David Weiss Announces Spring Tour Throughout the West Coast and Canada this Month!

Acclaimed Trumpeter, Composer and Arranger David Weiss Embarks Upon Spring Tour
with Sextet, Featuring Marcus Strickland and Myron Walden

Shows in: Los Angeles, Ft. Bragg, Half Moon Bay, Napa, Windsor,  Denver, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary

“The sextet skirts the outer reaches of straight-ahead jazz, innovating while drawing from tradition. The recording benefits from the familiarity and chemistry shared by the bandmates, creating a powerful, propulsive force. Weiss’ complex compositions, some featuring dark themes and dense harmonies, are balanced with compelling melodies.”
 -Sharonne Cohen, Jazz Times

Internationally-lauded David Weiss – recently featured by both Downbeat and JazzTimes – is thrilled to announce multiple live dates this month in California, Colorado and Canada. The post-bop trumpeter will be joined by Myron Walden on alto saxophone, Marcus Strickland on tenor saxophone, David Bryant on piano, Eric Wheeler on bass and E.J. Strickland on drums. Some personnel changes during the first week of shows will see appearances from Immanuel Wilkins (alto saxophone), James Mahone (alto saxophone), J.D. Allen (tenor saxophone), Josh Nelson (piano), Edward Simon (piano), Keith Saunders (piano) and Alex Boneham (bass).

Forming this sextet to explore new compositional concepts and styles, Weiss’ goal has always been to move jazz forward.  The sextet has released three CDss: Breathing Room, The Mirror, and most recently When Words Fail, which received critical acclaim from Downbeat, Jazzwise, Time Out New York, the Financial Times, and others. After touring extensively with Freddie Hubbard and the New Jazz Composers Octet (2000-2008) and The Cookers (2007 to present), the acclaimed trumpeter has decided to turn focus toward his Sextet by embarking on his first ever extensive North American tour with the group. They will be making stops in Los Angeles, Ft. Bragg, Half Moon Bay, Napa, Healdsburg,  Denver, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary.

The David Weiss Sextet will kick off their tour with an April 10th performance at Mr Musichead Gallery, located at 7420 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA as part of Just Jazz Live Concert Series. An installment of “Wednesdays After Work”, this night of music will begin at 7:30pm (doors: 6:30pm).  $25 tickets include complimentary wine/beer tasting. On Saturday, April 13th, the group – as Weiss/Wilkins/Allen/Nelson/Boneham/Strickland – will make their way up to Ft. Bragg, to perform two sets at the North Coast Brewing Company, located at 444 N Main Street, Ft.Bragg, CA. Music will begin in Jazz at the Sequoia Room at 7:30pm. Tickets: $25.

Weiss and this same configuration will continue with a 4:30pm performance at Bach Dynamite & Dancing, located at 311 Mirada Rd, Half Moon Bay on Sunday, April 14th. Advance ticketing: Adults $45/35, Students $30 (25 & under with ID). On Thursday, April 18th, Weiss, Allen (tenor saxophone) and Strickland (drums) will be joined by Myron Walden on alto saxophone, Edward Simon on piano and Alex Boneham on bass for a 6:30pm & 8:30pm performance at Blue Note Napa, located at 1030 Main St, Napa, CA. Tickets: $15-35. Joined by James Mahone on alto saxophone and Keith Saunders on piano, Weiss, Allen, Boneham and Strickland will play Healdsburg Jazz Event, at Windsor High School, located at 8695 Windsor Rd, Windsor, CA. Following the Student Jazz Combo Competition Awards Ceremony, a concert and student jam will begin at 6:00pm. This is a free performance for the Healdsburg Jazz community.

On April 23rd & 24th, the core group (David Weiss, Myron Walden, Marcus Strickland, David Bryant, Eric Wheeler and E.J. Strickland) will bring this extensive run of shows to Dazzle, located at 1512 Curtis Street, Denver, CO. Both nights will see sets performed at 6:30pm & 9:00pm. Tickets: $15-35. This classic line-up will move into the Canadian leg of their tour with performances on April 25th & 26th at Frankie’s Jazz, located at 765 Beatty St, Vancouver, BC. Hosted by Coastal Jazz Canada, showtime will be 8:00pm on both night. Tickets: $32.50.

On Saturday, April 27th, the sextet will perform at The Yardbird Suite, located at 10203 86 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB. Doors will open at 7:00pm with music from 8:00pm-11:00pm. Tickets: $30-34. Weiss, Walden, Strickland, Bryant, Wheeler and Strickland will bring this tour to a close with an April 28th performance at King Eddy, located at 438 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB at 7:00pm.

In a jazz climate that rewards neo-conservative tributes and far-flung exercises in deconstruction, David Weiss has distinguished himself another way: through finding flexibility and innovation in music that has its roots in the mainstream. The trumpeter, composer, and arranger has had the opportunity to learn from some of the music’s quintessential figures by touring and/or recording with the likes of Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Billy Harper, Bobby Hutcherson, Slide Hampton, James Moody, Tom Harrell, Louis Hayes, Muhal Richard Abrams, Christian McBride, Odean Pope, Geri Allen and Billy Hart among many others. Weiss is also an awarding winning composer and arranger having been awarded commissions by the prestigious Chamber Music America Doris Duke Jazz Ensemble Project: New Works Creation and Presentation grant in 2001 and the American Composers Forum’s Jerome Composers Commissioning Program in 2005. He also places annually in the Down Beat Critics Poll in the Rising Star Arranger category.