(c) Valèrie C. Courrèges

Ron Brendle, a freelance bassist in the Charlotte area is the recipient of two North Carolina Arts Council Jazz Composer Fellowship Grants. He graduated from Appalachian State University with a Bachelor Degree in music, and studied bass with Charlie Haden at the Atlantic Center for the Arts.  Ron has performed and recorded with many notable jazz artists of international stature, including Clark Terry, Andrew Hill, Charlie Byrd, Charlie Rouse, Mose Allison and Frank Kimbrough.

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