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Luke is a pianist, composer, photographer and person from dallas, texas currently living in brooklyn, new york. born to a musical family, his studies began at an early age with piano, voice, saxophone and visual art. he attended the booker t. washington high school for the performing and visual arts and upon graduating moved to boston, massachusetts to attend the new england conservatory of music and upon graduating moved to new york city.
As a leader and a sideman he has traveled the world playing and recording music having performed across america, europe, japan and south america playing alongside the likes of gilad hekselman, walter smith iii, dayna stephens, john ellis, jason palmer, jeff tain watts, nate wood, jochen rueckert, adam o’farrill, olli hirvonen among many others. he has played at the montreux, copenhagen, pori and monterey jazz festivals, the kodak theater in los angeles, the meyerson symphony center in dallas, jordan hall in boston as well as jazz clubs in new york city and all around the world.
David Jacob-Strain is a striking slide guitar player and song poet from Eugene, Oregon. His deep love of blues and roots music is evident in every one of the songs he writes. He studied masters like Robert Johnson, Taj Mahal and Jackson Browne, but plays his own sound, his own song, with a virtuosity that is uniquely his. David began playing on street corners and at farmers markets as a teenager, and bought his first steel guitar with the quarters he saved up. Before he dropped out of Stanford to play full time, he had already appeared at festivals across the country, often billed as a blues prodigy, but he had to fight to avoid being a novelty act: “I wanted to tell new stories, it just wasn’t enough to relive the feelings in other people’s music.”
Filmmaker, Mexico
As a filmmaker, dancer, and choreographer, Sam Kann is committed tointensive collaboration and experimentation.