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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Jim Knapp</b> (* <a href="28._Juli" title="28. Juli">28. Juli</a> <a href="1939" title="1939">1939</a> in <a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>; † <a href="13._November" title="13. November">13. November</a> <a href="2021" title="2021">2021</a><sup id="cite_ref-obit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) war ein US-amerikanischer <a href="Jazztrompete" title="Jazztrompete">Jazztrompeter</a>, <a href="Komponist" title="Komponist">Komponist</a>, <a href="Bandleader" title="Bandleader">Bandleader</a>, <a href="Arrangeur" title="Arrangeur">Arrangeur</a>, der 45 Jahre lang als Hochschullehrer tätig war.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Knapp studierte an der <a href="University_of_Illinois" title="University of Illinois">University of Illinois</a>, Champaign-Urbana, an der er den Bachelor und den Master in Komposition erwarb. Von 1971 bis 2017 lehrte am <a href="Cornish_College_of_the_Arts" title="Cornish College of the Arts">Cornish College of the Arts</a> in <a href="Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, wo er den Jazzstudiengang aufbaute<sup id="cite_ref-Corn_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corn-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ear_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ear-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und seitdem lebte. Mit seiner <a href="Big_Band" title="Big Band">Big Band</a>, dem <i>Jim Knapp Orchestra</i>, nahm er drei Alben u. a. für <a href="Origin_Records" title="Origin Records">Origin Records</a> auf. Um 2010 arbeitete er mit dem gemeinsam mit dem Violinisten <a href="Eyvind_Kang" title="Eyvind Kang">Eyvind Kang</a> geleiteten Streicherensemble <i>Scrape</i>, für das er die Komposition <i>Just a Moment</i> schrieb. Knapp ist Autor des Buchs <i>Jazz Harmony</i>.
</p><p>Knapps Kompositionen beeinflussten Musiker wie <a href="Jim_McNeely" title="Jim McNeely">Jim McNeely</a> oder <a href="Myra_Melford" title="Myra Melford">Myra Melford</a>. Er wirkte auch bei Aufnahmen des Ensembles <i>First Avenue</i> (ECM, 1980) und von <a href="Jay_Clayton_(Musikerin)" title="Jay Clayton (Musikerin)">Jay Clayton</a> (<i>Tito's Acid Trip</i> 1995) mit. Im Bereich des Jazz war er laut <a href="Tom_Lord" title="Tom Lord">Tom Lord</a> zwischen 1968 und 2013 an 15 Aufnahmesessions beteiligt.<sup id="cite_ref-lord_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lord-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Als Folge einer <a href="Diabetes_mellitus" title="Diabetes mellitus">Diabetes</a>-Erkrankung musste Knapp das rechte Bein amputiert werden. In Seattle organisierte das <i>Cornish College</i> und das <i>Earshot Festival</i> im November 2011 ein Benefizkonzert für ihn.<sup id="cite_ref-Corn_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corn-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Zu Knapps Auszeichnungen gehören ein Jazz-Kompositionsstipendium des <a href="National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a>, ein Kompositionsstipendium der <i><a href="Seattle_Arts_Commission" title="Seattle Arts Commission">Seattle Arts Commission</a></i> und die Unterstützung durch <i>Meet the Composer</i> und <i>Artist Trust</i>. Im November 2006 wurde er von Cornish für „35 Years of Jazz“ geehrt. Im Jahr 2007 wurde er in die <i>Earshot Jazz Hall of Fame</i> aufgenommen, und 2010 erhielt er das <i>Certificate of Excellence in Teaching</i> für 2009–2010 vom <i>Cornish College of the Arts</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ear_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ear-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskographische_Hinweise">Diskographische Hinweise</h2></div>
<ul><li>Jay Clayton / Jim Knapp Collective: <i>Tito’s Acid Trip</i> (ITM Pacific, 1995, mit <a href="Brad_Shepik" title="Brad Shepik">Brad Shoeppach</a>, John Silverman bzw. Phil Sparks, Aaron Alexander)</li>
<li><i>On Going Home</i> (Seabreeze, 1995)</li>
<li><i>Things for Now</i> (A Records, 1998)</li>
<li><i>Secular Breathing</i> (Origin, 2003)</li>
<li>Jim Knapp & Scrape: <i>Approaching Vyones</i> (2013)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lexikalischer_Eintrag">Lexikalischer Eintrag</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Richard_Cook" title="Richard Cook">Richard Cook</a>, <a href="Brian_Morton" title="Brian Morton">Brian Morton</a>: <i><a href="The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz" title="The Penguin Guide to Jazz">The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD</a>.</i> 6. Auflage. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16118coll27/id/134">Jim Knapp Oral History (2016)</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000290657">Jim Knapp</a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/Jim+Knapp">Jim Knapp</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/trumpeter-jim-knapp-key-architect-of-seattles-modern-jazz-scene-dies-at-82/">Nachruf in der Seattle Times</a></li>
<li>Mafk Stryker: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jazztimes.com/features/columns/jim-knapp-the-best-big-band-leader-you-never-heard-of/">Porträt in JazzTimes</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-obit-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-obit_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Robin Lloyd: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.knkx.org/jazz/2021-11-15/seattles-musical-treasure-jim-knapp-has-died"><i>Nachruf.</i></a> Knkx.org, 15. November 2021,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 16. November 2021</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Knapp&rft.title=Nachruf&rft.description=Nachruf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.knkx.org%2Fjazz%2F2021-11-15%2Fseattles-musical-treasure-jim-knapp-has-died&rft.creator=Robin+Lloyd&rft.publisher=Knkx.org&rft.date=2021-11-15&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Corn-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Corn_2-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Corn_2-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111103101628/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artspage/2016664682_benefit_concert_for_cornish_jazz_program_founder_jim_knapp.html">Paul de Barros: <i>Benefit Concert for Cornish Jazz Program Founder Jim Knapp</i> in Seattle Times</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-ear-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-ear_3-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-ear_3-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.earshot.org/project/mar2017-in-one-ear/">Jim Knapp Retires from Cornish</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-lord-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-lord_4-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Tom_Lord" title="Tom Lord">Tom Lord</a> <i>The Jazz Discography</i> (online, abgerufen am 2. Oktober 2021)</span>
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