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John Devitt
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Out of 18 votes - Similar Artists: Herbie Mann, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Hancock, Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Out of 18 votes
- Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Genre: Jazz » Acid Jazz
Editor's review
There's funk to spare on John Devitt's frenetic "Electro Lounge opus.1." Keyboards bounce from channel to channel, playing off
Biography
John Devitt is an Irish born flautist who is presently?living and working in the Netherlands.He studied flute with Prof. Doris Keogh at The Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, and later continued?studying flute and improvisation with Dick Gout, Ferdinand Povel, Herb Geller and Dick de Graaf at the Rotterdam Conservatory.?He's played with various jazz and jazz-rock groups as well as playing tenor sax in a rock band for a while; in two flute quartets (mostly classical repertoire) and recently in the Blauwdruk Ensemble which was formed to perform the works of contemporary Dutch composer Nico Huijbregts. At present, besides teaching flute,?John is?experimenting with creating frameworks for improvisation using computer based programs and sound loops and recording these pieces at?his own Overloop Studio in Nijmegen .
