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THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL SEASON HAS BEGUN! Among THE HIGHLIGHTZZ
COME & GONE were Maestro Maria Schneider, A Giant Among Men,
conductin' The Metro State College Of Denver Jazz Orchestra; The
Ahmad Jamal Trio @ The UNC/GReeley Jazz Festival; BrassMan Hugh Ragin,
StringsMan Dale Bruning, & Songstress Wendy Fopeano @The Five Points
Jazz Festival; AND Jazz Legend Les McCann featured w/ The Javon
Jackson 4. UP NEXT, THIS WEEKEND:


EVERGREEN JAZZ FESTIVAL --- TICKET DISCOUNT ENDS JUNE 30 ---
WHAT: Evergreen Jazz Festival, the 7th annual festival of
traditional jazz, blues & swing. Discount ticket offer ends June 30.
Save up to 35% -- $45 savings for all 3 days of the festival, $35
savings for Saturday only pass. More discounts & details at
http://www.evergreenjazz.org/Tickets.html --- WHEN: July
25-27, 2008 ---
TIMES: Friday: noon - 11:00 p.m.; Saturday: 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.;
& Sunday: 9:15 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. --- WHERE:
Evergreen, Colorado, about 30 minutes west of Denver. --- VENUES: 4
intimate venues with tables and refreshments served. A
great experience! --- TICKETS: Web:
www.EvergreenJazz.org/Tickets.html or Phone: 303.697.5467 or Email:
info@EvergreenJazz.org --- The Evergreen Jazz Festival is a 501 (c)(3)
organization and is operated by volunteers in and around the
Evergreen, Colo. community. Funding is provided by ticket sales,
sponsorships, individual
contributions and fundraising events. The festival web site is
www.EvergreenJazz.org --- Media Contact: Bob Griendling @ 703.978.4686
or bob@griendling.com

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ---- Summer Of Jazz 2008 Artists --- www.summerofjazz.com ---

June 25 --- The Davell Crawford Movement

July 2 --- The Hot 8 Brass Band

July 9 --- Marlon Jordan Quartet

July 16 --- The Cindy Blackman Quartet

July 23 --- Kevin Mahogany's Kansas City Revue --- (featuring the
music of Big Joe Turner, co-starring The Godfathers
of Groove, Red Holloway, and Kathy Kosins)

SUN., JUNE 29TH ---- The CITY PARK SUMMER MUSIC SERIES have commenced
--- THIS WEEK: HitTime: 6PM. ---
http://denver.about.com/od/artsentertainment/a/cityparkjazz08.htm ---
CHECK UP-COMIN' SCHEDULE.

FRI. - SUN., THE CHERRY CREEK ARTS FESTIVAL --- 6 July --- Eohippus
featurin' Bill Kerr guitar, George
Brangoccio bass, Jim Robichon keyboard, Bruce Crisman drums itTime:
11:00:00 AM --- At THE CHERRY CREEK ARTS FESTIVAL Janis Main Stage ---
Cherry Creek Dr. North on 2nd & 3rd Aves. between Clayton St. &
Steele St. Denver, CO --- FMI: Connie Brangoccio @
sugarmagnolia922@msn.com

THURZZ., 7/10 - SAT., 7/12 --- This summer Jazz will play a prominent
part in downtown's music lineup. A collaboration of the Downtown
Business Association, Arts Alive and Beet Street, this jazz weekend
includes three stages of free continuous jazz jams from local and
regional musicians, films about jazz, jazz art, educational sessions
for students, a renowned jazz historian, and a world renowned
headliner performance. Beet Street presents a special ticketed
headline performance by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with
Wynton Marsalis sponsored by Bohemian Foundation. This unique
approach to a jazz festival has produced lots of collaboration,
brainstorming and ultimately a quality experience for the community.
Please let me know if you have any questions, need more information,
photos, contacts or interviews. Thanks! Peggy ~ Fort Collins
Downtown Business Association 970-419-4386
peggy@downtownfortcollins.com.

A Ft Collins Jazz Experience: Arts & Culture Partnership: Jazz to
Downtown Ft Collins

FORT COLLINS, CO --- Is Fort Collins ready to get jazzed? This is the
question that will be answered this July by residents and visitors to
Fort Collins. A brand new event, A Fort Collins Jazz Experience, will
bring the highest quality jazz music and a great jazz experience to
the region from July 10, 11 & 12. A collaboration of the Downtown
Business Association, Arts Alive and Beet Street, this jazz weekend
includes three stages of free continuous jazz jams from local and
regional musicians, films about jazz, jazz art, educational sessions
for students, a renowned jazz historian, as well as a special ticketed
performance by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton
Marsalis. --- Beet Street, a cultural arts organization and economic
initiative for Downtown Fort Collins, presents this year's jazz
headliner, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis,
at 8:00pm on Saturday, July 12 at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center.
This exciting concert is sponsored by Bohemian Foundation, the
Official Music Sponsor for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with
Wynton Marsalis. Headliner tickets go on sale to subscribers of Beet
Street's ReBeet e-newsletter beginning Monday, May 5, and to the
general public on May 21. (www.beetstreet.org/jazz) --- The Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra, composed of 15 of today's finest jazz
soloists and ensemble players, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center
resident orchestra of New York's renowned Lincoln Center since 1992.
Under Music Director Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra spends over a third of the year on tour. The big band
performs a vast repertoire, from rare historic compositions to
commissioned works, including compositions and arrangements by Duke
Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou
Williams, Billy Strayhorn, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Charles
Mingus, Sy Oliver, Oliver Nelson and many others. A native of New
Orleans, Wynton Marsalis is both Music Director and a musician
(trumpet) in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He began his
classical training on trumpet at age 12 and entered the Juilliard
School at age 17. Since that time, Mr. Marsalis has recorded more
than 30 jazz and classical recordings, which have won him nine
Grammy(R) Awards. In 1997, Mr. Marsalis became the first jazz artist
to be awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in music, for his
composition, oratorio Blood on the Fields. --- A Fort Collins Jazz
Experience will begin on Thursday, July 10 with a New Belgium Brewing
Co. "Bike-In Movie" about jazz and featuring a live jazz quartet
(Titles to be announced at a later date). On Friday, July 11 Beet
Street will present an eye-opening lecture "Jazz in the 21st Century"
by Dr. Scott DeVeaux, an Associate Professor of Musicology and
Director of Graduate Studies at University of Virginia (UVA). DeVeaux
is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on Jazz,
African-American and American Music. All day Saturday, July 12 people
can enjoy a community celebration of jazz will feature free live music
in multiple locations throughout Downtown Fort Collins including Old
Town Square. That evening people will be able to attend the ticketed
performance by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
Multiple downtown venues/ businesses will be tying in throughout the
weekend and helping to create a diverse jazz environment for jazz
fans. --- Peggy Lyle, programming and event director for Fort Collins
Downtown Business Association, provided a guiding hand in creating A
Fort Collins Jazz Experience. "We are committed to providing the big
picture that Jazz has and continues to paint in America. Music is the
cornerstone, but jazz has touched our society is so many extensive
ways. We want to bring that whole experience to our community and
give them as many ways as possible to celebrate jazz," she said about
the new program. --- Detailed entertainment schedules and performer
information will be available by May 31, 2008. Info:
www.DowntownFortCollins.com or 970-484-6500 ---
peggy@downtownfortcollins.com

FRI., July 18TH - SUN., July 20TH --- THE LONGMONT JAZZ FESTIVAL ---
FRI., JULY 18TH from 2:00-4:00 PM the 10th Annual Longmont Jazz
Festival kicks off with a free lecture/concert on Latin jazz with
Frank Ayala and his exciting group Mistura Fina. This event takes
place at the Longmont Senior Center, 910 Longs Peak Avenue.

SAT, July 19th, from noon until 8:00 the 10th Annual Longmont Jazz
Festival continues in the Pavilion at Roosevelt Park (between Longs
Peak and 8th Avenues). Featured groups will be the Tina Phillips
Quartet, the Wil Swindler Elevenet, the Boulder Big Band, the Longmont
All Stars, and another group TBA. This is a free outdoor event.
Refreshments will be available and listeners are urged to bring their
lawn chairs

SUN, July 20th, from noon until 6:20, the 10th Annual Longmont Jazz
Festival continues in the Pavilion at Roosevelt Park. Featured
performers will be the Max Wagner Quartet, the Queen City Jazz Band,
the Bob Montgomery – Al Hermann Quintet, and the Brazilian Sweet Life
Band with Molly Greacen. This is a free outdoor event. Refreshments
will be available and listeners are urged to bring their lawn chairs.
FMI: Bill Fairchild, Secretary, Longmont Jazz Association ---
wicfair@comcast.net

FRI., JULY 25TH - SUN., JULY 27TH --- The Evergreen Jazz Festival has
attracted renewing sponsors for its seventh annual festival July 25 -
27, reflecting the popularity and growth of this premier traditional
jazz event in Colorado. --- Music begins in the picturesque town of
Evergreen 30 minutes southwest of Denver on Friday at noon and
continues throughout the weekend until Sunday at 6 p.m. The schedule
is available at the festival web site www.EvergreenJazz.org. ---
Tickets can be purchased through the web site or by calling
303.697.5467, with substantial discounts for purchases before June 30.
--- The Evergreen Jazz Festival is a 501 (c)(3) organization and is
operated by volunteers in and around the Evergreen, Colo. community.
Funding is provided by ticket sales, sponsorships, individual
contributions and fundraising events. FMI: Bob Griendling @
703.978.4686 --- bob@griendling.com --- The festival web site is
www.EvergreenJazz.org.

FRI., SAT., SUN., & MON., Aug., 15-17 --- THE NEW WEST FEST ---
BOHEMIAN NIGHTS in Old Town, Ft. Collins ---
http://downtownfortcollins.com/events.php/detail/70/1 or 970.484.6500.

SAT., 8/23 - FRI., 8/29 --- The Jazz & Blues Festival in DownTown
Denver's Historic Five Points Presented by After Five. FMI:
www.denverjazzfestival2008.com or 303.296.2701.

FRI., SAT., SUN., & MON., Aug., 29-31 & Sept 1 --- The 14TH Annual Vail Jazz
Festival --- www.vailjazz.org. Stay tuned fer detailzz!

FRI., SAT., & SUN., Sept., 26-27-28 --- The 30TH ANNUAL SUMMIT JAZZ
WEEKEND --- 2008 --- starrin' THE SUMMIT ALL-STARZZ who R: John
Cocuzzi(p,vbs); Anat Cohen(reeds); Jerry Krahn(g,bjo; Paul Keller(b); & Joe
Ascione(d) + The Hot Antic Jazz Band(Nimes, FR - exclusive US
appearance);The Jim Cullum Jazz Band(San Antonio, TX); The New Black Eagle
Jazz Band(Boston, MA); The Alan Frederickson Jazz Ensemble(Denver, CO); &
The Arapahoe HS Dry Creek Dixie Dawgs(Littleton, CO) @ The Four Points
Sheraton Denver SE, 6363 E. Hampton Ave., Denver, CO --- 303.758.7000. For
more info:866.883-2288 (Toll Free); 303.670.8471 or www.summitjazz.org or
summitjazz1@cs.com or The Summit Jazz Foundation, PO Box 1150, Evergreen, CO
80437. Earlybird pricezz thru 06/30/08!

Dazzle Records and The Ninth+Lincoln Orchestra is proud to announce
that their debut recording is featured in the CD reviews section of
the new June issue of DownBeat Magazine. DownBeat is the world's most
read jazz publication, and we are very happy and honored to have
graced the pages. This release is the first by Ninth+Lincoln and is
the inaugural offering of Dazzle Records, therefore making this notice
in such a reputable national publication all the more exciting! ---
Join us for a live performance on May 25th, and help us celebrate this
local orchestra and new record label bringing some national attention
to the Denver jazz scene! --- "...a well-programmed and frequently
stimulating set that unfolds its layers of sound in striking fashion."
- DownBeat


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WEDZZ., 06/25 --- The Ralph Sharon Trio Hitzz @ 7PM @ Dazzle
Restaurant and Lounge 930, Lincoln St., Denver, CO 80203. Also:
6/25. Please call 303.839.5100 and make a reservation! ---
www.dazzlejazz.com & Check out Dazzle on
Myspace!http://www.myspace.com/dazzlejazz.

WEDZZ --- Gypsy Swing Revue @ The Snug, 1201 E. Colfax Ave., DCO ---
www.irishsnug.com --- HitTime : 7:30PM. FMI:
Elliot Reed @ 303.979.6737 or 303.745.7944 (mobile) or elliotreed
@comcast.net or www.gypsyswingrevue.com

WEDZZ - SATZZ --- FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY - Every Wed. to Sat. - Mark
Sloniker and Friends --- at Jay's Bistro, Old Town, Ft. Collins, Jays
Bistro in Fort Collins with Mark Sloniker on piano and guestzz. The
gig is from 7:30 to 10:45 (or 11:30PM). Jay's Bistro 970-482-1876, 135
W Oak St, Fort Collins, CO 80524. www.jaysbistro.net or
www.marksloniker.com for his full sched & "Newsletter". FREE.

WEDZZ. --- Jazz at Manno's, 1441 E Horsetooth, Ft. Collins. HitTime:
6-9 PM. For more info: www.mannosgrille.com. or 970.223-2478.

WEDZZ --- The Hugh Jazz Combo @ The Crown Pub, 134 S. College Ave.,
FTC.970.484.5929. HitTime: 7 - 11PM. FREE ---
www.thehughjazzcombo.com.

FYI: The Ft. Collins Musician's Association: www.focoma.org

WEDNESDAYZZ --- Pianist Mark Sabatella playin' solo at Chi Bistro
(Gaylord & Mississippi). HitTime: 6:30-9:30 solo Marc Sabatella -
marc@outsideshore.com or www.outsideshore.com

Every WED. - Itzza Jazz (or jazz-crossover) Nite @ Nissi's Live Music
& Bistro, 2675 N. Park Dr., (SE corner of 95TH & Arapaho), Lafayette.
www.nissis.com or (303)/665-8115. TixLine: (303)/665-2757.

WEDZZ., --- Laura Newman's band at Mead Street Station ----
HitTime: 9-12PM. Meade Street has great food and drinks and a casual
atmosphere. It's located at 3625 West
32nd Avenue in Denver's Highland Neighborhood (close to the corner of
32nd and Lowell) --- 303-433-2138 or meadststation.com.

WEDZZ., Jazz in The Trentino Room at Maggiano's, 740 12 S. Clinton
St., Englewood 80112. (303)858-1405 - www.maggianos.com in The Tech
Ctr. HitTime: 6 - 9PM.

CATZZ --- if U wanna insure & optimizze that yer GIGZZ get listed in
THE UP-COMIN' WEEK of this weekly "Column", PLEAZZE send
www.rockymountainjazz.com /me yer listin'zz by THE PRECEDIN' SUNDAY
NITE. Thanx in advance. The RMJB/SOS Editorial Staff. Wednesdayzz,
Jazz Partners at Gumbo's Restaurant @ 1530 16th Street (on the 16th
Street Mall), in Denver. HitTime: 5 - 8PM. Check for up-dated
schedule.

Jazz @ The D Note, 7519 Grandview Arvada, CO. --- Check their sched
for Jazz eventzz @ www.dnote.us.

June/July @ The Pec - Real & The Pec Too --- El Chapultepec'zz JUNE
Schedulezz R out --- www.Myspace.com/pecjazz.

WED., June 25 - Songstress Teresa Carroll with Doug Roche on piano
and Kim Stone on bass @ Luigi's Italian Restaurant located at 8130 S.
University from 6-9pm. They'll be playing on the patio, so come join
themor some fun in the sun and good Italian food. ph. 303-694-9357.

WEDZZ: Jam Sessions @ The Pec Too, 3930 W. 38TH Ave., NW Denver ---
303.480.9406 --- HitTime: 8:30PM - 11:30PM ---
www.Myspace.com/pecjazz.

WEDZZ., Jazz @ 1730 WYNKOOP, ACROSS FROM UNION STATION, DENVER ---
HitTime: 8:OOPM-12:OOAM --- FMI: WWW.TRIOSENOTECA.COM or 303-293-2887
--- Schedule: ttp://www.triosenoteca.com/music_schedule.shtml.

WEDZZ. -- Jazz @ Nissi's, 2675 North Park Drive Lafayette, CO 80026
--- 303.665.2757. HitTime: 9:30PM --- FMI: http://www.nissis.com/

THURZZ., 6/26 --- THE STRANAHANZZ lead by Thelonious Monk Institute
Fellow Drummer Colin Stranahan @ Dazzle, 930 Lincoln
St.,Denver, CO 80203 - www.dazzlejazz.com or 303.839.5100. HitTime:
7:00 & 9:00 PM. Please call 303.839.5100 and make a reservation!
Reservations HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! --- www.dazzlejazz.com & Check out
Dazzle on
Myspace!http://www.myspace.com/dazzlejazz. AND THEN THE LATE SHOW ---
THURZZ., 6/26 --- cique starrin' Jeff Jenkins (keys & electronics;
Bijouz(el.b); & Matt Houston(d) --- HitTime: 10:30PM --- FMI:Jeff
Jenkins @ jazziestjeff@gmail.com --- ALSO: THURZZ, July 3 & Aug 7.

THURZZ, June 26 --- The Skylark Underground: David Gasten and the City Kids Live
Location: Skylark Lounge, 140 S Broadway, Denver, CO 80203
Time: 9:00 pm
Admission: $5
Live Music: David Gasten and the City Kids
Web Link: http://www.myspace.com/skylarkdenver
Contact Number: 303-722-7844FRI, June 27 --- Colorado Creative Music
Series curated by Conrad Kehn
--- Dwarf Nebula Orchestra Plays the Music of Frank Zappa @ The Lab
at Belmar, 404 S. Upham Street, Lakewood, CO 80226 --- *Near the
intersection of Alameda Ave and Wadsworth Blvd --- Doors: 7:30 p.m.
---Show: 8:00 p.m --- Tickets: $5 Members/Students (w/I.D.); $10
General admission. Want to support creative music? Click this link to
become of member of Creative Music Works and support a thriving
Colorado music community! CMW Records Now On Sale! ---- With special
guests Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Isotope 217), Scott Amendola (Nels Cline
Singers), DJ Olive (Sonic Youth, MMW), and Ron Miles (Bill Frisell),
The Bottesini Project came together in August 2007 to meld Denver's
thriving free improv scene with some of the finest instrumentalists in
the world. Bringing to the stage three musicians with tremendous skill
and diversity and adding a quartet featuring some of the best players
in Denver today created a night of music to remember! --- With no
preparation, rehearsal, or discussion, the band hit the stage with the
intent to explore the coming together of seven musical personalities,
guided only by the spirit of free improvisation. However, this music
differs greatly from the commonly expected result of free improv.
Instead of meandering, pulse free atmospheres, this band has an
uncanny ability to create the impression of composed, rehearsed music.
There are songs spontaneously born, strong grooves, and overall a
feeling that all seven of these musicians were locked into each
other's presence. --- The concert was produced by Westword's 2008
Mastermind recipient Creative Music Works, a non-profit organization
dedicated to the support of musical innovators. Knowing that this
performance would be the only chance to capture the unique energy of
the first encounter, the night was recorded for release. The result is
one hundred minutes of music, spanning two discs, that covers a
stunning amount of territory, and both shows off the great individual
talents involved as well as the synergy of the ensemble as a whole.
--- This Bottesini Project is: Paul Riola: Tenor, Soprano Saxes &
Electronics; Jeff Parker: Guitar; Scott Amendola: Percussion &
Electronics; DJ Olive: Turntables & Laptop; Ron Miles: Cornet; Glenn
Taylor: Pedal Steel; & Doug Anderson: Bass --- Purchase at: iTunes or
CD Baby.

THURZZ, June 26th --- Primal Mates starrin' Chris Lee - Vibes; Colleen
O'Brien - Voice & Cello; & Special Guest, Mark Miller - Woodwinds@ THE
SANDBOX THEATE, 940 Pearl Street, Boulder ---(outdoors, on the patio
behind the Trident Cafe) --- HitTIme: 8:30pm --- FMI: Colleen O'Brien
@colleen@primalmates.com.

FRIDAYZZ --- FIRST FRIDAYZZ @ DAZZLE --- Friday Lunch Club w/ The Jeff
Jenkins' Piano Trio @ Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge, 930 Lincoln St.
Denver, CO 80203 --- For more www.dazzlejazz.com or ---- Reservations
: 303-839-5100. HitTime: 11: 30AM. & Check out Dazzle on
Myspace!http://www.myspace.com/dazzlejazz.

FRI., June 27, 2008 ---Primal Mates starrin' Chris Lee - Vibes;
Colleen O'Brien - Voice & Cello @ The Bookcliff Vinyard Wine Bar &
Tasting Room, 1468 Pearl St. #15 (between Pearl and Walnut on 15th)
Boulder, CO (303) 449 WINE (9463) --- HitTime: 7:30 - 9:30pm --- FMI:
Colleen O'Brien @colleen@primalmates.com.

FRI., 6/27 --- HOT TICKET --- The KEN WALKER SEXTET starrin' Dave Corbus(g), Al
Hood(brazz), Peter Sommer(reeds), Jeff Jenkins(p), Ken Walker &
Bandleader Bassist Ken Walker, & Paul Romaine(d) @ Dazzle, 930 Lincoln
St.,Denver, CO 80203 - www.dazzlejazz.com or 303.839.5100. HitTime:
7:00 & 9:00PM. Please call 303.839.5100 and make a reservation!FRI.,
27 June --- Chris Lee/Colleen O'Brien Duo @ Bookcliff Vinyard
Tasting Room, 1468 Pearl St, Boulder --- HitTime: 7:30:00 PM ---
FMI: www.bookcliffvineyards.com or Chris Lee @ chris@primalmates.com

FRI, Piano Jazz @ The Burnsley Hotel 10th and Grant Street ---
Piano/Vocal Jazz in the lounge from 7:30-10:30 --- FMI:
www.burnsley.com or 303-830-1000.

FRI., , June 27 --- GTO ---- THE GLENN TAYLOR ORCHESTRA featurin'
glenn taylor, pedal steel guitar; paul riola, sax;
carrie beeder, violin; dave willey, guitar and keys; steve ossolinski,
bass; sam young, drums; & colin bricker, laptop@ The D-Note
7519 Grandview, Arvada 80002 --- 5:30 to 7:30 the dinner set --- FMI:
303-463-6683 --- www.dnote.us --- atmosphere: relaxed, kid-friendly,
pizzas and beer. ALSO: He'll be playing oldschool peyote
country-western with Panhandle Daddyz later on Friday 6/27 (9:30pm
start) at the Skylark www.skylarklounge.com ---
www.glenntaylormusic.com --- Our cd is available at Twist and Shout
and cdbaby.com

FRI., 6/27 --- The Mel Scott Gutar Trio featurin' Roger Harmon(b) &
Robb Heskett(d) w/ ADDed Special Guest Guitarist Walter Bemby @
Blackberries, 710 E. 26TH Ave. DCO 80205 --- FMI:
www.blackberriesonline.com or 303.830.3156. HitTime: 7-9PM. $5/Cover.

FRI., Jazz @ The Bliss Cafe, 7501 Grandview, Old Towne Arvada.
HitTime: 8PM --- FMI: www.blisscafe.com ---. NO COVER.

SAT, June 28th, Guitarist Dave Corbus Trio at Trios Enoteca with Ken
Walker on bass and Paul Romaine on drums.

SAT., June 28, Songstress Teresa Carroll With Doug Roche on piano
@ The Burnsley Hotel located at 1000 Grant St. 303-830-1000. HitTime:
7:30-10:30PM.

SAT., 28 June --- Ardvarkeater starrin' Juli Royster, Roch Lockyer,
Adams Collins(vbs) @ Bliss Cafe, 7501 Grandview Ave., Arvada, CO ---
Hit Time: 8:00PM ---- FMI: www.blisscafe.us or Adams Collins @
ardvarkeater@gmail.com.

SUN, Jun 29th, 7pm @ Dazzle :: The Ninth+Lincoln Orchestra ::
Ninth+Lincoln is Denver's composer-oriented modern-jazz orchestra,
featuring the scene's best players! The ensemble will be spotlighting
the music of Composer/Leader Tyler Gilmore, Wil Swindler, and much
more. Featured performers include Dave Devine, Paul Romaine, Brad
Goode, and more :: $10 & $7 for CMW Members and Students --- Youtube
clip of the band --- Info:
Pick up Ninth + Lincoln's new CD! --- "It doesn't hurt that Gilmore
has recruited local leaders to explore the music, including
vibraphonist Greg Harris, trumpeter Brad Goode and saxophonist Peter
Sommer. It's nice to hear such rejuvenating orchestral arrangements on
a local level, and here's hoping Ninth and Lincoln sells, oh, 10,000
of these." - Denver Post
The Ninth + Lincoln Orchestra is a musical project aiming to marry
Denver's finest jazz players with new streams in the world of big band
composition; to combine the shapes and textures of the new
generation's aesthetic with the standard jazz ensemble. Its repertoire
bridges the gap between jazz tradition and modern musical forms. The
band features the finest performers in Colorado's music scene
including members of Future Jazz Project, Convergence, The Ken Walker
Sextet, The Czars, Hamster Theatre, and Jazz Faculty from all of the
fine college music programs in the region. Ninth+Lincoln was formed
in 2005 by Tyler Gilmore, the leader/conductor/and main composer for
the ensemble. Inspired by his experiences at the Henry Mancini
Institute he began forming the group in the Fall of 2005. Since then
the band has steadily refined their sound and music library, focusing
more on original music and tending toward a sound as influenced by
electronic music and modern classical as standard jazz big band
repertoire. --- Contact Information --- email: info@9thandlincoln.com
--- web: http://www.9thandlincoln.com Join our mailing list! ---
Dazzle Records and The Ninth+Lincoln Orchestra is proud to announce
that their debut recording is featured in the CD reviews section of
the new June issue of DownBeat Magazine. DownBeat is the world's most
read jazz publication, and we are very happy and honored to have
graced the pages. This release is the first by Ninth+Lincoln and is
the inaugural offering of Dazzle Records, therefore making this notice
in such a reputable national publication all the more exciting! ---
Join us for a live performance on May 25th, and help us celebrate this
local orchestra and new record label bringing some national attention
to the Denver jazz scene! --- "...a well-programmed and frequently
stimulating set that unfolds its layers of sound in striking fashion."
- DownBeat SUN., 5/25 --- The ninth + lincoln orchestra @ Dazzle
Restaurant & Lounge, 930 Lincoln St. Denver, CO 80203 --- For more
www.dazzlejazz.com or 303-839-5100 or HitTime:7 PM. Cover. ----
Reservations : 303 - 839 - 5100. A Burst of Fine New Releases by Bret
Saunder Denver Post 4/6/2008 --- www.denverpost.com ---Ninth +
Lincoln Orchestra "The self-titled first
disc from Ninth and Lincoln (Dazzle Records) has a vast, ambitious
sound that must conjure up the open spaces composer/leader Tyler
Gilmore grew up with in rural Wyoming. You can practically hear the
currents blasting through the Wind River Canyon near his hometown of
Riverton, and the expansive, rockish arrangements really bring
something new to big-band charts. It doesn't hurt that Gilmore has
recruited local leaders to explore the music, including vibraphonist
Greg Harris, trumpeter Brad Goode and saxophonist Peter Sommer. It's
nice to hear such rejuvenating orchestral arrangements on a local
level, and here's hoping Ninth and Lincoln sells, oh, 10,000 of
these." To see this happenin' Orchestra stay tuned to: April 27th, 7pm
:: The Ninth+Lincoln Orchestra :: Denver's only Modern-Jazz Big Band,
Featuring the scene's best players! The ensemble will be premiering
new music by Tyler Gilmore and will be performing outstanding new
music by Darcy James Argue, and others. The band is led by Tyler
Gilmore :: $10 & $7 for CMW Members and Students --- Call Dazzle @
303.839.5100 for reservations --- Featured performers include Peter
Sommer, Brad Goode, Paul Romaine, Wil Swindler, Greg Harris, Dave
Devine, Tom Ball, and more! --- Youtube clip of the band --- Pick up
Ninth + Lincoln's new CD! --- The Ninth + Lincoln Orchestra is a
musical project aiming to marry Denver's finest jazz players with new
streams in the world of big band composition; to combine the shapes
and textures of the new generation's aesthetic with the standard jazz
ensemble. Its repertoire bridges the gap between jazz tradition and
modern musical forms. The band features the finest performers in
Colorado's music scene including members of Future Jazz Project,
Convergence, The Ken Walker Sextet, The Czars, Hamster Theatre, and
Jazz Faculty from all of the fine college music programs in the
region. --- Ninth+Lincoln was formed in 2005 by Tyler Gilmore, the
leader/conductor/and main composer for the ensemble. Inspired by his
experiences at the Henry Mancini Institute he began forming the group
in the Fall of 2005. Since then the band has steadily refined their
sound and music library, focusing more on original music and tending
toward a sound as influenced by electronic music and modern classical
as standard jazz big band repertoire --- Contact Information: email:
info@9thandlincoln.com or http://www.9thandlincoln.com --- Join our
mailing list!

WEDZZ., June 25 --- The Davell Crawford Movement --- GLENWOOD
SPRINGS ---- Summer Of Jazz 2008 Artists --- www.summerofjazz.com ---

SUNDAYZZ., Virtuosic Jazz pianist Joe Bonner at the Mercury Café ---
2199 California Street, Denver --- Mercury Café presents Jazz Pianist
Joe Bonner --- One of the celebrated sons of the worldwide jazz
community and the namesake of The Bonner Party, Joseph Bonner can be
heard every Sunday evening at 8 p.m. at the Mercury Café. Bonner has
enjoyed musical tenures with several of the greatest jazz artists of
all time, including Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Max Roach, Roy
Haynes, Billy Harper and Pharaoh Sanders. He has released over a dozen
albums as a leader as well as appearing on dozens more as a featured
soloist and composer. Joseph was formally educated at Virginia State
College, but his more significant learning transpired hanging out with
Miles Davis
and meeting John Coltrane. Influenced by Art Tatum, McCoy Tyner and
Thelonius Monk, maestro Bonner's improvisations employ his deep roots
in modern jazz, gospel, blues, R&B and Latin forms. The Mercury Cafe presents
World class jazz pianist Joe Bonner. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California
Street, Denver --- Every Sunday. HitTime: 8 p.m. FMI: 303-294-9258.
--- This event is Free ---
www.mercurycafe.com or FMI: Gloria Shanstrom @ shanstrom@comcast.net.

SAT. June 28 --- Songstress Teresa Carroll & Pianist Doug Roche @ The
Burnsley Hotel, 1000 Grant St. this from 7:30-10:30. PM.
303-830-1000. FMI: TeresaCarrolljaz@aol.com or thejazzden@yahoogroups.com

SAT, Jazz @ The Bliss Cafe in Old Town Arvada --- FMI:
www.theblisscafe.com or 303-423-7770. HitTime: 8-11pm.

SAT., Pianist Mark Sloniker at Jays Bistro; 135 W. Oak in Fort
Collins HitTime:. 8:30-11:30pm --- www.jaysbistro.net or 970-482-1876.

SUNZZ, --- Brunch @ Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge, 930 Lincoln St.
Denver, CO 80203 --- For more www.dazzlejazz.com or ---- Reservations
: 303-839-5100. served 9:30 AM till 1:30 PM --- 11AM :: Brunch will
feature Vocalist Julie Monley, with Frederic Des Moulins on Piano,
Dee Minor on Bass, and mayB Antwon Owens on drumzz.
FMI:www.juliemonley.com

SUN., JUNE 29TH ---- The CITY PARK SUMMER MUSIC SERIES have commenced
--- THIS WEEK: CHECK UP-COMIN' SCHEDULE. HitTime: 6PM. ---
http://denver.about.com/od/artsentertainment/a/cityparkjazz08.htm ---

Sundayzz --- The Dave Corbus Guitar Trio @ The Washington Park Grill,
1096 S. Gaylord St., DCO --- HitTime: 6PM. FMI: www.washparkgrille.com
or 303.777.0707. N.B: Dave Corbus just released his new CD, "Sound
Down" on Graham Carter'zz Littleton Imprint, Jazzed Media ---
www.jazzedmedia.com.

Sundayzz --- Jazz@Jack's --- Starting at 7:30 PM . JazzAtJacks.com ---
Denver Pavilions, 1500 16th St #320, Denver, CO 80202 ---
303-433-1000. Also check: www.jazzatjazz.com. Nelson Rangell's
Straight Ahead Combo'zz starrin' Eric Gunnison(p); Bijoux Barbosa(b);
& Mike Marlier(d). JazzAtJacks.com --- Denver Pavilions, 1500 16th St
#320, Denver, CO 80202 --- 303-433-1000. Also check:
www.jazzatjazz.com. --- For more info: www.dotsero.org or
www.myspace.com/dotserojazz.

Sundayzz - Jazz @ Johnny's Cigar Bar, 1801 13St, Boulder, CO (Boulder
One Plaza/Ice Rink) - 7-10PM (no cover) --- www.johnnyscigarbar.com.
Check sched first. ---

For Art Lande'zz Sched: www.wheresart.com or www.artlande.com.

SUN., NITE @ Dazzle @ 9PM :: The D.O.S. Trio :: Drums, Organ, and Sax
burning it up every Sunday at Dazzle. 303.839.5100 - 930 Lincoln St.
Denver, CO 80203. www.dazzlejazz.com.
NO COVER!

MONDAYZZ --- The 21-pc Denver Jazz Orchestra BIG BAND! @ The Pec Too,
3930 W. 38TH Ave., NW Denver --- 303.480.9406 --- HitTime: 8PM - 11PM

MON., 6/30 --- "Jazz Clash" w/ The Joey Porter Trio @ Dazzle, 930
Lincoln St., Denver, CO 80203 --- 303.839.5100 - www.dazzlejazz.com.
HitTime: 9PM --- NEXT MONDAY, The Quartex; 7/14 --- Justin Donavon &
"Jazz Fight"; 7/21 --- Kurtis Adams Quartet; & 7/28: A Cappella Group
--- The Groove Society.

SUN., 6 July --- Eohippus featurin' Bill Kerr guitar, George
Brangoccio bass, Jim Robichon keyboard, Bruce Crisman drums itTime:
11:00:00 AM --- At The Cherry Creek Arts Festival-Janis Main Stage ---
Cherry Creek Dr. North on 2nd & 3rd Aves. between Clayton St. &
Steele St. Denver, CO --- FMI: Connie Brangoccio @
sugarmagnolia922@msn.com

TUEZZ, 1 July --- Carmen Emborski Quartet starrin' Carmen Emborski
(vocals) Kells Nollenberger (bass) Reggie Berg (piano) Bill Larson
(drums) @ Dazzle Jazz Lounge, 930 Lincoln Ave., Denver, CO 80203 ---
Hit Time: 7:00PM. FMI: www.dazzlejazz.com. Emerging Denver vocalist
Carmen Emborski is proud to present Up To Now: A Celebration of Past
and Present. Recent graduate of the Lamont School of Music, Carmen
Emborski has an eclectic sound described as a fusion of Joni Mitchell,
Sarah Vaughan, Kate McGarry and Diana Krall. FMI:
www.myspace.com/CarmenEmborski or Carmen Emborski
carmen.emborski@gmail.com.

WED., 9 July --- The Lynn Baker Quartet featurin' Lynn Baker -
saxophones, Reggie Berg - piano, Kells Nollenberger - bass, Paul
Mullikin - drums @ Nissi's, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, CO
80026 --- HitTime: 7:30 PM --- FMI: www.nissis.com --- Original,
mainstream, contemporary jazz. Tickets $8 and $10 available online
from the venue. --- Lynn Baker @ mbaker@du.edu --- Malcolm Lynn
Baker, Director of the Jazz Studies and Commercial Music Program,
Lamont School of Music, University of Denver
Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver,
CO 80208 ---
Check out my music Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/lynnbakerjazzhome
- and - The Lamont Jazz Orchestra Myspace page at
http://www.myspace.com/lamontjazzorchestra.

LISTENIN' MILES AHEAD --- Mark Your Calendars!! LOOKIN' MILES AHEAD:

FRI., July 11 ---- CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO w/ guests --- @ Boulder
Theater, 2032 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80302 --- FMI:
303.786.7030 or www.bouldertheater.com or --- Sarah Coffield, Boulder
Theater --- PH: 303.998.9412 or
FX: 303.440.6455. --- GA=$18.00 / All ages --- Check out our
upcoming events at www.bouldertheater.com. ---HitTime: 8:30pm ---
$23.50.

FRI., July 11TH --- The Just Jazz Quintet @ Loveland's annual Cherry
Pie Celebration, in Peters Park by the Loveland Museum/Gallery, 503 N.
Lincoln in downtown Loveland. Admission is free; cherry pie and ice
cream are available for sale. The organizers have good taste: the JJQ
plays from 6 to 7:20, and the wonderful Bluegrass Patriots play from
7:40 to 9. --- The Just Jazz Quintet --- Ron Holleman(brass), Bob
Montgomery(p), Ken Wacker(b), Landgraf(d). www.justjazzquintet.com or
ron@justjazzquintet.com. ALSO: Third Fri. of each month. Also: 7/18
--- Andrew Vogt(reeds); 8/15 --- Matthew Arau(reeds).

THURZZ., 7/10 - SAT., 7/12 --- This summer Jazz will play a prominent
part in downtown's music lineup. A collaboration of the Downtown
Business Association, Arts Alive and Beet Street, this jazz weekend
includes three stages of free continuous jazz jams from local and
regional musicians, films about jazz, jazz art, educational sessions
for students, a renowned jazz historian, and a world renowned
headliner performance. Beet Street presents a special ticketed
headline performance by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with
Wynton Marsalis sponsored by Bohemian Foundation. This unique
approach to a jazz festival has produced lots of collaboration,
brainstorming and ultimately a quality experience for the community.
Please let me know if you have any questions, need more information,
photos, contacts or interviews. Thanks! Peggy ~ Fort Collins
Downtown Business Association 970-419-4386
peggy@downtownfortcollins.com.

A Ft Collins Jazz Experience: Arts & Culture Partnership: Jazz to
Downtown Ft Collins

FORT COLLINS, CO --- Is Fort Collins ready to get jazzed? This is the
question that will be answered this July by residents and visitors to
Fort Collins. A brand new event, A Fort Collins Jazz Experience, will
bring the highest quality jazz music and a great jazz experience to
the region from July 10, 11 & 12. A collaboration of the Downtown
Business Association, Arts Alive and Beet Street, this jazz weekend
includes three stages of free continuous jazz jams from local and
regional musicians, films about jazz, jazz art, educational sessions
for students, a renowned jazz historian, as well as a special ticketed
performance by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton
Marsalis. --- Beet Street, a cultural arts organization and economic
initiative for Downtown Fort Collins, presents this year's jazz
headliner, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis,
at 8:00pm on Saturday, July 12 at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center.
This exciting concert is sponsored by Bohemian Foundation, the
Official Music Sponsor for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with
Wynton Marsalis. Headliner tickets go on sale to subscribers of Beet
Street's ReBeet e-newsletter beginning Monday, May 5, and to the
general public on May 21. (www.beetstreet.org/jazz) --- The Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra, composed of 15 of today's finest jazz
soloists and ensemble players, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center
resident orchestra of New York's renowned Lincoln Center since 1992.
Under Music Director Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra spends over a third of the year on tour. The big band
performs a vast repertoire, from rare historic compositions to
commissioned works, including compositions and arrangements by Duke
Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Mary Lou
Williams, Billy Strayhorn, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Charles
Mingus, Sy Oliver, Oliver Nelson and many others. A native of New
Orleans, Wynton Marsalis is both Music Director and a musician
(trumpet) in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He began his
classical training on trumpet at age 12 and entered the Juilliard
School at age 17. Since that time, Mr. Marsalis has recorded more
than 30 jazz and classical recordings, which have won him nine
Grammy(R) Awards. In 1997, Mr. Marsalis became the first jazz artist
to be awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in music, for his
composition, oratorio Blood on the Fields. --- A Fort Collins Jazz
Experience will begin on Thursday, July 10 with a New Belgium Brewing
Co. "Bike-In Movie" about jazz and featuring a live jazz quartet
(Titles to be announced at a later date). On Friday, July 11 Beet
Street will present an eye-opening lecture "Jazz in the 21st Century"
by Dr. Scott DeVeaux, an Associate Professor of Musicology and
Director of Graduate Studies at University of Virginia (UVA). DeVeaux
is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on Jazz,
African-American and American Music. All day Saturday, July 12 people
can enjoy a community celebration of jazz will feature free live music
in multiple locations throughout Downtown Fort Collins including Old
Town Square. That evening people will be able to attend the ticketed
performance by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
Multiple downtown venues/ businesses will be tying in throughout the
weekend and helping to create a diverse jazz environment for jazz
fans. --- Peggy Lyle, programming and event director for Fort Collins
Downtown Business Association, provided a guiding hand in creating A
Fort Collins Jazz Experience. "We are committed to providing the big
picture that Jazz has and continues to paint in America. Music is the
cornerstone, but jazz has touched our society is so many extensive
ways. We want to bring that whole experience to our community and
give them as many ways as possible to celebrate jazz," she said about
the new program. --- Detailed entertainment schedules and performer
information will be available by May 31, 2008. Info:
www.DowntownFortCollins.com or 970-484-6500 ---
peggy@downtownfortcollins.comJULY 13 - 18 --- 47th ANNUAL ROCKY
MOUNTAIN SUMMER MUSIC CAMP AT Colorado State University Fort Collins,
CO – Rocky Mountain Summer Music Camp at CSU is a six day intensive
music performance camp running July 13 – 18, 2008. Camp is open to
students entering 7th grade through new high school graduates. For
more information or to register please visit www.CSUMusicCamp.com or
call Karen Oxley at 970-491-5973.
The 47th annual Rocky Mountain Summer Music Camp at CSU provides
excellent learning and performance opportunities with world-class
instruction in band, orchestra, vocal studies, jazz, marching,
percussion, harp and music theatre. Students have the choice of
on-campus or off-campus housing. Under the direction of Chad
Nicholson, Colorado State University Assistant Director of Bands, the
goal of the Rocky Mountain Summer Music Camp at CSU is to provide a
paramount training ground for enthusiastic music students, furnishing
them with the tools they need to learn, create, collaborate, perform
and excel.
Students should imagine themselves at the foot of the majestic Rocky
Mountains, spirit soaring while performing in ensembles, receiving
individualized instruction, and taking numerous elective classes – all
designed to enhance their artistic training and improve their music
skills. Imagine having the rare opportunity to be showcased with
famous conductors and clinicians, internationally acclaimed band
directors, and celebrity performers while experiencing innovative
teaching approaches that enhance your instrumental, vocal and
orchestral experience. PROFESSOR PETER SOMMER WILL BE CONDUCTIN' THE
JAZZ STUDIEZZ. --- Register for Rocky Mountain Summer Music Camp at
CSU – visit www.CSUMusicCamp.com today or contact Karen Oxley at
970.491.5973 for more information. ### The School of the Arts at
Colorado State University provides an enriched venue in which the
study and practice of Art, Dance, Music and Theatre are nurtured and
sustained by building the skills and knowledge needed by future
generations of arts professionals to become contributors to the
essential vitality of our culture and society. For more information,
visit www.CSUSchooloftheArts.com. --- FMI: Jennifer Clary, Colorado
State University, Department of Music, Marketing and Publicity
Coordinator, Jennifer.Clary@colostate.edu, 970.491.3603 ---
http://www.CSUSchooloftheArts.com.Saturday, July 19 - Sunday July, 20,
2008 --- Groupzz/Artistzz TBA,
The Longmont Jazz Association's 10th Annual Longmont Jazz Festival @
Roosevelt Park, 7th and Longs Peak, Longmont. HitTime: NOON --- LJA
hosts its 10th Annual Longmont Jazz Festival under the Pavilion in
Roosevelt Park. Performances begin at noon on Saturday and Sunday.
Bring a lawnchair and enjoy the music of area jazz performers. This is
a free event. FMI: www.longmontjazz.org or Lori @ eidegeist@yahoo.com.
The 10th Annual Longmont Jazz Festival, a two-day free event in
Roosevelt Park, Longmont, on July 19th and 20th, 2008. More
information at www.longmontjazz.org --- Bill Fairchild @
bfair80503@yahoo.com.
Tuezz., June 24TH -- The Count Basie (Ghost) Band Directed by Maestro
Bill Hughes & starrin' Songstress Patti Austin @ The Aspen Music
Festival --- www.aspenmusicfestival.com --- 970.925.9042. HitTime:
TBA.

MON., 7/14 --- The MJO --- The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra w/ VSOP
BrassMan Pete Olstad @ Dazzle, 930 Lincoln St., Denver, CO 80203.
HitTime: 7PM. NO --- www.dazzlejazz.com or 303.839.5100. Metropolitan
Jazz Orchestra
--- www.mjo-denver.org or 303-521-8206.

