North Carolina native Kai Lance is a guitarist and educator based in Chapel Hill. Kai will perform with the Mark Tipton Trio at the Sharp 9 Gallery in Durham on Saturday, August 19.
Mark is a trumpeter, composer, and educator. The musician is pursuing a DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he is a teaching fellow.
Kai, also a student at the conservatory, shares about what to expect at the August show, as well as a never-going-to-be-the-same-again moment at a high school jazz camp in Louisville, Kentucky; his mentors from the Triangle’s jazz scene; and his aspirations as a musician.