Vito Dieterle started playing live around Chicago at the age of 14.

He has been a featured soloist at the Burlington and Chicago Jazz Festivals, and in venues around the country.

In New York, he is a frequent player with composer-pianist Joel Forrester’s band People Like Us, and he leads his own trio every Sunday at Little Branch.

Vito studied at the New School with jazz greats such as Arnie Lawrence, Barry Harris, Benny Powell, Lee Konitz, Reggie Workman, Junior Mance and Chico Hamilton.

He digs leftovers.