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Artbound
Jazzman John Ellis On Writing in L.A.
Saxophonist and composer John Ellis has spent his residency at 18th Street Arts Center by composing 30 new pieces of work.
Daniel Seeff is West Coast Director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and the Program Director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He also directs the Institute's Los Angeles public school outreach programming, including Jazz in the Classroom and BeBop to Hip-Hop, and serves as an associate producer of the Institute's annual International Jazz Competition. Seeff is a bassist and guitarist who has toured nationally and performed on albums with artists such as Eminem, Jay-Z, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Cypress Hill. He also performed and wrote music for the Aloe Blacc album "Lift Your Spirit" produced by DJ Khalil.