Dave Ballou is an American

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trumpeter and associate professor at

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, in

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Early life and education

Ballou was born in

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. He started playing the trumpet at age 11. Ballou received his bachelor's degree at Berklee College of Music in 1986 and his master's degree at the

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in 1992.

Career

He played in the Mingus Epitaph band and has worked as a sideman for musicians such as Rabih Abou-Khalil,

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, Denman Maroney, Orange Then Blue, Tom Rainey,

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, Michael Jefry Stevens, and

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. His first album as a leader was issued in 1998. Ballou is currently associate professor of music at

in Maryland.

Discography

Albums

* ''Amongst Ourselves'' ( Steeplechase, 1998) * ''Volition'' (Steeplechase, 1999) * ''The Floating World'' (Steeplechase, 2000) * ''On This Day'' (Steeplechase, 2001) * ''Rothko'' (Steeplechase, 2002) * ''Dancing Foot'' (Steeplechase, 2004) * ''Insistence'' (Steeplechase, 2007) * ''Solo Trumpet'' (

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, 2015) * Dave Ballou & BeepHonk - The Windup (Clean Feed, 2018) With Rabih Abou-Khalil *''

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'' (Enja, 2001)

References

External links

*http://daveballou.com/ American jazz trumpeters American male trumpeters American male jazz musicians Orange Then Blue members Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Berklee College of Music alumni University of New Hampshire alumni {{US-jazz-trumpeter-stub