Delbert Anderson brings back the improvisation of the Diné Spinning Songs with modern jazz and funk. Inspired by the Diné social circle, Anderson continues to create new songs with a multi-cultured group known as the Anderson Quartet.
Anderson has created and contributed to many projects in the arts such as: Trio and Quartet Performances, DDAT Wellness Programming and Music Education/Workshops, Jacob C. Morgan Project and Research, Don Cherry Tribute Album, D’DAT Orchestra Collaborations, Multi-Disciplined Arts Project Spirit Coalescent, Naat’áani Musical, Jazz Jams—Community Development Project, Blue Desert Virtual Tour, Farmington Jazz Festival, South African Exploration Project, Bureau of Land Management Tour, Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band Project (co-director), and Welcome to Indian Country (music director). Anderson is also the founder of the youth mentor program Native American Music Program (NAMP), now known as Build A Band, D’DAT Management, Inc. (co-founder), and the president of San Juan Jazz Society.
Anderson is also an active member of the Native American Composers Initiative, Chamber Music America, Western Arts Alliance, Advancing Indigenous Performers, Association of Performing Arts Professionals, Folk Alliance International, Arts Northwest, National Association of Music Merchants, and the International Trumpet Guild.
Anderson has received the 2023 Cultural Capital Award from First Peoples Fund, 2023 Jazz Road Tour Grant from South Arts, 2023 Oregon State University Artist in Residency Program, 2023 Institute of American Indian Art Artist in Residency Program, 2021-22 Chamber Music America Jazz Presenters Grant, 2022 Collective Spirit Award of First Peoples Fund, 2022 Arts Forward from Association of Performing Arts Professionals, 2022 South Arts Jazz Road Creative Residency, 2021 Caldera Residency Program, 2021 Some Serious Business Residency, 2022 Lewis Prize for Music Think Tank, 2022 USArtists International from Mid Atlantic Arts, 2022 Connie Gotsch Arts Foundation Grant, Western States Arts Federation 2021 Emerging/Leaders of Color Program, 2021 Willow Tail Arts Residency, 2021 New York Trust Award, 2019 APAP Doris Duke Access Award, and the 2019-22 Western Arts Alliance Native Launchpad Award. Anderson has been featured on The New York Times, JazzTimes, GRAMMY.com, NASA, NPR Music Top 10, Smithsonian Magazine, Yahoo/Mic.com, TEDx, PBS, FNX Television, and much more.
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