Conversation feat. Michael Winkle Live at Cougar Crest Lake Oswego!

Drummer, Kurt Deutscher, has been recording and performing music
professionally for over 40 years. Best known for his four years of
service with the United States Marine Corps Band and twelve years as a
founder and drummer of Tall Jazz, Kurt now records and performs with a
number of Northwest artists.
Based in Portland Oregon for nearly all of his music career, he's
performed at thousands of venues, events, festivals, parties,
weddings, mergers, celebrations, clubs, halls, boats, grand openings,
shows, and even on a moving train. Kurt strongly believes that live
music is one of a few art forms with the ability to span and permeate
cultures, politics, religions, languages, and anything that may, at
times, divide us. Music unites us, and Jazz is his music.
Bassist Craig Snazelle is a native San Franciscan. His jazz education
includes lessons/study with SF Bay Area bassist Chuck Sher, in Los
Angeles at The Faunt School. Craig moved to Oregon in 1993, where he
studied privately with bassist Glen Moore. Notable Portland players
Craig has worked with include pianists Gordon Lee, Bill Beach, Mike
Horsfall, and George Mitchell, vocalists Shirley Nannette, Karla
Harris, and Marilyn Keller, and horn players Paul Mazzio, Lee
Wuthenow, and Pete Peterson. He has performed locally at the Portland
Jazz Festival, Mt. Hood Jazz Festival, Newport Coast Jazz Festival,
and Cathedral Park Jazz Festival.
Pianist Jose Luis Sosa:
Jose Luis was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied classical
piano at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. As the Chief Engineer of
Rosario's legendary Big Audio Studios, he recorded, produced and
performed on countless projects: Pop, Rock, Jazz, Funk, Blues, Tango,
Symphony Orchestra, Music for Theater, Documentaries, etc. In
Portland, he studied jazz with Randy Porter ("if you are going to
learn something, learn it from the best"). He's had the privilege of
performing and recording with some of the top artists in the Portland
area. Currently he is playing with Big Bad Beat, Soul Suspect, Michael
Winkle's Conversation and his own Jazz trio recording.
Michael Winkle bio:
Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60’s, Michael was
surrounded by an incredible music scene that offered such a diversity
of musical genres that inspired him to want to play music and attempt
to emulate some of his early heroes. His voice has been favorably
compared to a host of artists including, Chet Baker, Frank Sinatra,
Stevie Wonder, Bobby Caldwell, Sam Cooke and others. After over 40
years of performing, Michael has found his own voice and style that is
really just a synthesis of everything that he has listened to,
absorbed and loved!