Art Maxwell Multi-Instrumentalist - Composer - Arranger - Producer - Record Executive - Booking Agent - Production Consultant - Instructor - Flute - Alto Flute - Piccolo - Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone Saxophone - Clarinet and Bass Clarinet - Oboe - Shakuhachi Background Began music studies at age four on the recorder and flute studies at age eight - Studied music theory at Laney College - Formed Steinwell Music with Jeff Feldstein - Founded Tonal Gravity Records in 1988 - CD record releases in 1989, 1990, and 2000 Member and Co-Founder of the Berkeley Saxophone Quartet - Baritone Instructors Merrill Jordan (formerly with the San Francisco Symphony) - Janet Maestre (of the Berkeley Symphony) - Alexander Murray (formerly with the London Symphony) - Eugene Kushner (formerly with the Oakland Symphony) - Stan Getz (at the 1982 Jazz Workshop) - James Lewis (of the Union Street Project) Performances Ten annual recitals of classical chamber music at the International House in Berkeley, CA - Two seasons with the Prometheus Orchestra, playing flute and piccolo - Engagments at various Bay Area nightclubs including The Bistro, Moriarty's and Yoshi's - Opening of 1000 Virginia Gallery - Trinity Chamber Concerts with the Berkeley Saxophone Quartet. Performed with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Pete Escovedo - Joe Henderson - Ed Kelly - Calvin Keys - Eddie Marshall - Pastiche - Mongo Santamaria - Yancy Taylor - Diane Witherspoon - Stan Getz Quartet Performed at The Durant Hotel - The Claremont Hotel - Erle's Solano Club - Larry Blake's Kimball's - Ralph's - Birdland West - The Scorpion - The Screaming Eagle - International House - The Bistro - Ashkenaz - Dock of the Bay - The Bancroft Street Lounge - Escovedo's - Gallagher's - Moriarty's - The Coffee Mill - Yoshi's (CD Release Party, 1989, 2000) - The Great American Music Hall - Festival at the Lake, 1991 - Palo Alto Celebrates the Arts - 1st Vietnamese & American Jazz Festival - Solano Stroll - 1st International Jazz Festival in Nakhodka, Russia 1994 with trumpeter Les Rogers - 606 Club (London, England) - Le Tattingole (Poitiers, France) Radio and Television Interviews on KJAZ, KPFA, KALX, and KCSM - Oakland's KTVU/Channel 2 "New Year's Eve 1986" with Yancy Taylor's All-Stars - Video premier of "Blues for Frank" on Nisa's Showtime TV Channel 38 - Radio air play on major West Coast Jazz Stations - Video airplay on Chilean National Television - Cable 8 performances with Herb Carr and interview with Les Williams Recording Credits Composed, arranged, performed, and produced the album "Quantum Leaps" - the music of Art Maxwell and Tonal Gravity on Tonal Gravity Records - Composed, arranged, performed, and produced the album "Latin Up" - the music of Art Maxwell and Tonal Gravity featuring Diane Witherspoon on Tonal Gravity Records - Performed on several recordings of Vietnamese music for Giana Productions, including "More than Love" by Peter Zak - Produced the debut album of Diane Witherspoon "Thanking You" for Tonal Gravity Records - Produced and co-directed the video "Blues for Frank" - Recorded Movements from Twelve Fantasies for solo flute by Telemann for Clover-Lobe Productions Benefit Concerts North Berkeley Senior Center, 1999 - Laguna Honda Hospital with Art Brockmeyer - Consolidated Community Center 1990 Earthquake Relief Benefit - Bread and Roses benefit performances with the Berkeley Saxophone Quartet Most Recent Major Accomplishment A Film by Gail Dolgin- Daughter from Danang- featuring soundtrack accompaniment by Art Maxwell on shakuhachi. Winner of Best Documentary; Sundance Film Festival 2003 and nominated for an Oscar - Best Documentary 2003 Academy Awards