Join jazz master and saxophonist Paul Klemperer for an informal exploration of a wide-ranging jazz repertoire. Backed by a solid rhythm section (Gordon Peery, piano: Matt Cory, bass; Brian Quinn, drums) Klemperer will welcome various local singers and instrumentalists to share the stage for some spontaneous arrangements that will delight the audience and maybe even surprise the band.
Paul Klemperer works as a bandleader, teacher, composer, and writer. Born in Boston, Paul discovered jazz at an early age, sneaking into smoky clubs by age 13. He studied with jazz legends Archie Shepp, Max Roach, and Ray Copeland before moving to Austin in 1982. There he has worked with many great artists in the blues, roots, and jazz traditions, such as Marcia Ball, Angela Strehli, Doyle Bramhall, Malford Milligan, Seth Walker, Nick Curran, and members of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Paul resides in Austin, TX but spends most of the summer at his ancestral summer home in Nelson NH.
Bassist Matthew Cory played an active role in both the jazz and classical communities of his native Los Angeles before relocating with wife and daughter to their home in Petersham, Massachusetts. In addition to performing with Jazz luminaries such as Bob Mintzer, Larry Goldings, and Bob Sheppard, Matthew played with a long list of instrumentalists destined to the ranks of Jazz notables such as Walter Smith, Tigran Hamasyan, Charles Altura, Dayna Stephens, Louis Cole, and Kamasi Washington to name a few. He has recorded and toured with pop artists such as Ben Harper and Scott Weiland. Matthew can be seen holding down bass duties with a variety of musicians in and around New England.
Pianist Gordon Peery is well known throughout the Monadnock region for his work as a contra dance musician, but in recent years he has expanded into a variety of other genres including jazz. He has been part of a Paul Klemperer summer band for the last ten years and has also backed up vocalists performing the American Songbook.
Originally based in New York City for 20 years, Brian Quinn has performed at venues spanning from Birdland Jazz Club to CBGBs. He was trained in jazz at The New School where he studied with Billy Hart, Michael Carvin, Joe Chambers, and Shawn Pelton. Brian now resides in New Hampshire. He was also a music manager for over a decade, producing concerts around the globe for Kurt Elling, Jane Monheit, New York Voices, Richard Bona, and Taylor Eigsti.
