Eddie Parente Jazz Quartet
Posted on July 28, 2014 10:27 pm by Kurt Deutscher | NetRaising
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Eddie Parente Jazz Quartet
The Eddie Parente Jazz Quartet Eddie Parente - Violin John Keyser - Guitar Craig Snazelle - Bass Kurt Deutscher - Drums
The Natural Gas Co.
Posted on July 28, 2014 10:21 pm by Kurt Deutscher | NetRaising
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photo by Joel Preston Smith
photo by Carrie Rambo
photo by Jenny Fotland
The Natural Gas Co. is a twelve piece band created by Carl Smith over 30 years ago on the premise that the highest level of jazz musicianship could be implemented to provide great dance music as it did in the big band era and through all of the following decades.
Read MoreThe Mazel Tov Orchestra
Posted on July 28, 2014 10:18 pm by Kurt Deutscher | NetRaising
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The Mazel Tov Orchestra is a Portland, Oregon based band specializing in klezmer and Israeli music.
Klezmer music is Jewish music with its roots in Eastern Europe. It consists of a mixture of folk melodies, some happy and some poignant, played in a unique style that is both lively and provocative. You might call it “Jewish Soul music.” Klezmer music is often…
Read MoreUnited States Marine Corps Band 1982 - 1986
Posted on July 20, 2014 4:26 pm by Kurt Deutscher | NetRaising
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From 1982 to 1986 I was a member of the United States Marine Corps Band where I performed D&B corps style drumming for the USMC marching band, orchestral percussion in a 40 piece wind band, and drum set for a 20 piece big band, a 10 piece top 40 band, a jazz sextet, and Dixieland band. In 1984 I began moonlighting in…
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