THE BRAD DUTZ ENSEMBLE

Brad Dutz has played with WILLIE NELSON, MICHAEL WOLFF, TRIBAL TECH, DAVID BENOIT, RICK BRAUN, VINNY GOLIA, ALANIS MORRISETTE ,LEANN RIMES, MITCH FORMAN, KIM RICHMOND, RICKIE LEE JONES, HANDS’ONSEMBLE and actors JEFF BRIDGES and RONNY COX, Brad Dutz tries to bring the strangest percussion instruments he has to the session to create a unique sound. He can be heard on TV shows KING OF THE HILL, FAMILY GUY, AMERICAN DAD, ENTERPRISE and FIREFLY. Some of the movies that Brad has played on include LAST VEGAS, BATTLESHIP, BOURNE LEGACY ,COWBOYS and ALIENS, PRINCE OF EGYPT, SYRIANA, HILDAGO, RUGRATS GO WILD,STAR TREK 5, OCEAN’S ELEVEN , ANCHORMAN, HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE ,TRANSFORMERS 1 and 2 , RUSH HOUR 3, RUN DOWN and I SPY, and also IMAX films MYSTERIES OF EGYPT, MT. KILAMANJARO , AMAZON and ISLAND of SHARKS.As a member of BMI, Dutz has produced over 30 CDs as a leader, has composed all the music on more than 20 of those recordings and is the owner of the publishing company LEAKY SPLEEN music. The ensembles he has written for cover a wide range of instrumental combinations-everything from solo pieces to nonets are featured. In 1990, Dutz started his composition studies, mainly of 20th century music, privately with composers TERRY PLUMERI, RON JONES, RUSSELL STEINBERG. In addition to CD projects, he has composed for dance and theatre companies, as well as for television and film. 2013 saw the fourth release of his latest quartet project featuring a unique instrumental combination of mallet percussion, oboe, cello and bass clarinet, entitled "Peripheral Hearing". Other recent ensembles include The Other Three (a trio with Kim Richmond and John Fumo),Obliteration Quartet (featured as the subject of a 2002 documentary film), Polarity Taskmasters (keyboards, voice, theremin, percussion) and the duet CD with reedman VINNY GOLIA.

Parking is located under the building, accessible from west of the building off of 1st St. between Bunker Hill Towers and the mini-shopping center AU LAC is in.

Once you’ve turned into the large driveway, turn left into the garage “Guest Parking and Residence Parking of The Promendade”. $12 CASH ONLY.

Additional parking is located directly across Hope St. at Disney Hall - 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. $10.

There is limited street parking in front of Au Lac, Disney Hall and The Music Center.

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