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In this edition of A Conversation In Jazz we talk to the wonderful bass/piano duo, Mr. Mark Saltman and William Knowles of the Saltman-Knowles group.

"The Saltman Knowles Quintet is a shining example of the tradition in jazz for long-term artist collaborations. This Washington DC group is known for serving up melodically alluring while rhythmically infectious music with a sincere and emotional collection of songs. Bassist Mark Saltman and pianist William Knowles, the leaders of this seamless blending of sounds, met while attending the composition program at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and created a musical bond with similar affections for the music of Billy Strayhorn, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton and Charles Mingus." All About Jazz

Saltman-Knowles has recorded and released eight original jazz cds.
Together they have spent time as Artists in Residence for the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, received two grants from the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities, and won the Best International Jazz Song Award in 2007 from Toronto Exclusive Magazine. Their most recent release, Native Speaker, peaked at #9 on JazzWeek.

Mark Saltman was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and now resides in Washington, DC. He holds a BA in Music from Western Connecticut State University and an MA in Composition from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied with musical pioneer and mentor Dr Yusef Lateef. Over the past couple of decades, he has scored independent fi lms, played numerous jobs on the double bass, and also taught music in the public and charter school systems. Saltman has written scores for the award-winning feature length fi lm Dante, a remake of the original Inferno as well as for short fi lms including The Hard Sale, Perchance To Dream, Bells For Her, Missing You, and is currently working on episodes of sci-fi trilogy Paradox.

William Knowles is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received a BA from Howard University (emphasis Jazz Studies) and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts. During the past twenty-five years Mr. Knowles has amassed credits as a Composer, Arranger, Musical Director and Pianist for many shows at regional theaters around the country, including Dallas Theater Center, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Northlight (Chicago), CenterStage (Baltimore), Indiana Repertory Theater, Pioneer Theatre (Salt Lake City), Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Broadway Rose Theatre (Tigard, OR) Great Lakes Theatre (Cleveland) and Milwaukee Rep, where he has performed in eight different productions. Other notable productions include Tambourines to Glory, directed by Kenny Leon at the True Colors Theatre Company and the 2001 regional theater tour of Dinah Was. In the Washington, DC area, Mr. Knowles has worked as Music Director for productions at the Kennedy Center, Howard University, Anacostia Playhouse, MetroStage (Alexandria), in addition to playing gigs at many jazz clubs and perfomance venues.


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