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Artist
Dana Landry
11+ albums
about
Dana Landry is Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Music at the University of Northern Colorado, where he directs UNC Jazz Lab Band I and the Northern Colorado Voices, and teaches graduate courses and studio jazz piano. In addition to directing the Jazz Studies Program, he is the Artistic Director of the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival and the Director of UNC Jazz Press. Under Landry’s direction, UNC Jazz Lab Band I has received two Down Beat Student Music Awards as “Best College Big Band. In the summer of 2010, Lab I was invited to tour Romania. The band has also performed at IAJE conferences in Long Beach and New York. The Northern Colorado Voices was named a regional finalist in the Harmony Sweepstakes. Landry has performed with jazz artists including Milt Jackson, Bela Fleck, Dick Oatts, Ingrid Jensen, Ricky Woodard, Jeff Coffin, Eddie Daniels, Rufus Reid, Clay Jenkins, Bill Watrous, Billy Pierce, Lew Tabackin, Alan Dawson, Tony Reedus, Ricky Woodard, David Liebman, Marvin Stamm, Slide Hampton, and others. He has performed throughout the U.S. and in Europe and Australia, and can be heard frequently in a trio with his UNC colleagues Erik Applegate (bass) and Jim White (drums). Dana also co-leads the Colorado Jazz Orchestra. His first release as a leader, Journey Home, was nominated for a Grammy Award. The CD, which features vibist Gary Burton, received critical acclaim and reached #20 on the Jazz Week radio airplay chart. Landry can also be heard on Don Aliquo’s An
