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EDUCATION

Honorary Doctorate of Arts World Music, May 13, 2017, Martin University, Indianapolis, Ind.; Masters of Music, Butler University, 1971, Indianapolis, Ind.; Bachelor of Music Education, Indiana University, 1959, Bloomington, Ind.

Certifications: CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE TEACHING: MUSIC, LIFETIME; STANDARD TEACHING CREDENTIAL: INDIANA

                       CAREER

Professional Musician, Trumpet player/Pianist, Composer/arranger, Professor, Jazz Historian, Adjudicator. Instructor, City College of San Francisco, 1974-2004, Instructor, Alameda College, California 1974-76; Instructor, Contra Costa Community College, Richmond, California, 1974-75; Teacher instrumental music, Berkeley (California) Unified School District, 1971-74; Teacher instrumental music, Indianapolis Pub. Schools, 1963-71; Teacher elementary school, 5th-6th grades, Indianapolis Pub. Schools, 1961-63; Substitute teacher, Indianapolis Pub. Schools, 1959-61; Student teacher, Indianapolis Pub. Schools, 1959

          PERFORMING EXPERIENCES: 

Leader, arranger combo Tina Lane TV Show, Indianapolis played in bands accompanying Jackie Wilson, The Dells, The Honey Cones, Donny Hathaway, Red Prysock, Johnnie Ray, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Nancy Wilson, musical theater shows. Played with Joe Askew's & Ed Williams Big Band, Oakland, CA, Mzizi Quintet with Faye Carol, Berkeley, California, University California Berkeley Jazz Festival, Earl Van's Big Band, San Francisco, Cuz Cousenau's Big Band, San Francisco, Eldridge Morrison Gig Band-Indianapolis, Ind., Jimmy Coe's Big Band, Indianapolis, Ind., Leader/arranger of "Chromatics Band", Indianapolis, Ind, Filmore Preservation Big Band, Julius Hemphill Band. Leader, arranger SAN FRANCISCO ALL STAR BIG BAND and Combos, 1975-present. Participant Jazz Perspectives at the Gould Theater, San Francisco, Indianapolis Jazz Fest, Duke Ellington Celebration Into the Millennium, 1999, Tribute to Wes Montgomery, Jazz Concert, Tribute to Clifford Brown, Tribute to the Trumpet Giants-Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan & Clifford Brown; AT&T Harlem Wed. Nights, An Evening with Doris Ward and Lionel Hampton, Reminiscence II, Echoes of Harlem's Apollo Theatre, Tea Dancing, Princeton by the Sea, Black Film Makers Festivals, Paramount Theater, Oakland, CA., St. Gabriel’s Celestial Brass Band in Pori Finland, Andorra, Esplanade, Spain, Italy, “North Sea Jazz Festival” in The Hague, Indiana State Fair.

Performing experiences: Opera Orchestra-Indiana University, Marching "100" Band-Indiana University, Civic Symphony-Indiana Central College, Stage Band-Butler University, San Francisco Golden Gate Park Band 1973-1995; Bugler at Bay Meadows and Golden Gate Fields Race Tracks, 1995-present.

Latin Bands: "The Aliens", Salsa a la Cran, Mestiso, Rene de la Rosa's Band, Senora Moderna, Unidad Siete, Ritmo '76, Cesar's Latin All Stars, Pepe y su Orquesta de Peru, Grupo Café Canela, etc.

     PRODUCER WITH COLLEGE BANDS:

Guest artist: Kenny Burrell, Harold Land, Joe Henderson, Andrew Hill, Les McCann, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, John Handy, Pete Escovedo, Donald Byrd, Wynard & Phillip Harper, Cyrus Chestnut Trio, Dr. Eddie Henderson, Julian Priester, Mary Stallings, Bill Bell, Jules Broussard, Calvin Keys, Phil Upchurch, Jeremy Pelt, Charles McNeal, Craig Handy, Melvin Rhyne, Carl Lockett, Buddy Montgomery, Phil Ranelin, James Spaulding, Dr. Willis Kirk, Dr. Larry Ridley, Kenny Drew Jr., Jeff Clayton, Dr. Wayne Wallace, Charles Hamilton, Jacque Lesure, Eddie Allen, Carl Allen, Saundra Poindexter, Roger Glenn, Michael Wolfe, Stanley Jordan, Michelle Rosewoman, Mel Martin, Gary Bartz. Special performance: "Count Basie Big Band.

                 CREATIVE WORKS

David Hardiman Combo's and San Francisco All Star Big Band performances include Union Street Fairs, Palo Alto Street Fairs, San Francisco Art Festival, Duke Ellington Celebrations, Count Basie Celebrations, Willie Brown Cotton Club Revue., Martin Luther King Museum Modern Art, Oakland Links, Inc., Cotillions; Groups performed at Parties, Weddings, Festivals, Colleges, Universities, Fairs, Carnavals, etc. 

           RECORDING EXPERIENCES:

"IT'LL BE ALRIGHT" DAVID HARDIMAN'S SAN FRANCISCO ALL STAR BIG BAND-THERESA RECORDS-LP 1978, RE-ISSUE TO CD-EVIDENCE RECORDS 2003; "GENERACION"-GENERATION SALSA BAND; JIMMY MC DANIELS-JIMMIE COE'S BIG BAND; BUBBLE MACHINE SYMPHONY COMMERCIAL-BILL BELL ORCHESTRA; RITMO ' 76-SALSA BAND; "PORTRAIT OF DAVID HARDIMAN"-DAVID HARDIMAN MUSIC, 2010; "DAVID HARDIMAN'S SAN FRANCISCO ALL STAR BIG BAND 37TH ANNIVERSARY", 2012; "DAVID HARDIMAN'S MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD", 2013; "DAVID HARDIMAN'S MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD VOLUME 2", 2017.

               HONORS/AWARDS

Awards: IN THE SPIRIT AWARD 2017 FOR MUSIC ARTISTRY; DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE-3 STARS, SAN FRANCISCO ALL STAR BIG BAND; BEST JAZZ BAND AWARD 2017, DAVID HARDIMAN, SR. ORCHESTRA, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ENTERTAINERS MUSIC AWARDS; TOP STAR AWARD, BAY AREA ENTERTAINMENT IS THE BEST 14TH ANNUAL, 1981 TOP STAR AWARDS; CCSF/CBAA "BEING THE WIND BENEATH OUR WINGS", DECEMBER 2004; "LINKS BARBECUE 1996 TRIBUTE TO INDIANA AFRICAN AMERICAN JAZZ ARTISTS", INDIANAPOLIS, IND; CHUM'S, 2006, SAN FRANCISCO, CA; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO MUSICIANS, YOUTH DIVISION TROPHY KING AND QUEEN CONTEST, 1956-1960.

       PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member National Association Negro Musicians, American Federation of Musicians, Oakland Jazz Complex (board director), Bay Area Jazz Society (president 1984-86), Bay Area Jazz Society Board Advisor, 2018, Jazz Action Movement, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, International Association of Jazz Educators, Director of African American Jazz Caucus Dance Band; President of Caribbean Basin Institute for Education and Culture.