“Extraordinarily compelling…a stroke of brilliance…”
- Katie Debonville, Northeast Performer
“…a wondrous zone…an amazed audience… funky, syncopated…deep…
thoughtful and tasty…”
- Phil McKenna, concert review, Progressiveears.com
Flowtown = Groove • Character-Driven Lyrics • Quirky • Tight • Vulnerable Humor • Sophisticated Pop • Jazz • Funk • Blues • Rock
The DZD full length CD, Release, has just been released to
college radio, and is a top 10 and 20 hit in heavy rotation at stations across
the country.
Release is Zoffer’s third full-length CD and his first to have a
national radio campaign through Evolution Promotions, who have worked for such
artists as Sting and Brian Eno. Zoffer’s music has received international radio
airplay across Europe and from Voice of America Radio. From his home base in
Boston, Zoffer and The DZD have appeared for extensive interviews and live
appearances on WGBH, WERS, WHRB, WICN, and his music has been on top ten lists
from Arizona to Iceland and from Pittsburgh to Portugal. Zoffer’s music has been
at home in many settings ranging from rock and funk clubs like Johnny D’s,
Bill’s Bar, & the Lizard Lounge to packed performances at Jazz festivals from
Boston’s Regattabar to Café Reykjavik and even classical venues like Jordan
Hall. Zoffer has been a featured multi-instrumental soloist/composer/arranger at
crossover concerts for the Boston Philharmonic and the Handel & Haydn Society at
the Berklee Performance Center and Sanders Theater.
Booking for the DZD is now done by Karen Williams at Kollmar Presents, she
can be reached at
booking@kollmarpresents.com .
DZD Fans Are: - because they like:
College Students - driving rhythms & engaging storylines
Funkateers - head nodding heavy groove, much exuberance
Pop & Soul fans - warm, bluesy delivery
Jazz fans - lush harmony, duet melodies, interactive weaving
instrumental parts
Proggers - virtuoso performances
Eclectic Adults- shows & recordings with lots of different alternative
flavors
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In addition to his performing career, Zoffer is also one of the leading
lights in Jazz education. He has been department chair at the New England
Conservatory (NEC) Prep and Continuing Ed. Jazz dept. since 1996. He is also on faculty at Berklee College of Music in the Contemporary Writing and Production department. In addition, he is a member of the Jazz Faculty at both Tufts University and the Rivers Music School. Zoffer has lectured internationally in the subjects of performance, composition, songwriting, improvisation, and Jazz. His students include Downbeat winners such as teen prodigy Grace Kelly (best Sax, Vocal, R&B and Composition for middle school students-unprecedented four categories in one year), Roland Davis (best composition for master’s degree students), and Bill Ward (best composition-high school students).
Zoffer has given workshops sponsored by colleges, teachers unions and music
schools all over the world. He has done extensive workshops with students
ranging in age from twelve to seventy and from beginners to seasoned
professionals to teachers learning how to teach improvisation. David Zoffer has
often given masterclasses on the same day of many of his performances. Zoffer’s
unique background in performance on piano, guitar, bass, voice, saxophone, as
well as composition/arranging give him a perspective that allows him to help
many different kinds of students express themselves more clearly.
If you are interested in a combination of performance/masterclass please
mention this in your reply for booking. The David Zoffer Differential (DZD)
includes Jamie Stewardson (also NEC Prep/Cont. Ed. Jazz Faculty, and chair of
the Rivers Music School Jazz Dept.) Stewardson is also a great jazz educator in
his own right, and he is available as part of the DZD to give a group
masterclass. Zoffer’s passion for teaching is one of the reasons the NEC Prep
and Continuing Ed. Jazz Dept. has grown to be the premier school of its kind.
