Joe Deninzon

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Joe Deninzon (born December 3, 1974 in Leningrad ) is an American jazz violinist (also mandolin , vocals ), band leader and composer .

Live and act

Deninzon is the son of a concert violinist and a pianist. He grew up in Cleveland and studied classical and jazz violin at Indiana University . After moving to New York City in 1998, he recorded his debut album Electric / Blue on the Fusion- Idiom. He then worked as a freelance studio musician (including for Sheryl Crow , Bruce Springsteen , Phoebe Snow , Ritchie Blackmore , Smokey Robinson and Les Paul ), studied up to a master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music and taught at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. During this time he began working with the metal guitarist Alex Skolnick , from which the band project Stratospheerius emerged . In 2002 the album The Adventures of Stratospheerius was released , mostly with Deninzon's own compositions alongside interpretations by Wayne Shorter , Vince Guaraldi and Stevie Wonder titles. After the live album Live Wires Skolnick left the band and was replaced by Jake Ezra; added the drummer Lucianna Padmore. Other members were bassist Bob Bowen and guitarist Mack Price . He also directed the acoustic Joe Deninzon Trio , with Bowen and guitarist Steve Benson ( Exuberance , 2010). He is also active as a solo violinist with the New York City Ballet and has written, directed and performed the Broadway show Spider Dance together with percussionist Alessandra Belloni .

Discographic notes

  • Stratospheerius Live Wires (2004)
  • Stratospheerius Headspace (2007)
  • Stratospheerius The Next World (2012), with Aurelien Budynek , Jamie Bishop

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Eric Harabadian: Prog Talk: Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius (2013) in ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Down beat  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.downbeat.com
personal data
SURNAME Deninzon, Joe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad