Deborah Weisz Explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: DEBORAH WEISZ - Artist Roster - Conn-Selmer, Inc.. 2015-05-31. 2015-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906103538/http://www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/artist-information/centerstage/artist-roster/deborah-weisz/. dead.
2. Stewart, Alex. Making the Scene: Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.
3. Web site: Deborah Weisz - Biography - AllMusic. Scott Yanow. AllMusic.
4. Web site: Deborah Weisz. 2015-05-31. 2015-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20150713164727/http://divajazz.com/people/band-members/deborah-weisz/. dead.
5. Web site: Jazz Reviews: GraceDeborah Weisz Quintet - By Nate Chinen — Jazz Articles.
6. Web site: Deborah Weisz Quintet's Grace Coming September 27th.