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Chris West

Presented by The Family Wash at Family Wash

August 18, 2011

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Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Chris's interest in music started at a very young age. Having inherited his father's acoustic guitar, and a small Casio keyboard, Chris started experimenting with music as far back as he can remember. Chris would try and get his hands on any musical instrument he could find and figure out how to play it. Chris decided to polish his talents in music on the saxophone after playing trumpet for two years in the school band. Chris began studying with world renowned saxophonists Jeff Coffin (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones) and Jeff Kirk (Maynard Ferguson) and in 1998 he earned his Bachelors degree in Commercial Music Composition/Performance at Belmont University in Nashville. It was at Belmont that he also began studying flute and clarinet. Chris then took 5 years off from school to travel the country and compose for/play with a 7-piece avant guarde funk/jazz band. In 2002, Chris decided to go back to school and in 3 years had earned his Masters in Jazz Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. Since graduating from MTSU, Chris has been teaching at Western Kentucky University, as well as several high schools in the Nashville area. He has also toured with several major acts such as Deana Carter and Brenda Lee and has had the honor of performing with major jazz/funk artists such as Bob Babbit (Motown), Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Benny Golson, Rufus Reed, Kenny Werner, Tim Hagen, Randy Brecker, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Jim McNeely, Chester Thompson, Bill Summers (Herbie Hancock), The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Rebirth Brass Band, John Medeski, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyseey, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Eddie Daniels, etc

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    Family Wash

    2038 Greenwood Ave
    Nashville, TN 37206

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    August 18, 2011

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    Thursday 8:30pm

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