Doug Wintz:
CLASS OF 1969
Millikan Junior High SchoolClass of 1969
Sherman oaks, CA
California State University NorthridgeClass of 1978
Northridge, CA
Grant High SchoolClass of 1971
Van nuys, CA
Doug's Story
Life
During my time at Grant, and for 17 years after I played trombone professionally. Toured North America and Europe with Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Louis Bellson, Charlie Haden, Tom Jones, Melissa Manchester, and others - played in LA quite a bit at Baked Potato, Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festivals, some studio work as well with Supertramp, Johnny Otis, Baya and others. During that time, I kept going to Cal State Northridge until finally, after 7 years got my BA in English Literature.
In 1988, I made a change and moved to New York to start a career in online / internet services. Worked for Prodigy, ATT, Softbank, Lycos. Started DMW MediaWorks and work with many companies trying to figure out how to get the most out of their internet business including clients like NY Times, WebMD, Viacom, TicketMaster, Turner Broadcasting, Discovery Channel, InterPublicGroup, Car and Driver, Universal Music, A&E Channel and oth...Expand for more
ers. Lots of fun and much like freelancing as a musician - always varied and stimulating. Traveled to Paris, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Sydney, Atlanta and Norfolk over the last 3 months. Still playing trombone in a couple of local bands
You can find my business site at dmwmediaworks, and the music site on myspace/dougwintz
I've been married since 1978 to Royce Kaplan (Wintz) who was a student at Grant - although a couple of grades ahead. Daughter Sara spent her undergrad at at Oxford University and Mills College. Received her MFA at Bard in writing and lives in Oakland Calif. Son Alex is a jazz guitarist who just received his Masters in Jazz Studies a Juilliard in NYC. Playing in Maine, Wash DC, Mississippi and Bogota Columbia over the next 3 months. His first CD as a leader is out - you can find it on itunes.
We have a dog named Maximus who is a 15 pound Coton.
That's the bio for now. Still lots more to come.
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