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Clarinet, Woodwinds, Theory
Master of Music, University of Michigan
Bachelor of Music, East Carolina University
Mike Waddell is a Wilmington, North Carolina native
with degrees from the University of Michigan (M.M. ‘79, clarinet)
and East Carolina University (B.M.E. ‘78). His teachers include
David Shifrin, Robert Listokin, Fred Ormand, Buddy DeFranco (jazz),
and Donald Sinta (saxophone). Since the late 70’s, he has
performed on clarinet and saxophones in a number of styles, touring
in the U.S. and abroad.
Waddell is the recipient of two Jazz Composer Fellowships from
the North Carolina Arts Council (‘94 & ‘99), as
well as two Regional Project Artist Grants from the United Arts
Council (‘98 & ‘04). His has released two jazz CD’s,
“Defining Moments” (2001) and “Not From Concentrate”
(‘95). Jazz Times reviewer Owen Cordle writes, “Defining
Moments defines Mike Waddell as a complete artist, a triple threat
as clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer. “Mr. Cordle chose
this as one of his top ten jazz picks of 2001 in the Raleigh, N.C.
News and Observer.
As a clarinetist, saxophonist (and vocalist) with the world famous
Dukes of Dixieland in New Orleans in the late ‘80s, Mr. Waddell
performed nightly on Bourbon Street and to sold-out crowds in the
Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Kennedy
Center with the National Symphony.
Waddell has also performed to positive reviews on pianist Ed Paolantonio’s
“Dad’s Blues” (‘98), guitarist Scott Sawyer’s
“In The Stream” (‘93), and concertized with the
Temptations, Four Tops, American Dance Festival, North Carolina
Theatre, Fairbanks Symphony, Artic Chamber Orchestra, Larry Coryell,
Ken and Harry Watters, as well as the late jazz guitarist, Charlie
Byrd. He is also featured on solo clarinet in “Déjà
Vu” (’97), an independent film by Henry Jaglom.
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