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American jazz violinist, composer, and educator
Diane Delin
BornIllinois
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, recording artist, composer, producer, educator
InstrumentViolin
LabelsBlujazz
Websitehttps://dianedelin.com
Musical artist

Diane Delin is an American jazz violinist, recording artist, composer, producer and educator based in the Chicago area.

Career

Delin has recorded five albums, all with the Blujazz label. Her recordings and performances earned her DownBeat magazine's Critics Poll Rising Star category multiple years (2005, 2009). Delin has toured and recorded with her own groups, including quartets and a duo with pianist Dennis Luxion with whom she recorded the album Duality in 2004. Delin also leads Octagon, a hybrid chamber ensemble, in which she fuses a jazz quartet with a string quartet. Delin has several credits as an arranger and producer.

Since 2004 Delin has been an adjunct professor at Columbia College in Chicago, IL where she has taught jazz, classical, folk and pop strings as well as string improvisation, jazz combo and chamber music.

Delin received her bachelor of arts in music performance at Northwestern University studying classical violin under Edgar Muenzer of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She studied jazz with saxophonist Joe Daley. Delin also earned a Master in Community Arts Management from University of Illinois.

Discography

As Lead

  • Another Morning (1997)
  • Origins (1999)
  • Talking Stick (2001)
  • Duality with Dennis Luxion (2004)
  • Offerings for a Peaceable Season (2006)
  • Chicago Standard Time featuring Jodie Christian (2021; recorded 1991)

As Producer

References

  1. "Tom Hull: Downbeat Critics Poll: 2005". Tomhull.com. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. "Critics Poll" (PDF). DownBeat. 76: 43–44. August 2009.
  3. Reich, Howard (April 5, 2010). "New band, new venue show promise". Chicago Tribune: 3.4 – via ProQuest Central.
  4. "allmusic.com". AllMusic. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  5. Silverstein, Robert (July 15, 2021). "Album Review of Chicago Standard Time". Roots Music Report. Retrieved October 24, 2021.

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