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Artist
Kam Falk
12+ albums
Fusionjazzsoulrockrnb
about
Born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, on August 16, [yearborn]1963[/yearborn], Kam Falk began his musical journey at the tender age of seven. Guided by the virtuoso concert pianist, Erna Salm, Falk spent his formative years learning the basic foundations of baroque and classical music, studying the compositions of Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Debussy, Fauré, Stravinsky, Copeland and many more. He began studying cello at the age of nine and, guided by Professor John Ehrlich of Drake University, continued performing in chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras throughout college. After three years of intensive jazz study, Kam began performing professionally as a bassist at the age of 17, while at the University of Florida earning a bachelor's degree in theory/composition. Heavily influenced by Weather Report, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, the YellowJackets, Miles Davis, Return to Forever, Jeff Lorber and other groups that defined the fusion era, Kam began to compose and record his own compositions, collaborating with many of the musicians with whom he has associated through the past four decades. Artists like Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke were showing the world that bassists could play an integral role as both composers and performers, and Kam set out to do the same. Instrumental music of all styles has been Kam's lifelong passion. His sensibilities as a composer have been shaped by years of performing abroad and establishing a rapport with people and music of