MON., 14 July --- SMV Vocal Jazz Camp w/ Jeremy Fox, Jason Smith,
Jim Graves, Award-winning vocal jazz group "First Take" @ Smoky Hill
High School, ,16100 East Smoky Hill Rd .,Aurora, CO. 80015. --- The
School For Music Vocations Vocal Jazz Camp is open to high school and
college students, as well as educators and enthusiasts. Over the
course of the week, 8 to 10 vocal jazz arrangements are learned. Each
day, every participant attends two Jazz Theory classes, two jazz solo
coaching sessions, vocal improvisation class, listening/interest
sessions, and a solo concert. Each evening, every participant performs
a different jazz standard, accompanied by a professional rhythm
section. The week culminates with a Friday evening concert that is
open to the public – performances by the entire group take place, as
well as selected soloists and improvisers. The camp is open to the
novice as well as the experienced jazz singer, and caters quite easily
to both. With a 5:1 student/faculty ratio, this experience is sure to
be very rewarding for students and jazz lovers of any experience
level. Cost for the 5-day worksho p is only $395. Graduate and
Continuing Credit is available. For more information or to download a
brochure, please visit www.VocalJazzCamp.com or Jeremy Fox @
Jeremy@JeremyFox.net --- Monday, July 14th thru Friday, July 18th ---
HitTime: 8:30:00 AM.

THURZZ, July 17th & FRI., 18th --- XTRA SPECIAL --- HOT TIX ----
Tenorist Keith Oxman Presents NEA Jazz Master Trombonist Curtis Fuller
@ Dazzle, 930 Lincoln St. ,
Denver, CO 80203 - www.dazzlejazz.com or 303.839.5100. MORE INFO:
Saxophonist Keith Oxman presents Jazz Legend Curtis Fuller :: Don't
miss this oppurtunity to hear one of the few living legends from the
classic 50's era of American Jazz! Curtis performed with John
Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, and many more! :: $25 --- CHECK OUT:

THURSDAY JULY 17, --- HOT, HOT, HOT TIX --- DRUMMER CINDY BLACKMAN
FEATURING SAXOPHONIST J.D. ALLEN, PIANIST CARLTON HOLMES, AND BASSIST
GEORGE MITCHELL WILL PERFORM AT A DINNER CONCERT AT MOUNT VERNON
COUNTRY CLUB

Jazz artist, Cindy Blackman has been touted as one of the top ten
drummers in the world. Mount Vernon Country Club is pleased to
welcome back her High Note recording quartet in concert on Thursday,
July 17th. Blackman has upheld the beat and provided texture for the
likes of Cassandra Wilson, Joe Henderson, Hugh Masekela, Jackie
McLean, and Pharoah Sanders. She lives a double musical life in that
she spent over 10 years drumming for rocker, Lenny Kravitz. --- She
began at age 11 and attended the prestigious Berklee School of Music
in Boston prior to moving to New York. The composer/band leader plays
much in the style of her mentor, the late, great, Tony Williams. She
brings a power and dexterity to the drum kit that will shatter any
stereotype there is about female instrumentalists. She has appeared
on Saturday Night Live as well as the David Letterman Show. She is
currently featured in the latest Volkswagon TV ad for the Toureg. Her
latest recording (reviewed in May Downbeat) is "Music for the New
Millennium." She will perform with her regular quartet including J.D.
Allen on tenor sax, Carlton Holmes on keyboards.
A buffet dinner will be served from 6:00 P.M. and the concert will
start around 8:00 P.M. The price for the dinner and concert is $42.95
and for concert only $16.00. Reservations should be made by calling
303-526-0616. Mount Vernon Country Club is located 17 miles west of
Denver. Master Card and Visa are accepted. CONTACT: PETER CLAMPITT,
MVCC 303-526-0616 or E-MAIL: DOLPHINDANCE1@AOL.COM or Carla Ueda @
303-526-3102

FRI., 18th --- XTRA SPECIAL --- HOT TIX ---- Tenorist Keith Oxman
Presents NEA Jazz Master Trombonist Curtis Fuller @ Dazzle, 930
Lincoln St. , Denver, CO 80203 - www.dazzlejazz.com or 303.839.5100.
MORE INFO:
Saxophonist Keith Oxman presents Jazz Legend Curtis Fuller :: Don't
miss this oppurtunity to hear one of the few living legends from the
classic 50's era of American Jazz! Curtis performed with John
Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, and many more! :: $25

FRI., July 18TH --- The Just Jazz Quintet @ Avo's, 605 S. Mason St.,
Ft. Collins --- Ron Holleman(brass), Bob Montgomery(p), Ken Wacker(b),
Landgraf(d). Tim Gauthier will be in on guitar and Multi-Reedist
Andrew Vogt will
be joining Ron in the front line. HitTime: 5-7PM. NO COVER. FMI:
970.493.5555 or
www.avogradros.com or www.justjazzquintet.com or
ron@justjazzquintet.com. Third Fri. of each month. Also: 8/15 ---
Matthew Arau(reeds).

FRI, July 19TH and SAT., 20TH, --- HOT, HOT, HOT TICKET --- The 10th
Annual Longmont Jazz Festival, a two-day free event in Roosevelt
Park, Longmont. FMI: Lori @ heidegeist@yahoo.com or
www.longmontjazz.org or ill Fairchild @ bfair80503@yahoo.com.

SUN., July 20 --- Cocktail Revolution featurin' Chad Aman (Keys), Jon
Hegel (Sax), Chris Harris (Bass), Zach Pietlock(Drums) at The City
Park Jazz Series. City Park is located just east of downtown on 17th
Ave. and York St. in Denver HitTime: 6:00PM --- FMI:
http://cityparkjazz.org/ Free - All ges --- Visit cityparkjazz.org for
all the latest details. FMI: Jon Hegel @ jhegel@mac.com
Fri., Sat., Sun., & Mon., Aug., 29-31 & Sept 1 --- The 14TH Annual
Vail Jazz Festival --- www.vailjazz.org. Stay tuned fer detailzz!

MON., 7/21 --- "Jazz Clash" w/ Kurtis Adams Quartet @ Dazzle
303.839.5100 - 930 Lincoln St., Denver, CO 80203 ---
www.dazzlejazz.com. HitTime: 9PM --- NEXT MONDAY, 7/28: A Cappella
Group --- The Groove Society.

MONDAY, 7/28: A Cappella Group --- The Groove Society, @ @ Dazzle,
930 Lincoln St.,Denver, CO 80203 - www.dazzlejazz.com or
303.839.5100. HitTime: 7:00 & 9:00 PM. Please call 303.839.5100 and
make a reservation! Reservations HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! ---
www.dazzlejazz.com & Check out Dazzle on
Myspace!http://www.myspace.com/dazzlejazz. \

SAT, August 2nd, 7 & 9pm :: Urban Folk Singer KJ Denhert :: KJ Denhert
is a unique artist, singer, guitarist and songwriter who calls her
music Urban Folk and Jazz. Her voice is powerful; her lyrics full of
intelligence and insight; and her musicianship is impeccable. Her
eclectic yet unified performances reach many different audience types
without compromising her music or her beliefs. She is heard at her
best on her most recent recording, Lucky 7 and is known to be
especially good live :: $15 http://www.kjdenhert.com/

THURZZ., 8/21/2008 ---An evening with BOZ SCAGGS @ The Paramount
Theater, Denvert
--- With only 1,870 seats, the Paramount Theatre is
Denver's best intimate concert venue! * General Theatre Information
The Paramount Theatre is a non-smoking facility, accessible to all
ages * Children 2 years and older must have a ticket * No cameras or
recording devices are allowed into the theatre * No food or beverage
of any kind may be brought into the theatre * The bar is open for most
events, serving alcohol, soft beverages and snacks --- How to purchase
tickets: In Person: At the Paramount Theatre Box Office after 4PM on
event days OR At the Dick's Sporting Goods Park Box Office, 10AM –
5PM, Mon-Fri, 6000 Victory Way, Commerce City, CO 80022 --- The
directions are: DSG Park is located nine miles northeast of downtown
Denver in Commerce City, Colorado. The complex is just north of the
Northfield Stapleton development, and is a little more than a mile
north of the intersection of I-70 and Quebec Street. --- At the
TicketHorse Kiosks throughout the Denver-area Dick's Sporting Goods
store locations (convenience fees apply) --- By Phone: Via TicketHorse
charge-by-phone: 866.461.6556 (convenience fees apply) ---
Online:www.TicketHorse.com (convenience fees apply) --- Paramount
Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, CO 80202 – 4301 --- Main Phone
Number: 303-623-0106 --- For Box Office, hit option 4 --- Guest
Services: 303-615-6838 or feedback@paramountdenver.com --- Lost and
Found: 720-931-1581 --- Special Events and Booking: 303-405-6195
Paramount Rental Rates .

