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Jim Gagne
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Jim
Gagne was born and raised in Port Huron, Michigan. He earned a
Bachelors of Music Education and a Masters of Music in Trombone
Performance from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant.
Performances with CMU’s Jazz Lab 1 earned him citations for
outstanding soloist and composer at the Aquinas Collegiate Jazz
Festival (Grand Rapids, MI) and the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz
Festival. Over a period of 10 years, he taught instrumental music at all levels of public
schools. Jim moved to Milwaukee in 2003 after taking a
position as instrumental publications editor at the Hal
Leonard Corporation. |
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Jim has
performed with many notable artisits such as Jon Faddis, Bill
Watrous, Richie Cole, Louie Bellson, Allen Vizzuti, and The
Temptations, and at such venues as the Detroit-Montreaux (Ford)
Jazz Festival, the North Seas Jazz Festival and Carnegie
Hall. He has also performed with the Lansing Symphony Big Band,
the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Big Swing Face, Mr. Lucky’s Swing
Syndicate, Swing Nouveau and is a member of the newly formed
Quadrabones trombone quartet. Jim also has extensive classical
experience, and is currently a member of the Concord Chamber
Orchestra. He has been playing with the All-Star SUPERband since
December of 2006. |
His
influences include Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter,
Michael Brecker and J.J. Johnson. His favorite writers include
Gil Evans, Thad Jones, Bob Brookmeyer and John LaBarbera.
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