Allan Chase
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Chair of the Ear Training department at Berklee since 2008, saxophonist and composer Allan Chase has appeared as a soloist on over 40 jazz, pop, and classical recordings, in addition to several movie scores. Chase has taught a wide range of college courses in ear training, transcription and analysis, harmony, counterpoint, music theory, and music history, as well as ensembles and private lessons. He began his teaching career at Berklee in 1981, and has also taught at Tufts University and New England Conservatory, where he served as chair of jazz studies and dean of the faculty. From 1992 to 2000, he performed and recorded with John Coltrane's former drummer Rashied Ali, and he has been a member of Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet since 1981.
- Leader of the Allan Chase Trio and the Allan Chase Quartet
- Member of the Bruno Råberg Nonet, Bob Nieske’s Big Wolf Band, the Steve Lantner Quartet, Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet, and the Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra
- Jazz performances with Lewis Nash, D. Sharpe, Matt Wilson, Andrew Cyrille, Alan Dawson, Teddy Kotick, Cecil McBee, William Parker, Donald Brown, Bruce Barth, Uri Caine, Fred Hersch, Stanley Cowell, Bill Mays, Georg Graewe, Prince Shell, Mick Goodrick, Leroy Jenkins, Julius Hemphill, Steve Lacy, and John Zorn
- Chamber music performances and recordings with Marimolin, Composers in Red Sneakers, Princeton Composers Ensemble, and John Zorn
- Recordings as a leader include Allan Chase Trio, Dark Clouds with Silver Linings, and Phoenix
- Soloist on 35 jazz recordings with artists including Rashied Ali, Joe Morris, Gunther Schuller, John McNeil, John Zorn, Dominique Eade, Phillip Johnston, Bruno Råberg, Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet, Walter Thompson Orchestra, Steve Lantner, Ralph Rosen, Joe Mulholland, Victor Mendoza, and Chuck Marohnic
- Soloist on pop and rock recordings with Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Men and Volts, the AlphaBettys, and Michael Callen
- Soloist on feature film scores for Faithful, Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead, The Music of Chance, and other recordings for film and television
- Studies at the Creative Music Studio
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School NameTufts UniversityState or ProvinceMassachusettsDegreeMaster of Arts (MA)Field of StudyMusicDate Degree Received
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School NameArizona State UniversityState or ProvinceArizonaDegreeBachelor of Music (BM)Field of StudyCompositionDate Degree Received