Seth Kibel

seth.kibel@gmail.com

The Alexandria Kleztet, klezmer band – January 1998 to present (www.kleztet.com)

Leader, primary composer and arranger, and featured soloist
(clarinet, saxophone, flute, accordion, piano, guitar)

Corner Pocket, five-piece swing combo -- April 2003 to present

Front man and featured soloist

Air Mail Special, five-piece swing combo – September 1998 to October 2002

Front man and featured soloist, specializing in the music of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw
(clarinet, saxophone)

Bay Jazz Project, jazz quartet – May 2002 to present (clarinet, saxophone, flute)

Seth Kibel Jazz Combo, straight-ahead jazz combo – June 1998 to present

Leader and featured soloist (clarinet, saxophone, flute)

Daryl Davis Band, five-piece rock and roll band – March 1997 to April 2003

Featured band member playing boogie-woogie/jump blues (saxophone, clarinet, flute, harmonica)

Since 2001, have accompanied Daryl on three European tours

Substitute performer – June 1996 to present

Groups include The Sunset Royals (big band jazz), The Hots Jazz Orchestra (early jazz), DC Dixie (dixieland jazz), Machaya Klezmer Band (klezmer), Hot Kugel Klezmer Orchestra (klezmer) and Alte Kameraden (German oom-pah)

Freelance musician – June 1996 to present

Hired by Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave), Percy Sledge, The Coasters, Johnnie Johnson and others

Tom Cunningham Orchestra, big band jazz – October 1999 to August 2000

Saxophonist and featured clarinet soloist

George Mason University Jazz Ensemble – March 1998

Guest soloist in the dance department’s presentation of "Swing Concerto" (clarinet)

The VanDangos, original rock and roll band – June 1996 to March 1997

Band member (saxophone, clarinet, flute, harmonica)

Cornell University campus ensembles – August 1992 to June 1996

Performer with Cornell Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, Chamber Winds, Jazz Ensemble, and Experimental Jazz Ensemble

 

Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges:  I'm Coming Home, blues, 2005

Jinny Marsh's Hot Kugel Klezmer Band:  Klezmerica, klezmer/jazz, 2004

Hungry for Music:  A Hanukkah Feast, klezmer, 2004

Susan Jones and Seth Kibel:  Nuts and Bolts, jazz, 2004

Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges: Jump the Joint, blues, 2002

American Song: True to Life, roots rock, 2002

The Alexandria Kleztet: Delusions of Klezmer, klezmer, 2002

Hot Kugel Klezmer Band: Grandma’s Recipes, klezmer, 2001

Esther Haynes: Esther Haynes, early jazz/swing, 2000

Gerard Moreno: Naga, flamenco, 2000

Daryl Davis: American Roots, boogie-woogie/blues, 2000

The Alexandria Kleztet: Y2Klezmer, klezmer, 1999

Dave Kitchen: Low-Falutin’, roots rock, 1998

Sons Of Zaius: Into The Fire, alternative rock, 1998

Civil Air Patrol Band: Marchin’ & Swingin’ With The C.A.P., big band jazz, 1997

John Simon: No Place Like Home, acoustic folk, 1996

Cayuga Klezmer Revival: Klezmology, klezmer, 1996

 

Dream of the Golden Country – October 2002

Seth Kibel Jazz Combo, straight-ahead jazz combo – June 1998 to present

Temple Rodef Shalom – 2000

Composed numerous original works including a woodwind octet, two woodwind quintets, saxophone quartet, and a brass octet.

 

Peabody Elder Hostel, Baltimore, Md. – March 2001 – present

Elder Hostel faculty member, teaching weeklong classes on klezmer and jazz history

The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C. – October 1998 to June 1999

Instructor of clarinet and music theory

Music and Arts Center, Springfield, Va. – July 1996 to June 1999

Woodwind instructor, 20 students per week

Traveling Teachers, Inc., Washington, D.C., area – July 1996 to May 1999

Woodwind instructor, five students per week

Victor Litz Music, Gaithersburg, Md. – August 1997 to October 1998

Woodwind instructor, eight students per week

 

B.A. Cornell University, May 1996

Double major in Music and American Studies

 

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