User:Skiff Feldspar

Skiff Feldspar(birthname:Zachary Stewart)is an electric guitarist, composer and improvisor who makes his home in Seattle Washington. He located to Seattle in 2000 to continue his music studies at Cornish College of the Arts where he studied jazz with renowned musician's Julian Priester(Herbie Hancock,Sun Ra), and Dave Peterson. After completing most of his music courses, Skiff decided to leave Cornish and further his education on the road. In 2004, he joined the popular jam/funk band, Flowmotion and continued to tour the Western United States, playing Folsom Prison, High Sierra Music Festival and cutting two albums with the group before leaving to persue new music directions. Skiff has shared the stage with Micheal Franti, Bill Frisell, Jessica Lurie, Skerik, Mike Dillon(Critters Buggin', Ani DeFranco), Tony Furtado, Steve Kimock, Brad Houser(New Bohemians), Micheal Travis(String Cheese Incident),Jerry Granelli, Briggan Krauss, Pequito D'Rivera and many others. Skiff currently performs with the avant/electric jazz trio, Goat, The Greg Sinibaldi/ Skiff Feldspar Duo, as well as the improvising collective, Headlock. He is also a part of Gallery 1412, a non profit performance space, run by Seattle-based composers and improvisors, that hosts a variety of new music concerts and workshops.