WELCOME TO

DR. DAVID HARDIMAN'S NEW WEBSITE 

EDUCATION

1. Honorary Doctorate of Arts World Music, May 13, 2017, Martin University, Indianapolis, Ind.; 

2. Masters of Music, Butler University, 1971, Indianapolis, Ind.; 

3. Bachelor of Music Education, Indiana University, 1959, Bloomington, Ind.

                       CERTIFICATIONS 

1. CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

   TEACHING: MUSIC, LIFETIME; 

2. STANDARD TEACHING CREDENTIAL: 

    INDIANA

                       CAREER

Professional Musician, Trumpet/fluegelhorn 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, CA 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, Crispus Attucks 1959.

          PERFORMING EXPERIENCES: 

• Bugler at Bay Meadows and Golden Gate Fields Race Tracks, 1995-present.
• Leader, arranger combo Tina Lane TV Show, Indianapolis.
  

• Played trumpet in bands accompanying: Jackie Wilson, The Dells, The Honey Cones, Donny Hathaway, Red Prysock, Johnnie Ray, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Nancy Wilson, Nicholas brothers, musical theater shows, etc.
• 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 Big 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, Indianapolis, Ind.
• Tribute to Clifford Brown, San Francisco
• 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, Paramount Theater, Oak,
• Tea Dancing, Princeton by the Sea, Half Moon Bay, CA,
• Black Film Makers Festivals, Paramount Theater, Oakland, CA.,
• St. Gabriel’s Celestial Brass Band, Pori Finland, Andorra, Esplanade, Spain, Italy,

“North Sea Jazz Festival” in The Hague, and Indiana State Fair.

• 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;
• Guest Artist, UC Santa Cruz Big Band
• 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, Son de Cania, etc.
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                 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.,
• Groups performed at Cotillions, Parties, Weddings, Festivals, Colleges, Universities, Fairs, and Carnivals.

           RECORDING EXPERIENCES:

• "It'll Be Alright" David Hardiman's San Francisco All Star Big Band -Theresa Recording-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

• TOP MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR FOR 2019 BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOP PROFESSIONALS;
• The Bay Area Jazz and Blues Award (BAJABA) Jan. 17, 2019;
• Marquis Who's Who Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award 2018;
• 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" 2004;
• "Links Barbecue 1996, Tribute to Indiana African American Jazz Artists";
• 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 of Negro Musicians
• American Federation of Musicians
• Oakland Jazz Complex (board director)
• Oakland Public Conservatory of Music (Vice President 2016)
• Bay Area Jazz Society (president 1984-86)
• Bay Area Jazz Society (board advisor, 2018
• Jazz Action Movement
• Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity
• International Association of Jazz Educators, Director of African American Jazz Caucus Dance Band
• President of the Caribbean Basin Institute for Education and Culture
• Chairman of Entertainment, 100 Black Organizations and Associates, Fillmore Heritage Center, S F, CA.
• Co-founder, Fillmore Jazz Ambassadors
• Co-leader, The Gumbo Band.

Producer / College Bands: (Guest Artists)

Kenny Burrell, Harold Land, Joe Henderson, Andrew Hill, Les McCann, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, John Handy, Pete Escovedo, 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,

Larry Vukovich, Nina Causey, Charles Thomas.

Special performance: "Count Basie Big Band”.