David Haney (born 1955) is an American

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pianist and publisher of ''

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'' magazine.

Career

As an infant, Haney's family moved from

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, California, to

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, Alberta. He began piano studies at the age of nine, and started playing guitar when he was fifteen. He attended

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and the

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. At

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in Vancouver, Washington, he studied music theory and took private lessons with jazz pianist Eddie Weid. From 1980 to 1985 he studied privately with Czech-American composer Tomáš Svoboda. His works were performed twice at the Berg Swann Auditorium in Portland, in 1980 and 1982, and at

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in McMinnville, Oregon in 1982. He was commissioned in 1984 to provide the music for a benefit fundraiser for the

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, which included the

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. He received commissions from private individuals and recorded music for film through Alberta Filmworks in 1988. 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 Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist and composer. Although skilled in a variety of genres of jazz (including Dixieland, which he performed while in college), and other genres of musi ...

in Canada that year, then with

Julian Priester Julian Priester (born June 29, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist and occasional euphoniumist. He is sometimes credited "Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto". He has played with Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock. Bio ...

in 1998. In 1999, he played at Yoshi's in Oakland, California with

John Tchicai John Martin Tchicai ( ; 28 April 1936 – 8 October 2012) was a Danish free jazz saxophonist and composer. Biography Tchicai was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to a Danish mother and a Congolese father. The family moved to Aarhus, where he st ...

. In 2000, he performed solo at the Pacific Rim Chamber Festival in Tofino, Canada and the Calgary International Jazz Festival. He played in Portland in 2001 with

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and again with Julian Priester and

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. On 26 September 2001 he played a solo concert six blocks from

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of the September 11 attacks on the

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. He has performed at

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and in a duo concert with

Jørgen Munkeby Jørgen Munkeby (born 3 September 1980 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz and heavy metal musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, known as the frontman in the band Shining and former member of Jaga Jazzist. Career Munkeby formed ...

at BlaJazz in Oslo, Norway. In 2002, he formed a

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tribute trio that performed concerts and on radio station KMHD in Portland and KJEX in Seattle, Washington. Later that year he played at The Knitting Factory with

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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 Second International Festival de Jazz de Valparaiso in ChileTempkin, Todd, Fundacion de Valparaiso Newsletter, Retrieved 1 February 2010. and several concerts and master classes throughout Argentina. He played a solo concert at Porgy and Bess in Vienna, Austria. In January 2004, Haney toured with Julian Priester, playing at The Jazz Gallery in New York and concerts in France, Belgium, and Germany.

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, founder and publisher of ''

'' magazine, announced in 2011 that Haney would take over the magazine in 2012. Haney also publishes ''The Liturgy Planner'' to help churches choose music for their services. Haney has collaborated with

Buell Neidlinger Buell Neidlinger (March 2, 1936 – March 16, 2018) was an American cellist and double bassist. He has worked with a variety of pop and jazz performers, prominently with iconoclastic pianist Cecil Taylor in the 1950s and '60s. Biography Neidling ...

Han Bennink Han Bennink (born 17 April 1942) is a Dutch drummer and percussionist. On occasion his recordings have featured him playing soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, trombone, violin, banjo and piano. Though perhaps best known as one of the pivotal fig ...

Mat Marucci Mathew "Mat" Roger Marucci III (born July 2, 1945) is an American jazz drummer, composer, author, educator and clinician. He has numerous critically acclaimed recordings as leader, and his performing credits include: Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, ...

and Wilbert de Joode and recorded on the

and

CIMP Creative Improvised Music Projects, usually abbreviated CIMP or C.I.M.P., is an American jazz record company and label. It is associated with ''Cadence Magazine'' and Cadence Jazz Records. The label is noted for its minimal use of electronic proc ...

labels.

Discography

* ''Caramel Topped Terrier'' (Cadence Jazz), 2001) * ''For Sale: Five Million Cash'' (Cadence, 2004) duo with Julian Priester * ''Arctic Radio'' (Arctic, 1997) * ''Blues Royale'' (CIMP], 2007) * ''Clandestine'' (CIMP, 2008) * ''Conspiracy A Go Go'' (CIMP, 2008) * ''Blues Royale'' (CIMP, 2008) with Adam Lane, Mike Biseo * ''Blue Flint Girl'' (CIMP, 2009) * ''Live at Yoshi's'' (Cadence, 2010) with John Tchicai * ''Solo'' (CIMP, 2015) * ''Avenue of the Americas'' (CIMP, 2016) * ''Live from Jazz Central'' (Cadence, 2016) * ''Selling It Like It Is'' (Cadence, 2016) * ''Stix & Stones: Piano & Drum Duets'' (Slam, 2016) * ''Q Sessions'' (Slam, 2017) * ''Siege of Misarata'' (CIMP, 2017) * ''Angel Foot Shuffle'' (Cadence, 2015) * ''Birth of a City'' (Big Round Records - Parma Recordings, 2018) * ''Circadian World Clock'' (Big Round Records - Parma Recordings, 2018) * ''Live at Earshot'' (Cadence Media, 2022)

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''Blue Flint Girl''

''Clandestine and Conspiracy''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haney, David 1955 births Living people Musicians from Fresno, California Musicians from Oregon

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