Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble

press release; Concerts of fresh original music, in a great listening room, with no cover charge.  That’s what music fans will find at the UW Memorial Union’s Frederic March Play Circle on four Friday evenings this Fall as the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium (GMJC), Madison Music Collective and Wisconsin Union Theater present the sixth season of “InDIGenous Jazz”, a series that showcases music composed and performed by our community’s finest jazz musicians.

11/17: Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble.  This 18-member ensemble of outstanding local musicians performs trumpeter Dietrich’s new GMJC-commissioned suite, “The Sound of Wisconsin.”  This suite is inspired by Mr. Dietrich’s experiences as a small-town Wisconsin native who has traveled and performed widely around the state.  It is also informed by his study of the music of modern big band giants like Maria Schneider, Darcy James Argue, Christine Jensen, and Fred Sturm.  In addition to Mr. Dietrich, band members include many of Greater Madison’s top jazz musicians, e.g., Tony Barba and Nick Bartell (saxophone), Darren Sterud and Jamie Kember (trombone), Johannes Wallmann (piano), John Christensen (bass), and Megan Moran (voice).