Szymanski played a Miles Davis tribute show in 2011 at the Diva Nicotina club in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Szymanski says his professorship at the university keeps him very busy, but he still finds time to play with fellow musicians and students.Walt Szymanski, a 1972 graduate of Notre Dame, opens a four-day gig next week at the Dirty Dog Jazz Café in Grosse Pointe Farms. Currently a professor of jazz studies at a branch of the University of San Francisco in Ecuador, Szymanski has played with many jazz luminaries in his career, including the late, great bandleader and drummer J.C. Heard.
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Szymanski plays July 17-20 at the Dirty Dog Jazz Café, 97 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.; 313-882-5299 for reservations.
The spring 2012 issue of IRISH magazine, a publication from the Notre Dame Alumni Association, featured a cover story on Szymanski.
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