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GEOFF STRADLING BIG BAND at Feinstein's At Vitello's
Courtesy of Keith Johnson | Posted on August 12, 2012
Where
Feinstein's At Vitello's
4349 Tujunga Ave
Studio City, CA
Map
818-769-0905
When
Wed, September 12, 2012
8PM`
At Door
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Musicians
Geoff Stradling
pianoAbout
Composer, arranger, orchestrator, pianist Geoff Stradling started piano lessons at age six, his mother was his 1st teacher. By 13 he had run through the piano instructors in his hometown, Bellingham Washington, so off he went to Seattle, studying bi-weekly at The Cornish School, coincidentally, where his grandmother had taught years before.
Encouraged by a piano instructor, Geoff began to study composition.As a freshman in high school, Geoff created his 1st big band for which he composed and played. As a sophomore in college, he entered a national composition contest sponsored by the International Association of Jazz Educators, and won.At age twenty Geoff moved to Europe, soaking in the European experience: food, wine, melody. Melody!...