Weather update: It's a gorgeous day. The concert remains at Deb's. See you soon.

We decided to add a pot luck (so many requests) after the concert. After you purchase tickets, Please rsvp directly to deb@pfmsconcerts.org if you would like to join us and what you will bring. 

We are delighted to have Paul Klemperer and his NH band (drums, bass, guitar, sax) perform in Deb's yard in Harrisville. Paul Klemperer spends summers in his family summer home in Nelson, NH and performs a variety of concerts around the Monadnock Region where we all get to enjoy listening and dancing to his music. Each concert is different.

In Paul's word for Deb's Concert: “A Music Caravan.”  Based in Austin, Texas, saxophonist Paul Klemperer has played with great roots music artists, such as Marcia Ball, Guy Forsyth, Seth Walker and many more.  Paul’s specialty is a “jazz sensibility,” which helps him explore folk, pop and original music in innovative ways.  For this special performance, Paul and his band will take the audience on a musical caravan, with their arrangements of folk songs from around the world, as well as Paul’s original compositions."

More about Paul Klemperer; works as a bandleader, teacher, composer and writer.  His team at P.K.S.A.X. provides a variety of music for all events, as well as educational classes, workshops, and lectures, and many other products and services.

Born in Boston, Paul discovered jazz at an early age, sneaking into smokey 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 earned his master’s degree in Ethnomusicology at the University of Texas in 1991. He teaches private and group classes in clarinet & saxophone, jazz history & theory, and issues in music & culture.  He also writes fiction and essays on many topics.

Paul has produced five CD’s representing the groups he leads: Manteca Beat (classic R&B, Latin, jazz, and international cabaret), My Exotic Other (world music), The Klemperer Group (acid jazz & experimental), and Paul’s original jazz and pop compositions. He has toured nationally and internationally for over 30 years, and continues to divide his time between Austin and the road, bringing his soulful saxophone sound across the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Asia.

In addition to his own groups, Paul plays with numerous Texas bands, spanning many genres.  Here’s a partial list:

Marcia Ball, Mr. Fabulous, The James Hinkle Band, The Jitterbug Vipers, The Jazz Pharoahs, The Bustamovalators, Larry Lange and his Lonely Knights, The Copa Kings, The Austin Jazz Band, Austin Community College Big Band, Memphis Train Revue, Hot Wax, River City Soul, Duck Soup, Sangeet Millennium, Bamako Airlines, Zoumountchie, La Strada, The Golden Arm Trio, Bee vs. Moth.