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Thomas Chapin was an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer. He was born in Manchester, Connecticut, and began playing the saxophone at the age of nine. He attended the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, Connecticut, and later studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Chapin released his first album, "Thomas Chapin Trio," in 1988. He went on to record several more albums, including "Sky Piece," "Ride," and "Night Bird Song." He also collaborated with a variety of other musicians, including Carla Bley, Dave Holland, and Steve Swallow.
Chapin was a three-time winner of the Down Beat Critics Poll for Best Alto Saxophonist. He was also a recipient of the New York Jazz Awards for Best Alto Saxophonist and Best Composer.
Chapin died of leukemia in 1998 at the age of 41. He is remembered for his innovative and energetic style of playing, as well as his commitment to the jazz community.
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41 years old |
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Pisces |
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9 March 1957 |
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9 March |
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Manchester, Connecticut, U.S |
| Date of death |
February 13, 1998, |
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Providence, Rhode Island, U.S |
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United States |
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Who Is Thomas Chapin's Wife?
His wife is Terri Castillo Chapin (m. 1997)
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Thomas Chapin died of leukemia in 1998 at age forty. The New York Times called him "one of the more exuberant saxophonists and bandleaders in jazz" and "one of the few musicians to exist in both the worlds of the 'downtown' experimentalist scene, and mainstream jazz." He is survived by his wife, Terri Castillo Chapin, whom he married on October 15, 1997, after ten years together, in New York Hospital while being treated. He died four months later.
Note: Box set collects all seven previous Knitting Factory Works releases by Chapin Trio. The eighth disc, Live! On Tour UC Davis (1992), only appeared in this box set
In 1980 he graduated from Rutgers University where he studied with saxophonist Paul Jeffrey, pianist Kenny Barron and guitarist Ted Dunbar. From 1981 to 1986 he toured with the jazz grand master Lionel Hampton as lead saxophonist and musical director of the band. He also performed with Chico Hamilton's band from 1988 to 1989.
In the late 1980s he formed his own groups, of quartets, quintets, and a group and album devoted to Brazilian music, Spirits Rebellious (Alacra), as well as founding Machine Gun, a free-funk-free-jazz-rock band with guitarist/producer/engineer Robert Musso. But most notably, forming what became his signature group, a trio with bassist Mario Pavone and drummers Steve Johns and later, Michael Sarin. For nearly ten years Chapin pursued his own music, working with the Thomas Chapin Trio at festivals and clubs around the world, including milestone Trio career performances at the Madarao Jazz Festival (Japan) in 1994, where he also played with Betty Carter, and at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1995. He also arranged larger groups (Trio with Brass, "Insomnia" and Trio with Strings, "Haywire"). And he spent a good deal of his time working with the more important names in various factions of jazz. He performed with Ray Drummond, Anthony Braxton, Tom Harrell, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Walter Thompson, Dave Douglas, Marty Ehrlich, Ned Rothenberg and many more.
Thomas Chapin (March 9, 1957 – February 13, 1998) was an American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. Though primarily an alto saxophonist, he also played sopranino, as well as soprano, tenor, baritone saxes and flute.
Alto saxophonist and flautist, Thomas Chapin was born on March 9, 1957 in Manchester, Connecticut. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts where he studied classical music and jazz. He began his serious studies in the late 1970s, attending the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, studying with saxophonist Jackie McLean.
Chapin died of leukemia three weeks before his 41st birthday. He last played two weeks before his death, at a benefit concert.
