The 2 time SAMMY Award winning Kevin Dorsey Collective is a unique performing ensemble combining jazz and pop harmonies with world music. Performing mostly original material, the Collective is carving it’s niche in the musical landscape across New York State, and their recordings can be heard on radio stations worldwide.

KEVIN DORSEY (double-bass, electric bass guitar) is an in demand bassist and tuba player in the Central New York Region. He holds a Masters of Music in Studio Jazz Writing from the University of Miami and a Bachelors of Music in Music Education with a Performers Certificate from SUNY Potsdam and has studied jazz composition with Gary Lindsay, Ron Miller and Bret Zvacek.

Dorsey has written over 100 compositions for everything from duos to symphony orchestra in many different genres. In the last few years he has had the opportunity to perform with such diverse artists as modern jazz musicians Phil Woods, Miguel Zenon, Dave Samuels and Steve Slagle, avant garde musicians Steve Swell, Hamid Drake, Jalil Moondrake and William Parker, opera singer N'Kenge Simpson-Hoffman and the Israeli ensemble Simply Tsfat.

Kevin teaches General Music K-5, and the Guitar Ensemble at the Seymour Dual Language Academy in Syracuse, NY and an adjunct faculty member at LeMoyne College and Cayuga Community College. He is a voting member of The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the Grammys) and currently the Treasurer for the NYS Chapter of IAJE. Kevin’s current project, the SAMMY Award winning Kevin Dorsey Collective, is a group performing all original music combining jazz harmony with world music and other genres.