-----Buffet Crampon USA Performing Artist, Russell Kirk, is regularly heard throughout New York, Baltimore, and Washington DC. As a solo artist, he is regarded as one of the most diverse performers on the saxophone. Russell has performed and recorded with a wide variety of celebrated groups, ranging from The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to George Clinton’s Parliament Funkadelic. Other groups Russell has performed with, include Soulful Symphony, Cab Calloway Orchestra, The Eubie Blake Legacy Band, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Rumba Club. Prominent artists he has worked with include Kenny Werner, Sam Rivers, Gary Thomas, Dennis Chambers, Mike Formanek, Mike Clark, Kevin Mahogany, Cuba Gooding Sr., and Vusi Mahlasela. As a leader, Russell Kirk and his band have opened for Herbie Hancock at The Clifford Brown Jazz Festival. Other festivals have included the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference (IAJE), Milford Jazz Festival, The Federal Hill Jazz & Blues Festival, and many others.Composition plays a very large part in Russell's total musical picture. He was selected as an artist in residence at the John F. Kennedy Center with the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program. Russell is also a two-time recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award and has recently released his debut album entitled Black & White, which features original compositions and arrangements.Russell (b.1980), a Baltimore native and Graduate of Peabody Conservatory at the Johns Hopkins University, has been touring various countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East with the U.S.O. playing guitar for singer/songwriter Jenny Boyle. When not touring, Russell attends New York University’s graduate program in Jazz Performance & Composition. At NYU, Russell is an adjunct faculty member in the Steinhardt School, heads a music outreach program for inner city youths in Harlem & the East Village, and plays in various ensembles with John Scofield, Chris Potter, and Lenny Picket... make
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