Don Dietrich (musician)

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Don Dietrich (left) & Jim Sauter; original photo courtesy Seth Tisue Don Dietrich & Jim Sauter12.jpg
Don Dietrich (left) & Jim Sauter; original photo courtesy Seth Tisue

Don Dietrich is a saxophonist and founding member of New York City based improvisational group, Borbetomagus. [1]

Recently, he has become involved with the noise/free jazz "supergroup" The New Monuments (with C. Spencer Yeh and Ben Hall).

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References

  1. Kelsey, Chris. "Borbetomagus: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-10-09.