Solo & with Dickson & Familiar
BIO
Clarinetist Glenn Dickson has had a varied career playing klezmer, jazz, rock, Balkan and ambient music. His most recent work falls into the ambient/fusion realm. He has been working with synthesist Bob Familiar (Dickson & Familiar) which has released two albums, “All the Light of Our Sphere” and “The Wild Stream of Being” to international acclaim, as well as his solo album, “Wider than the Sky.” His klezmer band, Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, has performed concerts and festivals across the US, Canada and Europe, with recordings including the “Klezmer Nutcracker” and a collaboration with Maurice Sendak (Pincus and the Pig). The band has played live on the CBC and with the Philadelphia Pops. Glenn's music has been used by Woody Allen (Deconstructing Harry soundtrack), and he was a featured soloist on Sidney Lumet's "A Stranger Among Us." His klezmer-fusion band, Naftule’s Dream, featured Glenn's compositions and has played major jazz festivals in the US, Canada and Europe, including the Berlin, Montreal and New York Jazz Festivals and recorded for John Zorn’s Tzadik and the Innova labels. Glenn is a recipient of a Mass Cultural Council Artist Grant award in composition.
“...dreamy, ambient, melodic, and very unusual, at once both visionary and exotic, but always gentle on the spirit, never jagged or abrasive.” - Peter Thelen