Английская Википедия:Deborah Weisz

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Deborah Weisz is an American jazz musician. She plays lead trombone for the Deborah Weisz Quintet/Trio.[1]

Early life

Deborah Weisz was born in Chicago to Victor and Alice Mae. She grew up in Phoenix, where she began to play trombone at the age of ten.[2]

Career

Weisz studied music at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona and at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.[2] After graduation, she became a freelance musician in Las Vegas.[3] While in Las Vegas, Weisz studied and worked with jazz trombonist Carl Fontana. From 1987-1994, she performed for Frank Sinatra.[2]

In 2002, Weisz earned a Master of Arts in Music Composition from New York University. She has taught at Western Connecticut State University and in New York City.[4]

As a composer and arranger, she has worked with the Afrikan Amerikan Jazz Orchestra, NYU Concert Jazz Orchestra, and Lou Caputo.[2]

Discography

  • Breaking Up, Breaking Out (Va Wah) 1997
  • Grace, (Va Wah), 2005[5][6]

Awards

  • Julius Hemphill Jazz Composition Contest (2000)
  • BMI Foundation/Charlie Parker Composition Award Finalist (2001)
  • New England Foundation for the Arts Meet the Composer Commission (2004)

References

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  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 Stewart, Alex. Making the Scene: Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.
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