G.E. STINSON BIO

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G.E. Stinson's exploration of American music forms began as a child immersed in the gospel music of his family in Oklahoma. He continued in Chicago, studying blues with Cash McCall, Hound Dog Taylor, Willie Dixon, among others and eventually received a composition scholarship with William Russo at Columbia College. In 1972, he co-founded the seminal fusion/world music group, Shadowfax. During his tenure with this group, he performed and composed on seven recordings, toured extensively in the U.S., Europe, South America and Japan including performances at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Academy of Music, and Wolf Trap. In 1988, Stinson along with the other members of Shadowfax were honored with a Grammy Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and the following year began a collaboration with Momix Dance Theater which culminated in a national tour. 1990 brought the formation of the G.E. Stinson Group in Los Angeles and the subsequent completion of a recording entitled "The Same Without You" in 1993. This was to be the first of many collaborations that would lead to Stinson becoming a prominent member of the Los Angeles New Music community. Among these projects are the Wayne Peet Trio recording "Fully Engulfed"; Adam Rudolph's opera "The Dreamer"; "Right of Violet" featuring Alex Cline and Jeff Gauthier; Unique Cheerful Events (an improvising collective); A Thousand Other Names, Napalm Quartet, Metalworkers, as well as numerous collaborations with Nels Cline, Alex De Grassi,  Steuart Liebig, Phillip Greenlief, VInny Golia, Miller Wrenn, Brian Christopherson, et al. Stinson continues to compose for dance, visual art, film and television.