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Haney, David (Alan) Haney, David (Alan), pianist, composer, vocals; b. Fresno, CA, 7 May 1955. While he was an infant his family moved to Calgary, Canada where they stayed for the next 18 years. His father is Robert Lee Haney and his mother is Pat Jean.

David began piano studies at the age of nine adding guitar at 15. At 18 David moved with his mother, who changed her name to Jean Harmen, to Davis CA, where he attended Sacramento City College. He met and married Joanna Aplington in 1976. They have four children together, Alex, b. 1977, Ava, b. 1981, Emily, b 1985, Colin b. 1989. He attended the University of New Orleans in 1977 and in 1978 he moved to Portland OR and studied music theory at Clarke College in Vancouver, WA and private studies with jazz pianist Eddie Weid. From 1980-1985 David studied privately with Czech American composer Tomas Svoboda. David was a member of the Society of Oregon Composers from 1980 to 1983.

His works were performed twice at the Berg Swann Auditorium Portland OR 1980 and 82, and at Linfield College, McMinnville, OR in 82. He was commissioned in 1984 to provide the music for a benefit fundraiser for the Oregon Ballet Theatre, which included the Dance Theater of Harlem. He has received six commissions from private individuals, and has provided recorded music for film through the Alberta Film Works 1998. From 1980 to 1990 he wrote over 100 liturgical works. In 1997 he changed his focus to performing rather than composing; his first tour was with Roswell Rudd in Canada that year, then with Julian Priester in 1998. In 1999 he played at Yoshi's in Oakland with John Tchicai. In 2000 he performed solo at the Pacific Rim Chamber Festival in Tofino Canada and the Calgary Internationl Jazz Festival. He played in Portland in 2001 with Bud Shank and again with Julian Priester and Obo Addy.

On September 26th, 2001 he played a solo concert 6 blocks from ground zero at The Knitting Factory- and a duo concert with Jorgen Munkeby at BlaJazz in Oslo, Norway. In 2002 he formed a Herbie Nichols tribute trio that performed concerts and on the radio KMHD in Portland, OR and KJEX in Seattle. Later that year he played at The Knitting Factory with Andrew Cyrille and toured extensively with Argentine musicians Diego Chamy and Jorge Hernaez, paid in part by the U.S. State Departments of Argentina and Chile.

His trio was the headline group at the 2nd International Festival de Jazz de Valparaiso in Chile and several concerts and master classes throughout Argentina. He played a solo concert at Porgy and Bess in Vienna, Austria. In January 2004 David toured with Julian Priester playing at The Jazz Gallery in New York and concerts in France, Belgium and Germany. He played at the Ilmenau Jazz Festvial in 2004 with trombonist Johannes Baur. David played in quartet in Kingston, NY in 2005 with Julian Priester, Adam Lane, and Mike Bisio. In 2005 David played at the London Jazz Festival, and in concerts in Berlin and Antwerp with Mark McGrath, Nicolas Rombouts and Steven Carriers. In 2006 David played in Lima Peru, and returned in 2007 to Argentina for the third time, playing in Buenos Aires at Domas Artes, at the La Plata Jazz Festival with Jorge Hernaez and Gerardo Vevivlofsy, and in Mendoza. David also played in Europe in November 2007 with Joris Dudley, Juri Pulk and Milan Nicovich at the Royal Garden Jazz Club in Graz, Austria. Two other Europe concerts followed in Lokerse, Belgium and Njmegen, Holland. He currently has nine collections completed for CIMP and Cadence Jazz Records. His most recent recording (2008) is "Contraband"; CIMP 369 with Andrew Cyrille and Dominic Duval. The newest addition on the Cadence Jazz Records is "Return to Yoshi's" #1220.

Some recent performance tour stops have included: The Jazz Gallery, New York; Porgy and Bess, Vienna, Austria; RadioFrance, Paris, France; Yoshi's, Oakland, CA; Jazz at Pearls, San Francisco, CA; Festival de Jazz de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile; La Plata Jazz Festival, La Plata, Argentina; Calgary International Jazz Festival, Calgary, Canada; Pacific Rim Chamber Music Festival, Tofino, Canada; BlaaJazz, Oslo, Norway. He has presented workshops in improvisation at Portland State University; Western Washington State University; Conservatory of Music, Ghent, Belgium; Museum of Modern Art, Passau, Germany; Teatro Colon, Centro de Experimentacion; EMU School of Music, La Plata, Argentina, Hot Club de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina. He currently lives in Seattle, Washington.

Recordings: DISCOGRAPHY:

ARCTIC RADIO AR #100, with Obo Addy, Nancy King, and John Stowell

CARAMEL TOPPED TERRIER, CJR 1136, David Haney Quartet with Han Bennink, Wilbert de Joode, Julian Priester

FOR SALE, FIVE MILLION CASH, CJR 1179, Live duets with Julian Priester

THE MUSIC, CIMP 338, David Haney Trio with Adam Lane and Julian Priester

BLUES ROYALE, CIMP 354, David Haney Trio with Adam Lane and Mike Bisio

OTA BENGA OF THE BATWA, CIMP 359, Duets with Julian Priester

CONTRABAND, CIMP 367, Duets with Andrew Cyrille, (release date March, 2008)

LONG FLIGHT, SHORT PLANE, CIMP 369, David Haney, Andrew Cyrille, Dominic Duval (release date March 2008)

BLUE FLINT GIRL, CIMP 371, David Haney Trio with Adam Lane and Mike Bisio, (release date June 2008)

RETURN TO YOSHI'S, CJR 1220, David Haney Collective with John Tchicai, Adam Lane, Mat Marucci, Duck Baker and Rob Scheps (release date unknown)

ABOVE TITLES AVAILABLE FROM CIMP RECORDS, CADENCE JAZZ RECORDS AND NORTH COUNTRY DISTRIBUTORS, REDWOOD, NY

TRIO, HANEY, CHAMY, HERNAEZ, LG 2, David Haney Trio with Diego Chamy and Jorge Hernaez - La Gorda Records, Mendoza, Argentina

LATE NOTES FROM SEATTLE, CJS 4, David Haney Trio with Alex Hutchison and Adam Diller - Canada Jazz Studio, Calgary, Canada

KHANITRA, CJS 5 David Haney Trio with Alex Hutchison and Han Bennink - Canada Jazz Studio, Calgary, Canada

Radio and television broadcasts: CBC Television and A-Channel-TV, live broadcasts of performances with Roswell Rudd, Calgary, Canada 1997 CFCN-TV, live broadcast of duo with Han Bennink June 2000 during the Calgary International Jazz Festival CJSW, KJEX, KHMD live radio concerts 2002. Numerous radio, and television interviews in Canada, U.S., and Argentina Live performance with Julian Priester on January 24 2004, at the studios of RadioFrance in Paris.

David Haney has worked with many great artists including: Obo Addy Johannes Bauer Han Bennink Mike Bisio Juan Pablo Carletti Diego Chamy Andrew Cyrille Joris Dudli Dominic Duval Gerry Hemmingway Jorge Hernaez Wilbert de Joode Nancy King Pablo Ladesma Adam Lane Mat Marucci Ute Paul Mazudar Glen Moore Buell Neidlinger Joscha Oetz Julian Priester Juris Pukl Nicolas Rombouts Roswell Rudd Dylan ver der Schyff Bud Shank Jonas Tauber John Tchicai Wolter Weirbos

Contact information: avantjazz@earthlink.net haneymusic@hotmail.com