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Justin Kauflin (born March 10, 1986) is an American jazz pianist, composer and record producer. ==Career== Justin Kauflin was born in Silver Spring, Maryland before moving to Virginia Beach, Virginia with his family. Middle of 5 children, his talent was nurtured with a decade of classical training in violin and piano. From age 6, he began performing in concerts, nursing homes and weddings, eventually becoming concertmaster for several orchestras. It was during this time that he also endured numerous trials, particularly losing total vision by age 11 because of proliferative exudative retinopathy.〔 He adjusted by learning Braille and cane mobility, and switching to jazz piano at the Governor’s School for Performing Arts. He studied with Liz Barnes and, Old Dominion University jazz professor, John Toomey; received top honors in jazz festivals across the U.S. and began performing jazz professionally by age 15, most notably with the Jae Sinnett Trio. In 2004 Justin graduated, alongside his sighted peers, in the top 1% at Salem High School with an Advanced Academic diploma and Valedictorian at the Governor's School for the Arts, receiving a Presidential scholarship to attend William Paterson University in New Jersey. At WPU, he was taken under the wings of the great Clark Terry , winner of 2010's Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz, and played in the Clark Terry Ensemble. He was highly influenced by Harold Mabern, Ornette Coleman, the late James Williams and by his hero, the late Mulgrew Miller. In 2008, he graduated summa cum laude with an Honors degree in Music/Jazz Performance, moved to NYC, and at age 23 produced, led, composed and performed on his first CD, "Introducing Justin Kauflin". From 2009, Justin's relationship with mentor Clark Terry was chronicled by Absolute Clay Productions’ Al Hicks and Adam Hart. The resultant documentary, "Keep On Keepin' On," made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival April 2014, and won both Heineken Audience and Best New Documentary Director Awards. Justin is credited for the film score along with Dave Grusin. "Keep On Keepin' On" was released in theaters through RADiUS-TWC and is now streamable through Amazon, iTunes and Netflix. From 2011, Justin Kauflin and his trio headlined regularly at the singular, straight-ahead jazz club in Virginia, Havana Nights, where he also served as House Pianist. During this time, he performed with his trio or with the Jae Sinnett Trio across the country. He won the VSA International Young Soloist Award, was selected as semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk Competition in 2011, voted as “Jazz Artist of the Year” in VEER Magazine, and signed by legendary producer and music icon, Quincy Jones, for management. In 2013 and 2014, Justin was part of Quincy Jones’ world tour, which toured to Montreux, Switzerland; Vienne, France; Seoul, Korea; Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan. Throughout the past year, Justin worked with Quincy Jones on his second full- length album and debut album for Qwest/Jazz Village entitled "Dedication", released on January 13, 2015. In the summer of 2015, The Justin Kauflin Trio (with Billy Williams and Chris Smith) completed its first ever European Tour, performing at Ronnie Scotts (London), Moments Musikclub, Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Porgy and Bess (Vienna), Bix (Stuttgart), the Montreux Jazz Festival and Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Justin Kauflin, in 2015, was part of the commemorative Oscar, With Love album a collection of never recorded songs written by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.oscarwithlove.com/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Justin Kauflin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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