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We had such a BLAST performing at Yoshi's Oakland again!
Thanks to everyone who came out on a rainy Tuesday night in March!

The show was streamed live and is up for viewing. Watch here:

Dan Zemelman Quintet LIVE

The Dan Zemelman Group at Yoshi's (Erik Jekabson,
Greg Wyser-Pratte, Christian Tamburr and DZ)

prince
Dan played with Danish violinist, Mads Tolling (2 time Grammy winner
from Turtle Island String Quartet), for the Prince and Princess
of Denmark at the Danish Embassy in Washington D.C.

Dan's debut CD got a TERRIFIC review in the East Bay Express paper:
Click HERE to read it.

The DEBUT ALBUM by the Quartet! Purchase the CD on CD Baby by clicking on the cover!

With a lot of hard work by Kenny Evans, engineer at Mesa Recording Studio, and bandmates, the Dan Zemelman Quartet celebrated the release of the album with a fabulous concert at Yoshi's - Oakland in February.

The Dan Zemelman Quartet is proud to announce that they were chosen again to audition for the Rhythm Road music abroad program (a cooperation between the US State Dept and Jazz at Lincoln Center). Last year they were selected as an 'alternate' band.

Festivals

Dan has played at the Fillmore Jazz Festival, the Sonoma Jazz Festival, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the San Jose Jazz festival and the SF Jazz Festival with Adam Theis's Realistic Orchestra, Fred Randolph's Quintet and the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra.

In summer 2009, the Dan Zemelman Quartet performed as part of the SF Jazz Summerfest's outdoor concert series at Levi's Plaza.

Dan will once again be on the faculty of JazzCamp West this summer. Such a wonderful time playing jazz in the woods!

Jazz camp is held every year near Pescadero (South of SF). Lots of classes offered daily with night-time concerts and jam sessions.

Dan will be performing at The Red Poppy Art House again with the bay area's gem of a vocalist,
Kenny Washington

COMING FRIDAY, JUNE 10

Look for more details soon

2010 has been a challenging year in some ways. But despite the economic hardships, DZ continues to find new avenues for his music. This past year, Dan performed at Yoshi's with his newly arranged quartet (including a new member and fabulous addition to the band, Greg Wyser Pratte on drums), performed at the Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C. with amazing violinst, Mads Tolling, and met the amazing vibraphonist, Christian Tamburr, whom he has had the pleasure of performing with on several occasions already, including D'Vine Jazz and Wine and Piedmont Piano in Oakland.

"I had a terrific time working in collaboration with the Ragged Wing Theater Ensemble, directed by Amy Sass. The piece that I worked on was 'The Serpent', an experimental theater piece written in the 60's by Jean Claude Van Itallie. I worked with the cast on musical aspects of the performance, including an arrangement of the Appalachian folk song 'Going Home'. The piece got great reviews from all the major papers and was subsequently sold out for many nights, several weekends in a row. I look forward to the next collaboration. Perhaps I'll act in a piece......"

"Hey! I just got back from Argentina not too long ago. We had a great time there. Lots of sun, lots of kind people, and we performed for 550+ folks for 3 separate nights (with the Zakiya Hooker band, Blues 4 U). It was quite an adventure! I got to see several good friends who live in Buenos Aires and meet lots of great musicians from the area. It looks promising that I will return someday...

See pictures from this visit. Click on the Picture Us Here link and scroll down to the Argentina picture. There is a link there to view more pictures."

See Dan on the COVER of a past issue of the famous "Onion" newspaper . Click on the logo: