Graham Dechter: Youth steeped in tradition

KNKX Public Radio | By Nick Francis

Published December 10, 2012 at 10:49 AM PST

Graham Dechter is a 26-year-old jazz guitarist who is, indeed, currently living his dream.

Graham was invited to join the world-famous Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra at age 19. Now, 7 years later, he is leading his own group and just released his second CD, “Takin' It There.”

Here is a video of the quartet performing the title track, "Takin' It There" live in our studios:

http://youtu.be/jvpkJdWyXgc

The quartet includes Jeff Hamilton (drums), Josh Nelson (piano) and Christoph Luty (bass).

You can also find our Studio Sessions available as a video podcast in iTunes!

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Nick Francis

A native of Los Angeles and graduate of UCLA, Francis began his radio career in 1983 at KLSK-FM, an eclectic-based jazz station in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since then, he has programmed jazz radio at stations all around the country, including KKSF/San Francisco and WJZZ/Atlanta. During his seven years as Program Director at KYOT/Phoenix, he helped it become the first jazz station in America to achieve number-one status in the ratings. He joined the KNKX team in November 2005.

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