The Creswell Club
- New York City, NY
- Jazz Band
- 32 Verified Bookings
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Solo, Duo to quartet to Big Band performances of the highest quality and professionalism. I have over 20 years of performance experience with some of the best and legendary figures in music.
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Price Range: $300 and up
Gig Length: 60 - 180 minutes
Courtesy
Punctuality
Professionalism
Most importantly Musicality of the highest quality
Doug Pierce, an extremely gifted and talented composer/orchestrator, arranger and trumpeter hails from the motor city; Detroit, Michigan. Detroit is known for having produced some of the finest jazz musicians in the world. During his time in Detroit Doug has had the great opportunity to study with quite a few internationally recognized jazz musicians including Marcus Belgrave, Donald Walden, Rayse Biggs, Jimmy Wilkinson, Larry Smith, Kenneth Cox, Teddy Harris Jr., Russell Green and Herbie Williams.
While at UDC Doug became the second recipient of the Felix E. Grant fellowship award. This award is a very prestigious award not given out regularly and is given solely based on individual talent. It was under Calvin Jones that Doug was made aware of his incredible and unique composition and arranging abilities. Professor Jones often shared with Doug how his uses of harmonic and melodic tools are reminiscent of the same tools used by Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones and Thad Jones. Upon completion of his undergraduate studies in 1999, fall 2002 Doug enrolled into the Jazz Studies program at Western Michigan University. It is here that Doug studied with jazz greats such as Trent Kynastyn, Dr. Scott Cowan and Tom Knific. During his time at WMU Doug was awarded the distinct opportunity to participate in a few residency programs including the prestigious Betty Carter Jazz Ahead residency in April of 2004. Upon completion of his Masters degree in music spring of 2005 Doug has held educational posts at two very well respected schools of music. From (phone number hidden)8 Doug was Professor of Jazz Trumpet at The Ohio State University. Currently Doug is Professor of Jazz Trumpet at his undergraduate alma mater UDC. Along with Doug’s permanent educational responsibilities he has also traveled the country in great demand as guest composer and clinician.
Currently Doug leads several musically diverse groups. An exciting jazz quintet and sextet and a new and very exciting culturally diverse jazz orchestra called the “Band of Brothas” where Doug is the Chief Conductor, composer and arranger. The composition performed by this group show Doug’s fundamental understanding of various harmonic traditions, but also displays his uniqueness and originality as a composer, orchestrator and arranger.
5- 11 microphones
5- 11 mic strands
Lighting basic soft stage lighting.
Mostly original music.
Traditional or trad jazz to swing music of Benny Goodman, Jimmy Lunceford to Thad Jones.
Small ensemble influence from trad jazz to Miles Davis quartet to Freddie Hubbard Blue Note and CTI records years.
4- 17 music stands. Space in stage area to accomodate a quartet to 17 piece bug band
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