJA) 1999

Stefon Harris "Black Action Figure" (Bluenote) 1999 Wallace Roney "No Job Too Big Or Too Small" (32 Jazz) 1999 Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star Orchestra "Inspiration" (BMG/RCA) 1999 Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star Orchestra "Culmination" (BMG/RCA) 1999 Ron Bosse & Pursuance "Emotion And Intellect" (Thinking Man Records) 1999 Stuart Hart "Inner Voice" (Fusionhart Music) 1999

John Arnold "Black Market" (Cosmopolitan) 1999

Peter Herborn "Large One" (Jazzline) 1998

Carl Filipiak "Hotel Real" (Geometric Music) 1997

Mogensen\Frisk Quartet "Aquitaine" (Storyville) 1997 John McLaughlin "The Heart Of Things" (Verve/Polygram) 1997 Grainger “Phase I” (GBM Records) 1997

John Arnold "Native Beauty" (Cosmopolitan) 1997

Dan Gottshall "The Golem Shuffle" (Timbre) 1996

Andrzej Cudzich "Able To Listen" (Polonia Records) 1996

Antonio Hart "For Cannonball And Woody" (RCA/Novus) 1995 Paul Bollenback "Original Visions" (Challenge) 1995 Anders Mogensen "Taking Off" (Storyville) 1994

Carnegie Hall Salutes The Jazz Masters (Verve/Polygram) 1994 Tom Williams Quintet "Straight Street" (Criss Cross) 1994

Gabrielle Goodman "Until We Love" (JMT)

1994

Uri Caine "Toys" (Jmt) 1994

Jack Dejohnette's Special Edition "Extra Special Edition" (Bluenote) 1994 Uri Caine "Sphere Music" (Jmt) 1993

Foley "7 Years Ago...Directions In Smart Alec Music" (Mojazz) 1993 Gabrielle Goodman "Travelin' Light" (JMT)

1993

Michele Rosewoman "Harvest" (ENJA) 1993

Makoto Kuriya "X-Based Music" (KING) 1993

Andrea Marcelli "Oneness" (Lipstick) 1993

Peter Herborn "Traces Of Trane" (JMT) 1992

William Goffigan "Eternal Flame" (Stash STB) 1992

Greg Osby "Man-Talk For Moderns/Vol. X" (Bluenote) 1991 Michele Rosewoman "Contrast High" (ENJA) 1991

Jack Dejohnette's Special Edition "Earthwalk" (Bluenote) 1991 Tony Reedus "Incognito" (ENJA) 1991

Wallace Roney "Obsession" (Muse) 1991

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Wallace Roney "The Standard Bearer" (Muse) 1990

Cassandra Wilson "Jump World" (JMT) 1990

Wallace Roney "Intuition" (Muse) 1989

Cecil Brooks III "The Collective" (Muse) 1989

Makoto Kuriya "The Baltimore Syndicate" (Paddlewheel) 1989 Jack Dejohnette's Special Edition "Audio Visualscapes" (MCA) 1988 Steve Coleman "Sine Die" (Pangaea) 1988

Wallace Roney "Verses" (Muse) 1988

Jack Dejohnette's Special Edition "Irresistible Forces" (MCA) 1987 Compositions (selected)

Absolute Images/"Code Violations" (ENJA) 1988

Adax/"Code Violations" (ENJA) 1988

At Risk/"By Any Means Necessary" (JMT) 1989

A Brilliant Madness/"Exile's Gate" (JMT) 1993

By Any Means Necessary/"By Any Means Necessary" (JMT) 1989 Chiaroscuro/"Seventh Quadrant" (ENJA) 1987

Code Violations/"Code Violations" (ENJA) 1988

Continuum/"By Any Means Necessary" (JMT) 1989

The Dawning Crescent/"Code Violations" (ENJA) 1988 The Divide/""The Kold Kage" (JMT) 1991

Exile's Gate/"Exile's Gate" (JMT) 1993

First Strike/"The Kold Kage" (JMT) 1991

For Those Who Still Hear the…/"Pariah's Pariah" (Winter&Winter) 1998 Foresight, Preparation and Subterfuge/"Seventh Quadrant" (ENJA) 1987 Found on Sordid Streets/"Found On Sordid Streets" (Winter&Winter) 1997 Gate of Faces/"The Kold Kage" (JMT) 1991

