jazz, good pop music (mostly indie musicians), good rock; nothing corporate or focus-group-approved.
Movies
2001: A Space Odyssey
Television
The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, CNN
Books
The Queen Geek Social Club (written by my incredibly talented wife, Laura Preble)
Heroes
The millions of people who are beginning to wake up and see that America has been taken over by corporate interests who make money from war, and those who see that the future lies in managing our world much more carefully; the jazz greats who made their music speak for them.
University Of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Graduated: 1983
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Ethnomusicology/ Jazz Performance
Minor: Communications
About me: I'm a jazz musician based in San Diego. My group, the Chris Klich Jazz Quintet, plays many club and corporate events, private parties, and weddings. I also teach jazz history at a community college in San Diego. You can see much more information about me at my web site, http://www.chrisklich.com , where you'll also be able to listen to MP3 clips of my band, watch a video of us performing, and see my calendar of upcoming gigs.
Who I'd like to meet: John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Ghandi, Jesus, Albert Einstein,John Lennon, Teddy Roosevelt, Plato, John Locke, Buddha, Barak Obama, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, that guy who dove under the subway train to save the other guy's life in January 2007
So Cal is getting funky for '09. Check out these heavy funk shows with Long Beach's Delta Nove and North Carolina's Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, their first time to Cali!Sat. the 14th at 710 Club in San Diego
Hey Chris... thanks for blowin' your horns for me at my CD Release Party and on the KUSI Morning Show. As usual, you played like the virtuoso you are and really made the songs sound cool. I look forward to the next gig I can wrangle ya for...
Hey Chris.... sending you love... Did you get to hear the great saxophone that was playing on my downloads??? It was only the best... YOU... So sorry about your dad.. I just lost mine too... Hugs Dana
