Deborah Weisz

Hey Everyone It's been a busy Spring semester for me with my teaching work for WCSU, MSJA, NY Pops, and in my private studio. All in all, very inspiring to work with these wonderful young musicians! Onward... this summer will find me performing with the Diva Jazz Orchestra, Melba Joyce, Roswell Rudd's Trombone Tribe, and with 79 other trombonists for a piece called "Orbits" at the Guggenheim Museum here in NYC. (all gig details are listed on my calendar page). So, as usual for me, a diverse…

Some news for the new year For those of you who are fans of the Jamie Begian band, the concert that was scheduled on Jan. 23rd was cancelled by the venue. Jamie tells us that we will be performing later this year, with a CD release of his new recording of the band. I will post those dates when I get them. As for my own groups, I have been rehearsing some new music and will book some dates soon. In the meantime I have posted dates that I will be playing with the Diva Jazz Orchestra and Roswell…

Hello again, Just wanted to say that I wish everyone a very happy holiday season. and... an abundance of peace, joy, health, prosperity and lots of music!!! All the best, deborah

Hey Everybody Just a note to say how excited I am about this week's performances! Tomorrow night I will be performing with my trio, featuring Ratzo Harris on Bass and Eric Halvorson on Drums, at Yippie's Cafe. I have been writing some new music, just with this particular group in mind, so it will fun to "air" it out at the gig. Please come by and listen if you can. Then... I leave for Berlin on the night of the Presidential Election and am hoping for some really good news when I arrive there on…

Hey Everybody Just a brief update and some news...
This past Spring I started teaching at Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) in Danbury, CT, as adjunct faculty; teaching a basic music theory course and jazz combo. Well, this coming school year I will be teaching Jazz Trombone and Jazz Combo. I am very much looking forward to this opportunity as I have enjoyed working at WCSU, not just recently, but in the past when I have done clinics/workshops there for the Jazz program. It is a wonderfully…

Hey Everyone Just wanted to share some news about some wonderful projects that I am going to be involved with this summer. First, I travel up to Accord, NY tomorrow to perform and record with Roswell Rudd's Trombone Shout Band this week. The group features Roswell Rudd, Steve Swell, and myself on Trombone, Bob Stewart on Tuba, Henry Grimes on Bass, and Barry Altschul on Drums. We have been rehearsing this past Spring and I am looking forward very much to the upcoming performances and the recording.…

Hey Everybody Just checking in to let you know about a new review for the TRIO CD by Laurel Gross in February's All About Jazz/NY edition. I have posted a short excerpt on my Reviews/Press page. and... I am looking forward to performing at the Brooklyn Lyceum next Wednesday, Feb. 13th. Bruce Arnold - Guitar, Ratzo Harris - Bass and Eric Halvorson - Drums will be joining me. We will perform music from the Grace and TRIO CDs, plus new music that I have written in the past two months and some music from…

Hi Everyone, Please check out the new TRIO CD review/excerpt on the Press/Reviews page from AllAboutJazz.com by Larry Taylor. You can click on the link provided there if you would like to read the whole review. Also... I just updated my calendar with a few new gigs for early next year. Thanks again for checking in! Happy Happy & Merry Merry to all! All the best, Deborah

Hey Everybody Just a short notice about my upcoming gig at The Garage on Tuesday, Nov. 13th. I will be performing with Bruce Arnold - Guitar, Ratzo Harris - Bass, and Eric Halvorson - Drums. Both Bruce and I have written some new music that will be premiered at the gig. Come on down and listen if you are in town and out late tomorrow night. (details on Calendar page). Also, you can read an excerpt of a very nice review that David Dupont wrote about the TRIO CD on my review page here at my website.…

AllAboutJazz.com is featuring Trio - Once from my new TRIO CD at the following link:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/jazzdownload.php?id=2762 This is a free download. You will have to fill out a form and sign up as an AAJ member in order to access this download.