Violinist,
composer and producer Jeff Gauthier has worked with a wide
range of musicians in a variety of creative contexts in
a carrer that has spanned over 20 years. As an improvising
violinist, he has performerd and recorded with Yusef Lattef
& Adam Rudolph on the album The world At Peace for Meta
records, The Alex Cline Ensemble on albums for ECM &
Cryptogramophone, and the Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Quartetto
Stig and The Cline Gauthier Stinson trio, all for Nine Winds
Records. His own ensemble, the Jeff Gauthier Goatette has
recorded three CDs including Internal Memo and the Present
for Nine Winds Records and Mask for Cryptogramaphone. He
has also performed in ensembles with bassist Mark Dresser
(The Banquet) and drummer Gregg Bendian (Bone Structure).
As a founding member with Nels Cline, Alex Cline and Eric
Von Essen of the Ensemble Quartet Music, a creative presence
in Los Angeles for 12 years, Gauthier recorded four albums,
received two NEA grants, was a member of the California
Arts Council touring roster, and performed twice as soloist
with the Milwaukee Symphony.
In demand as a producer of jazz recordings, Gauthier has
worked with such luminaries as Alan Broadbent, Nels Cline,
Mark Dresser, Peter Erskine, Jimmy Rowles, stacy Rowles,
Alan Pasqua, Don Preston and many others recording CDs for
Cryptogramaphone, Delos and Nine Winds Records.
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As
a classical violinist Gauthier has performed with the Los
Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Music Center Opera,
Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony, The Oregon
Bach festival and the Carmel Bach Festival. He performed on
the 2000 Grammy award winning Cd credo, by Kristoph Penderecki
with the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus. He has
also performed on countless films and TV shows, including
almost every Star Trek film and TV show spin-off known to
man.
Gauthier is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts.
Gauthiers compositions are quirky and offbeat, bubbling with
unexpected rhythms and occasional warm lyricism. L. A. Times
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