Kyle Quass is a composer, trumpet player and sound artist based in Bloomington, Indiana. He holds a Masters of Music in Jazz Studies from Indiana University and has studied privately with David Baker, Joe Henderson and Greg Osby. He has performed with such notable musicians as David Baker, Joe Henderson, Greg Osby, Tyshawn Sorey, Ned Rothenberg and Cory Smythe among others. He has performed on numerous and varied recordings including releases by David Baker, Richard Bonnet, Frank Glover, Craig Brenner, Murder By Death, Austin Lucas, Amy Stephens and La Medea. He has released around a dozen recordings under his own name, most of which can be purchased at his Bandcamp site. His most recent release “Bloom” is a collaborative effort with Kevin Cheli (Boston) and Seth Andrew Davis (Kansas City) released by Mother Brain Records in June of 2024. His latest recordings on his own label are “The Harmony Of Things As They Are”, a collaboration with Ra Kalam Bob Moses and Damon Smith. and “Pragis”, a collaboration with writer and spoken word artist Joan Hawkins, both released in March of 2023. Other recent recordings include “fractured”, a collaboration with Frank Glover, Julian Douglas and Brendan Keller-Tuberg released in October of 2022 which features cover art by Janice Quass and a poem by Bloomington poet Tony Brewer. As well as “Head To The Sky”, a collaboration with Christopher Austin released in January of 2022 which features Tom Rainey (NYC), Richard Bonnet (France), Jon Heagle (NYC), Zach Lapidus (NYC) and Samuel Ber (Belgium) and “finding light” released in July of 2022 a collaboration with Brendan Keller-Tuberg and Kansas City drummer Even Verploegh. He is also featured on two recent recordings on Mother Brain Records, “Meditations in an Emergency” which is a collaboration with Reid Karris (Chicago) and “Ghost Tantras” in collaboration with Seth Andrew Davis (Kansas City), Damon Smith (St. Louis) and Michael Eaton (NYC). Kyle is a former board member of the Writers Guild at Bloomington and helps with programming, coordination and live streaming for their Spoken Word Series. Additionally, he has received an Emerging Artists Grant in 2022 and a Project Grant in 2023 from the Bloomington Arts Commission.
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Kyle Quass is a composer, trumpet player and sound artist based in Bloomington, Indiana. He holds a Masters of Music in Jazz Studies from Indiana University and has studied privately with David Baker, Joe Henderson and Greg Osby. He has performed with such notable musicians as David Baker, Joe Henderson, Greg Osby, Tyshawn Sorey, Ned Rothenberg and Cory Smythe among others. He has performed on numerous and varied recordings including releases by David Baker, Richard Bonnet, Frank Glover, Craig Brenner, Murder By Death, Austin Lucas, Amy Stephens and La Medea. He has released around a dozen recordings under his own name, most of which can be purchased at his Bandcamp site. His most recent release “Bloom” is a collaborative effort with Kevin Cheli (Boston) and Seth Andrew Davis (Kansas City) released by Mother Brain Records in June of 2024. His latest recordings on his own label are “The Harmony Of Things As They Are”, a collaboration with Ra Kalam Bob Moses and Damon Smith. and “Pragis”, a collaboration with writer and spoken word artist Joan Hawkins, both released in March of 2023. Other recent recordings include “fractured”, a collaboration with Frank Glover, Julian Douglas and Brendan Keller-Tuberg released in October of 2022 which features cover art by Janice Quass and a poem by Bloomington poet Tony Brewer. As well as “Head To The Sky”, a collaboration with Christopher Austin released in January of 2022 which features Tom Rainey (NYC), Richard Bonnet (France), Jon Heagle (NYC), Zach Lapidus (NYC) and Samuel Ber (Belgium) and “finding light” released in July of 2022 a collaboration with Brendan Keller-Tuberg and Kansas City drummer Even Verploegh. He is also featured on two recent recordings on Mother Brain Records, “Meditations in an Emergency” which is a collaboration with Reid Karris (Chicago) and “Ghost Tantras” in collaboration with Seth Andrew Davis (Kansas City), Damon Smith (St. Louis) and Michael Eaton (NYC). Kyle is a former board member of the Writers Guild at Bloomington and helps with programming, coordination and live streaming for their Spoken Word Series. Additionally, he has received an Emerging Artists Grant in 2022 and a Project Grant in 2023 from the Bloomington Arts Commission.
Selected Recordings
- Bloom – Kyle Quass/Kevin Cheli/Seth Andrew Davis, 2024
- The Harmony Of Things As They Are – Kyle Quass, Ra Kalam Bob Moses and Damon Smith, 2023
- Pragis – Joan Hawkins & Kyle Quass, 2023
- Fractured – Kyle Quass, 2022
- finding light – K.E.B Trio, 2022
- Meditations In An Emergency – Karris/Quass, 2022
- Resonant Ocean – Jakob Heinemann, 2022
- Ghost Tantras – Seth Andrew Davis, Michael Eaton, Damon Smith and Kyle Quass, 2022
- Head to the Sky – Kyle Quass, 2022
- I See You, And You See Us – Tremid Spark (Rex Shepherd), 2022
- tertium organum – Frank Glover, 2021
- Locked Down – Richard Bonnet, 2020
- Mono No Aware – Kyle Quass & Seth Andrew Davis, 2020
- Contrary Motion – Kyle Quass, 2020
- Darkness Made LIght – Kyle Quass, 2016
- Always Almost – Kyle Quass, 2010
- Repose – Kyle Quass & Cory Smythe, 2006
Selected Performances/Collaborations
- David Baker
- Joe Henderson
- Ra Kalam Bob Moses
- Greg Osby
- Tyshawn Sorey
- Albert King
- Cory Smythe
- Phillip Greenlief
- Josh Sinton
- Stephan Crump
- Tom Rainey
- Ned Rothenberg
- Richard Bonnet
- Damon Smith
- Joan Hawkins
- Frank Glover
- Drekka
Selected Studies
- David Baker
- Joe Henderson
- Randy Brecker
- Mulgrew Miller
- Greg Osby
- Tim Berne
- Tony Malaby
- Angelica Sanchez
- Bunita Marcus
- Ed Cord
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