DENNIS GONZÁLEZ
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Nu Jazz, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Post Bop • United States

Dennis González (often credited as Dennis Gonzalez; b. 1954, Abilene, Texas ) is a jazz musician, poet, visual artist and music educator based in Dallas, Texas. González' primary musical instrument is the trumpet (including B♭, C, and pocket trumpets), though he has also played drums, flute, synthesizer, and baritone saxophone. Allmusic describes González as " talented trumpeter who has recorded a consistently rewarding string of lesser-known dates," whose "playing falls between advanced hard bop and free jazz." As of December 2006, González has released at least 28 albums under his own name. He has recorded for the Silkheart, Konnex, Gowi, Brut, Clean Feed, Music and Art, Koch Jazz, and 8th Harmonic Breakdown record labels.  The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that González' recordings during the 1980s for Silkheart Records represented "part of a determined effort to wrest creative initiative back from New York and the West Coast." The Penguin Guide further read more...