Intellect/"The Kold Kage" (JMT) 1991

Infernal Machine/"The Kold Kage" (JMT) 1991

Is Everything Relative/"Pariah's Pariah" (Winter&Winter) 1998 Janala/"By Any Means Necessary" (JMT) 1989

The Kold Kage/"The Kold Kage" (JMT) 1991

Kulture Bandits/"The Kold Kage" (JMT) 1991

Labyrinth/"Seventh Quadrant" (ENJA) 1987

Maxthink/"Code Violations" (ENJA) 1988

No/"Seventh Quadrant" (ENJA) 1987

No Mercy Rule/"Exile's Gate" (JMT) 1993

Only Hearsay/"Pariah's Pariah" (Winter&Winter) 1998 Out of Harm's Way/"By Any Means Necessary" (JMT) 1989 Pariah's Pariah/"Pariah's Pariah" (Winter&Winter) 1998 Potential Hazard/"By Any Means Necessary" (JMT) 1989 Peace of the Corridor/"The Kold Kage" (JMT) 1991

SeeHear Suite/"Seehear" (Indie) 2005

Seventh Quadrant/"Seventh Quadrant" (ENJA) 1987

Screen Gem/"By Any Means Necessary" (JMT) 1989

Sybase/"Code Violations" (ENJA) 1988

Tablet of Destinies/"Seventh Quadrant" (ENJA) 1987 Threshold/"The Kold Kage" (JMT) 1991

To the Vanishing Point/"By Any Means Necessary" (JMT) 1989 Traf/"Code Violations" (ENJA) 1988

Trapezoid/"Code Violations" (ENJA) 1988

Treason/"Found On Sordid Streets" (Winter&Winter) 1997 Vanishing Time/"Pariah's Pariah" (Winter&Winter) 1998 Gary Thomas CV6

Who's in Control?/"Pariah's Pariah" (Winter&Winter) 1998 Zero Tolerance/"Pariah's Pariah" (Winter&Winter) 1998 Zylog/"Code Violations" (ENJA) 1988

Historical References

Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography

By Ian Carr (Thunder's MouthPress/New York)

The Story of Jazz: Bop and Beyond

By Frank Bergerot and Arnaud Merlin (Discoveries/Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers) Jazz: A Crash Course

By Simon Adams (Watson - Guptill Publications)

Jazz Rock: A History

By Stuart Nicholson (Schirmer Books/Prentice Hall International) Music Hound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide 4th Edition By Steve Holtje and Nancy Ann Lee (Visible Ink Press) The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD

By Richard Cook and Brian Morton (Penguin Books)

Jazz: The Rough Guide

The Essential Companion to Artists and Albums

By Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, and Brian Priestly (Penguin Books) Miles: The Autobiography

By Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe (Simon and Schuster) All Music Guide to Jazz

By Michael Erlewine,Vladmir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Scott Yanow (Miller Freeman Books) Jazz for Beginners

By Ron David (Writers and Reader Publishing, Inc.) Dictionaire du Jazz, Fourth Edition

By Philippe Charles, Andre Clergeat, Jean - Louis Comolli (Editions, Robert Laffont) The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond - 6th Edition By Joachim E. Berendt (Lawrence Hill Books)

Masters of Jazz Saxophone: The Story of the Players and Their Music by Tony Bacon (Balafon Books)

Affiliations

Buffet-Crampon Performing Artist, International Status Bari Reeds

References (most current)

Dr. Susan Weiss, Chair of Musicology

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Peabody Conservatory of Music

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Dr. Alexander Norris, Trumpet

400 West 43rd Street, #32P

New York, NY 10036

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Ian Sims, Peabody Preparatory of Music

1 East Mount Vernon Place

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Blake J. Meister, Professor of Bass, Peabody Preparatory of Music Tel: 484-***-****

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Terri Lyne Carrington, Professor of Percussion

Berklee College of Music

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Larry Williams, Assistant Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs Johns Hopkins University

3400 North Charles Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21218

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