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Perry Thoorsell

Performances and/or recordings with top jazz musicians including Smith Dobson, Jessica Williams, Larry Vuckovich, Donald Bailey, Eddie Henderson, Sonny Simmons, Mark Levine, Joe Henderson, Jamie Davis, Marvin Stamm, Kurt Elling, and Tootie Heath. Live shows backing traveling headliners including Bobby Rydell, Dick Contino, Julius LaRosa, Rita Moreno, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Pete Barbutti, Jim Bailey, Jerry Vale, Diahann Carroll, and Frankie Laine. Musical Theater credits include "Stardust," "By George," "Godspell," "In the Heights," and "Camelot." Festival performances include Biamp Portland Jazz Festival, Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Fillmore Jazz Festival, Aarhus Jazz Festival (Denmark), and Stanford Jazz Festival.


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Album Review

Todd Zimberg with Michael Gotz and Perry Thoorsell: An Afternoon in Sellwood

Read "An Afternoon in Sellwood" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Sellwood, for those who may have been wondering, is a Portland, Oregon neighborhood, the home base--more or less--of drummer Todd Zimberg and his bandmates, pianist Michael Gotz and bassist Perry Thoorsell. Based on its playing time, Zimberg's debut album as leader, An Afternoon in Sellwood, could have borne the title A Half Hour in Sellwood. Well, thirty-one minutes, to be more precise. That said, Zimberg's trio makes the most of that concise time, thanks to inspired blowing, ...

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Primary Instrument

Bass, acoustic

Location

Portland

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

John Coltrane
saxophone
Miles Davis
trumpet
Dexter Gordon
saxophone, tenor
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
Charlie Parker
saxophone, alto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
composer / conductor

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

An Afternoon in...

Spring Beach Music
2022

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Out of a Dream

Self Produced
2022

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Loveliest

Unknown label
2021

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The Ludlow Affair

Unknown label
2020

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JAZZ 2020

JAZZ 2020 LLC
2019

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Little Wizdoms

UNika Records
2012

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