Dick Oatts
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953-04-02
jazzpost-bop
Discography
- Brassworks1990
- Dial and Oatts1990
- Dial & Oatts Play Cole Porter1993
- Mellifuous1995
- Meru1996
- All of Three1998
- Simone's Dance1999
- Standard Issue2000
- Standard Issue Volume 22000
- South Paw2002
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- 1,289
- Total plays
- 13,957
Tags
saxophonejazz
Born and raised in the state of Iowa, Dick Oatts was brought up in a musical family. He was introduced to the saxophone by his father Jack Oatts, a respected jazz educator and saxophonist. After high school, Dick attended Drake University and in 1972 he began his professional career in Minneapolis/St. Paul. It was 1977 when Oatts decided to move to New York City. He then became a member if the Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Orchestra. Since then he has recorded and toured with small groups such as Red
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dennis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Des Moines
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Temple University
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- clavinet
- Official website
- www.dickoattsmusic.com
- Image
- Dick-Oatts.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1953-01-01
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- student
- Tineke Postma
- birth name
- Richard Dennis Oatts
- name in native language
- Dick Oatts
- Commons category
- Dick Oatts
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