MUSIC www.queenscourier.com • february 2013 • lic courier 45 “I’m not just bringing in a tune,” he said. “I’m bringing in music for individual musicians. I have both the instrumentation picked out, but then it’s almost like another level of innovations by the musician.” The Seattle-born trumpeter who grew up in a culture where jazz was surprisingly popular among middle and high school programs said he gravitated toward New York, and Queens, by the wide range of musicians that have made the city their home. “As far as putting projects together: the level of musicians here have a good variety,” he said. Lately, he’s been focusing on more shows in throughout the Queens to expand Jazz to a wider base of listeners. He helped establish the Queens Jazz Overground, which he says is a response to the Brooklyn Jazz Underground. The project is a collection of Queens-based Jazz ground, including Deutsch’s group Penonia. The Overground is intended bring in music listeners — mainly families — who might not travel to Brooklyn or Manhattan to take in some Jazz. The project’s goal is to “connect with people that may be music fans, but wouldn’t want to go to Brooklyn and Manhattan to go to a music club.” “Since I’ve been here,” he said. “I don’t think people think about going to music in Queens.” Deutsch is happy where his music is going, and aims on starting more projects with new sounds. Deutsch is currently working on several projects, and the smaller ones allow him to travel out of New York once and a while and get more exposure. While New York has a slew of music lovers, and musicians, listeners outside of the fi ve boroughs really take an ear to jazz and all music in general. “Obviously, as musicians, I think we want to get the music out there to as wide of an audience as possible,” he said. “When you get out of New York and play your music in other places… people get really into it.”
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