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The Grant Gordy & Alex Hargreaves quartet
Grant Gordy took up the guitar at the age of 13 in his hometown of Portland, OR. He now calls Denver, CO home and has been a part of the national acoustic music scene for the last several years. He cut his teeth as a working musician playing all kinds of music at all kinds of gigs around Colorado. In 2006 Grant auditioned and was selected for Edgar Meyer's "Porous Borders of Music" workshop in New York City, the culmination of which was a performance at Carnegie Hall, where Grant debuted a number of his compositions. He toured North America in 2008 with Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko and the "Africa to Appalachia Project", including dates at the Montreal Jazz Festival and Calgary Folk Festival, and a featured performance on NPR's All Things Considered. Their album won a Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) for Best World Music Record of the Year. Recently Grant has become the newest member of the legendary David Grisman Quintet, which has played all over the country at concert halls and festivals including Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in June 2009. He has shared the stage with such luminaries of the acoustic music world as Mike Marshall, Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Darol Anger and of course David Grisman. He is quickly becoming recognized for pushing and blurring the boundaries of acoustic music in his compositions and improvisation, his assimilation of jazz influences, and his exceptional facility with his instrument. Grant recently released his debut CD of original compositions which features Alex Hargreaves, Dominick Leslie, Paul Kowert and David Grisman.
18-year old Alex Hargreaves has already received countless honors including the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin from Mark O'Connor's Strings Conference and the Alternative Styles Award from the American Strings Teachers Association. At 15, Alex was also the youngest ever to win the Grand Champion division at the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest in Weiser, Idaho, and in 2009 he won the Grand Masters Fiddle Championship in Nashville. He has performed on the Grand Ole Opry and on PBS's Austin City Limits. Alex recently released his own debut CD, Prelude, which includes Grant Gordy on guitar and mandolin legend Mike Marshall, who describes Ales as "arguably one of the greatest improvising violinists in America today". David Grisman says, "[Alex] plays with wit, authority and soulfulness belying his years. In my opinion, he's destined to be one of the fiddle giants of the 21st century." Matt Glaser, artistic director of Berklee College of Music, simply states, "Truly, Alex Hargreaves is the best young jazz violinist in America."
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LocationThe Woods
6637 SE Milwaukie Ave
Portland, OR 97202
United States
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