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Artist
Dennis Gonzalez
12+ albums
free jazzjazzamerican
about
Trumpeter Dennis González (correct tag) was a musician/composer, visual artist, broadcaster, writer, educator, linguist, and world traveler born in Abilene, Texas on August 15th, 1955 and lived in Dallas from 1976 until his passing on March 15, 2022. He recorded 27 albums as a leader in the jazz and church music styles for Stockholm's Silkheart Records, Berlin's Konnex Records, Poland's Gowi Records, Brut Records in Ljubljana, and Clean Feed in Lisbon, as well as U.S. record companies Music and Art (Berkeley), Koch Jazz (New York), and 8th Harmonic Breakdown (Chicago). He has also produced CDs on his own label in Dallas, daagnimRecords, since 1979. He began playing music and singing in the Southern Baptist church, under his mother's teaching. His international career began when he played and recorded at his home studio in Dallas with musicians in town to play at Ft. Worth’s Caravan of Dreams: John Purcell, Prince Lasha, John Blake, Ronnie Burrage, Charlie Burnham, Warren Benbow, Pheeroan akLaff, and Kelvyn Bell. In New Orleans, he began a 22-year association that continued until his death (and lives on through his children) with Alvin Fielder, Tim Green, Kidd Jordan, Marlon Jordan, Elton Heron, and Clyde Kerr, Jr. In California, he connected musically with Sunship Theus, Henry Franklin, John Carter, Michael Sessions, Nels Cline, and Alex Cline. His European connections grew as he began traveling with his music and visual art, playing with Louis Moholo, Elton Dean, Kei