THURZZ & FRI, August 21st & 22nd, 7 & 9pm :: The Stanley Cowell Trio
:: In his second visit to Dazzle, Stanley's group will feature Nasheet
Waits on Drums and Tarus Mateen on Bass. Stanley has performed and
recorded with such musical artists as Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Herbie Mann, Miles Davis, Stan Getz and the Bobby
Hutcherson-Harold Land groups. For several years he was part of
Charles Tolliver's Music Inc., with whom he formed the innovative
musician-owned record company, Strata-East, in 1971. Stanley will be
performing with Nasheet Waits on drums and Tarus Mateen on bass :: $
TBA

Fri., Sat., & Sun., Sept., 26-27-28 --- The 30TH ANNUAL SUMMIT JAZZ
WEEKEND --- 2008 --- starrin' THE SUMMIT ALL-STARZZ who R: John
Cocuzzi(p,vbs); Anat Cohen(reeds); Jerry Krahn(g,bjo; Paul Keller(b);
& Joe Ascione(d) + The Hot Antic Jazz Band(Nimes, FR - exclusive US
appearance);The Jim Cullum Jazz Band(San Antonio, TX); The New Black
Eagle Jazz Band(Boston, MA); The Alan Frederickson Jazz
Ensemble(Denver, CO); & The Arapahoe HS Dry Creek Dixie
Dawgs(Littleton, CO) @ The Four Points Sheraton Denver SE, 6363 E.
Hampton Ave., Denver, CO --- 303.758.7000. For more info:866.883-2288
(Toll Free); 303.670.8471 or www.summitjazz.org or summitjazz1@cs.com
or The Summit Jazz Foundation, PO Box 1150, Evergreen, CO 80437.
Earlybird pricezz thru 06/30/08!
SAT ., November 8th, 200 8 --- MJO (The Metropoltan Jazz Orchestra)
Presents Andy MartinAndy Martin is the first call trombone player for
studio work in LA as well as lead trombone and featured soloist with
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. Jazz Lovers!! Trombone Players! Brass
players! Big Band Lovers! Music Educators! Mark Your Calendar!!! MJO
will be bringing Trombonist Extraordinnaire ANDY MARTIN to Denver for
a clinic and concert Andy will hold an afternoon clinic and then an
evening concert with MJO. Times, location and details still being
worked out but please note the date and stay tuned for more details.
We will have a page dedicated to the event (details, ticket info,
etc.) on our website so check there often. Website:
www.metropolitanjazzorchestra.org (See Guest Artist Program page).
Andy's website: www.drewbone.com --- Music Educators: Bring a group of
10+ students and receive YOUR ticket free! Much more t o follow! ---
MJO / 303-521-8206 / Info@metropolitanJazzOrchestra.org

CYBERSPACE JAZZ-MAIL - A courtesy service for Jazz-Bellezz & Beaux
extended by Dan Osborn aka Ozzy - To receive daily e-mailin'zz of Jazz
Gig'zz, as well as to post yer own - Go to: www.zjazz.net or
jazzden@yahoogroups.com. N.B: IF U R NOT RECEIVIN' THE "ROCKY MOUNTAIN
JAZZ BEAT" & "SOUNDZ OF SURPRIZE" BY E-MAIL, PLEASE ACCESS FROM
www.rockymountainjazz.com. Word on he street is that the weekly
e-mailin' service is B'in' revived. To sign up, follow the directionzz
posted in www.rockymountainjazz.com.
"SOS" --- A new feature: Check out djSOS'zz weekly KRFC PlayList"
posted in "The RMJB"! N.B.I: --- JAZZ
MUSICIANZZ/ARTISTZZ/VOCALISTZZ/TEACHERZZ/GIGISTZZ Please, don't forget
to list your Gigzz by goin' to: "The RMJB" ---
www.rockymountainjazz.com --- has been up-graded. --- Go 2 the "www",
click on "Calendar", scroll down about a page worth (right below the
"Monthly Calendar") & you'll find in RED CAPITALS: "ARTISTS CLICK HERE
TO ADD YOUR EVENTS", click & a template will present. Fill it out. ---
U've listed yer own event! In addition, right under the above noted
"ARTISTS...EVENTS", also in RED CAPITAL FONT is, "SUBSCRIBE TO 'THE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN JAZZ BEAT WEEKLY NEWSLETTER'". By doin' that, another
listin' can be accomplished. Please continue to send 2 me, as I list
in my "RMJB/SOS" blog for a 3RD listin' --- sendin' yer Gig Listin' to
me @ pposes@rockymountainjazz.com or pposes@gmail.com or forwardin' by
www.rockymountainjazz.com. Thanx. Thus there R THREE wayzz to list.
N.B II: To B considered 4 postin' in "The RMJB/SOS Blog" please
include the followin' info, conformin' to the form used below ---


e.g: - PUT ALL TOGETHER IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:


1) Day - e.g. Friday ;
2) Date - e.g. Sept., 20, 2007;
3) Artist / Group Name /Artistzz/Instrumentation - e.g --- The Ken Walker
Sextet W/ Dave Corbus(g), Al Hood(brass), Peter Sommer(ts), Jeff Jenkins(p),
Ken Walker(b) & Paul Romaine(d);
4,5 & 6) Name Of Venue & complete Address: e.g. Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge,
930 Lincoln St. (Lincoln & Ninth Sts);
7) City - e.g. - Denver;
8) State - e.g. Colorado (optional);
9) HitTime (zz) - 7PM & 9PM;
10) Venue Web Site/Tele/e-mail - e.g. -
www.dazzlejazz.com/303.839.5100/dazzlejazz.com/reservationsatdazzlejazz.com;
Extra info as warranted.
Wed., CREATIVE MUSIC WORKS CELEBRATED THE LAUNCH OF THE CMW LABEL ---
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST starrin' The Bottesini Project; Roger
Green & Friends; Bela Karoli; & Elephant Revival @ THE ORIENTAL
THEATER, 4335 W. 44TH Ave., DCO. FMI: www.creativemusicworks.org or
www.orientaltheater.com. Last Fri.,The Ken Walker Sextet starrin' The
Front Line Of Dave Corbus(g), Al Hood(brass), & Peter Sommer(reeds)
AND The Rhythm Section Of Jeff Jenkins(p), Band Leader, Ken Walker(b),
& Paul Romaine(d)held forth to an enthusiatic crowd at Dazzle
Restaurant & Lounge, 930 Lincoln St. Denver, CO 80203 --- For info
www.dazzlejazz.com or 303-839-5100.


UTNG, (Until the Next Gig), dig, Peter Poses, Associate Editor,
"RockyMountain Jazz" and djSOS, Host of "OverNight Jazz: The Soundz Of
Surprize"from "'Round MidNight" every Thurs. to 6AM Fri., on KRFC FT
COLLINS ---HomeGrown Community Radio @ 88.9FM, & streamin' on
www.krfcfm.org. Peter canbe reached @ pposes@rockymountainjazz.com or
pposes@gmail.com.