Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble

Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble
Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble
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When:
December 4, 2018 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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Where:
The Brink Lounge
701 E Washington St
Paris, TX 75460
USA
Cost:
Free

Local favorite, Paul Dietrich, brings his big band to The Brink Lounge for a holiday concert.

The Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble returns from a brief hiatus to continue presenting modern big band jazz at the Brink Lounge on Tuesday, December 4th, two sets from 8-10pm. The band features many of the area’s best jazz musicians, including David Cooper, Allen Cordingley, Darren Sterud, John Christensen, and Jamie Kember.

ABOUT:  Paul Dietrich is a Midwest-based trumpet player, composer and educator striving to make music that synthesizes the sounds of classic and modern jazz, Western classical music, folk, progressive rock and other diverse genres.

Paul has been earning acclaim as a composer. Having started writing for big band regularly while a graduate student in 2012, Dietrich has completed commissions for Lawrence University’s Jazz Weekend, Ripon College, Madison College and the Edgar Knecht Trio (Germany), Ripon High School, James Madison Memorial High School, Berlin High School, and Cedarburg High School, and his big band pieces have been performed throughout the United States. He leads the Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble, a Madison-based professional group dedicated to the performance of modern big band music, including his own.