In my other life, I am an elementary school teacher, son, uncle, and friend. During my free time I like to study Native American history.
"Music affects (at least as organized vibrations) the collective body, the collective mind, the collective emotions; and, the souls of everything when and if those four things have a relationship with the music." Brent Blount
Music
Soloist: (Sample Only)
Box Talent, Norman, OK 2003- Present
Art Riddles Entertainment, 2006-Present
Firelake Casino, 2007-2009
Tom and Jerry’s, Oklahoma City, OK
Riverwind Casino - 2005
Danny’s Blues Saloon, Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition, Oklahoma City, OK
Bourbon Street Café, Oklahoma City, OK
Maker’s Cigar Lounge, Oklahoma City, OK
JRB Art, Oklahoma City, OK
The Mantle, Oklahoma City, Ok
City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK
IAO Art Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Gary Good Entertainment & Speakers Bureau, Oklahoma City, OK
Nena’s Wine Bar & Bistro, Oklahoma City, OK
Band Participation: (Sample Only)
Brent Blount Blues Band 2005 to –Present
Big Daddy and The Sauce Monkeys 1995 to 2005
Scott Keeton Band 2003 to 2004
Blue Cats – 2000
Blue Eyed Soul Man - 1999
Danny’s Blues Saloon House Band – 1998 to 2002
Smilin Vic and The Sauce Monkeys - 1998
Medallion Hotel Jazz Trio – 1997 to 1998
Temptations – Oklahoma City Performance – December, 1996
Carnival Cruise Lines - 2003
Recordings:
“Breakfast At Jim’s” Brent Blount, soloist, composer, producer 2005
Jazz Machine Brent Blount, composer, producer, 2011
“Get Some Sauce on Your Monkey” Big Daddy and The Sauce Monkeys, saxophone and guitar, 1998
“A Suncrush for Sweethearts” Eric Sarmienta, tenor sax, 1997
“After All These Years” Brent Blount, soloist and producer, 1996
Jazz Festivals:
Stillwater Blues Festival, Stillwater, OK - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Paseo Arts Festival, Oklahoma City, OK – 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Festival of the Arts, Oklahoma City, OK - 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001,2004
Wichita Jazz Festival, Wichita, KS - 1994 and 2001
Jazz in June, Norman, OK - 1997 and 2001, 2005
Edmond Arts Festival, Edmond, OK - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005
Night of the Whale, Maui, HI - 1996
Chama Music Festival, 2008
Highest Country Music Festival, 2009
Brent plays on a Yamaha Custom tenor saxophone with a David Guardala mouthpiece with a 2 ½ or 3 Vandoren V 16 reed. However, that’s new. “Breakfast at Jim’s” was recorded using an Otto Link 7 * with a 3 Vandoren V 16 reed.
Education
Master of Music, August 1998, Oklahoma City University Bachelor of Music, August 1994, University of Central Oklahoma High school graduate, May 1988, Putnam City North High School
Honors
Graduate assistantship and instruments scholarship, Oklahoma City University Full tuition scholarship, University of Central Oklahoma Outstanding soloist, 1994 and 2001, Wichita Jazz Festival
Special Studies
French clarinet styles and German clarinet styles at the turn of the 20th century
Private Instruction 1995 – 2003.Oklahoma CityUniversityMusicAcademy. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Saxophone, Clarinet, and Guitar Soloist Instruction.
1995 – 2005. Larsen’s / Brook Mays Music/ Larsen’s. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Saxophone, Clarinet, and Guitar Soloist Instruction.
1995 – 2007. Brent Blount Music. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Saxophone, Clarinet, and Guitar Soloist Instruction.
1995 – 1996.CooperMiddle School. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Saxophone and Clarinet Soloist Instruction.
1995 – 1996. Hefner Junior High. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Saxophone and Clarinet Soloist Instruction.
1995 – 1996. WesternOaksMiddle School. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Saxophone and Clarinet Soloist Instruction.
