Karlton Hester

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Karlton E. Hester, Ph.D. (composer/flutist/saxophonist), began his career as a composer and recording artist in Los Angeles where he worked as a studio musician and music educator. He received his Ph.D. in composition from the City University of New York Graduate Center and is currently Director of "Jazz" Studies at the University of California in Santa Cruz. As performer on both flute and saxophone, he is music director of the Fillmore Jazz Preservation Big Band and Hesterian Musicism. Hester specializes in premeditated, spontaneous and electro-acoustic composition. His compositions span a wide range; from numerous solo cycles for various woodwinds to chamber configurations, music videos and electro-acoustic symphonic works written in an eclectic array of styles. Some of his music and more information is available at his website. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Musicism for Your Imagination: Alive at Barnes Hall

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Musicism For The Sake Of Love

Musicism for the Sake of Love – Karlton Hester and the Contemporary Jazz Art Movement

Sacred Musicism – Karlton Hester and Hesterian Musicism

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Quantum Elders Consciousness Vaccine

Harmonious Soul Scenes 2000 – Karlton Hester and Hesterian Musicism

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Karlton Hester: Quantum Elders Ballet

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Divine Particle's Vision

Reconstructive Musicism – Karlton Hester and Hesterian Musicism

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If Music Presents You Need This - a Journey into Deep Jazz Vol. 3 - Compiled by Jean-Claude

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Trans-cultural Musicism

21st-Century Musicism – Compositions by Karlton E. Hester

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