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Elliot Deutsch

A Southern California native, Elliot Deutsch is quickly making a name for himself on the L.A. jazz scene as a bandleader, arranger and composer. Elliot Deutsch approaches big band music with a fresh and youthful perspective, merging contemporary harmony and modern grooves with classic textures and unbridled energy. This sound has earned him associations with some of the biggest names in the industry. Elliot Deutsch Big Band has appeared with such greats as Van Alexander, Patrick Williams, Sammy Nestico, Bill Holman, Ron Stout, Tierney Sutton, and Cheryl Bentyne.

Deutsch is also an active arranger, writing music for Bill Watrous, Laura Dickinson, Dave Damiani, Jane Monheit, and many others.

Elliot Deutsch Big Band recently released their second album, The Push!

Awards

2013 ASCAP/Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award 2012 ASMAC/Bill Conti Big Band Arranging & Composing Competition, 1st Place 2011 ASMAC/Bill Conti Big Band Arranging & Composing Competition, 3rd Place


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Album Review

Elliot Deutsch: Make Big Band Great Again

Read "Make Big Band Great Again" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Bandleader Elliot Deutsch has come up with a clever angle for his third CD, complete with obligatory red baseball cap and “Make Big Band Great Again" logo. Song titles are precocious too: “Fake News," “Repeal and Replace," “The Great Wall," sandwiched between “America the Beautiful" and an ambivalent ode to his Los Angeles home, “Pink Sunset (Over Gray Skies)." The problem arises with their length, which collectively totals roughly eighteen minutes. Given that (pardon the pun) shortcoming, the album could ...

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"Deutsch brings the same sort of fresh perspective and exuberance that Harry Connick Jr. displays in the late 1980's. Weeknight Music is brilliant, balancing a healthy look forward with clear reminiscence on where Jazz came from; all from a young man who sports what may be one of the brightest young talents in Jazz." -Wildy Haskell (Wildy's World)

"According to Deutsch's bio, he has performed with Solomon Burke, Bobby Rodriguez' Latin Jazz Band, B.B. King, Lalo Schifrin and Kenny Burrell, among others, none of which would lead one to anticipate a big-band date as captivating and resourceful as Weeknight Music. But here it is, and Deutsch deserves a round of applause for marshaling (and recording) an ensemble of this caliber." -Jack Bowers (AllAboutJazz)

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Primary Instrument

Trumpet

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

M.M. from California State University Long Beach in Jazz Studies B.A. from UCLA in Ethnomusicology/Jazz Studies I previously held a staff position at Caltech, teaching Jazz Improvisation, and directing the Caltech Monday Jazz Band. I am available to teach private lessons in Trumpet, Jazz Improvisation, and Jazz arranging and composition.

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