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KRFC FT COLLINS 88.9FM --- The 06/27/08 "PlayList" of Peter L. Poses, Host of "OverNight Jazz: The Soundz Of Surprize" --- www.krfcfm.org
KRFC FT COLLINS 88.9FM --- The 06/27/08 "PlayList" of Peter L. Poses, Host of "OverNight Jazz: The Soundz Of Surprize" --- www.krfcfm.orgJazz is played on KRFC FT COLLINS every week. The Jazz Broadcastzz/broadcasterzz are listed below --- Jazz is aired four-times weekly: Week of 06/22/08 - 06/28/08 --- Peter Poses --- "OverNight Jazz: The Soundz Of Surprize" - Thurs., 'Round Midnight - Fri., 6AM --- pposes@gmail.com. Gene Abkarian's --- "Mountain Standards Time" --- BRIAN KEEFE STANDIN' IN --- Sun. 9 - 11PM --- jctrane@gmail.com; Flash's --- "Sounds Of Jazz " - Tues., 10AM - Noon --- eflash17@comcast.net; Brian Keefe's --- "Jazzalicious" --- Thurs., 10PM - "'Round Midnight --- be_kef@yahoo.com. ****************************************************************** The 06/27/08 "PlayList" of djSOS aka Peter L. Poses, Host of "OverNight Jazz: The Soundz Of Surprize" from 'Round MidNight Thurzz. to 6AM Fri. on KRFC FT COLLINS (CO), "Come Together On Home Grown Community Radio" --- 88.9FM --- www.krfcfm.org--- KRFC FT COLLINS, 619 S. College Ave., #4, Ft. Collins, CO 80524 --- 303.221.5075. Poses is Associate Editor of "The Rocky Mountain Jazz Beat", contributin' a weekly column, "The RMJB/SOS" "(The Soundz Of Surprize") for www.rockymountainjazz.com, the Jazz.com for N. CO & The Front Range, Ned Radinsky, Publisher/Editor-In-Chief and Jazz Photographer. **************************************************************
Themezz: SummerTime; Bonds & Attachments; One Fer NOLA; and crepuscularity. Rememberancezz: Yip Harburg ("Over The Rainbow" & "It's Only A Paper Moon")--- www.democracynow.org for more info. Up-Comin' CO Gigzz: The Ken Walker Sextet and ninth + lincoln Orchestra (Dazzle, Denver); Aakash Mittal (Bliss Cafe, Arvada); The GTO (Glenn Taylor Orchestra) (The D-Note, Arvada) and Wynton Marsalis & The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (Ft Collins Jazz Festival) CO Record Labelzz/CD Releasezz/CO Artistzz: Lorraine Feather; Jeff Barone; (Jazzed Media); Ken Walker Sextet (Synergy); Bob Claire (Art Lande) (Whole Rest Note); Mark Sloniker (Slonnie Mack); Aakash Mittal & The In The Mittal Band (S-P) Pete Wernick (s-P/Niwot Records); The Glenn Taylor Orchestra (S-P); and The ninth + lincol;n Orchestra (Dazzle Records). ******************************************************************** APPROX 95% OF THIS "PLAYLIST" ARE NEW RELEASES = (*NR*) and 21% LOCAL = (*L*).
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(*NR*) --- (*L*) ------------------------------------------------ 1ST HR. --- ('Round MidNight - 1 AM).
Danilo Perez - 'Round Midnight - Panamonk - Impulse/GRP(*PC*) (*NR*) Ellis Marsalis - Monk's Mood - an open letter to Thelonious -ELM (*NR*) Wynton Marsalis & Willie Nelson - Bright Lights, BIG CITY - Two Men With the Blues --- Blue Note/EMI Herbie Mann - Summertime - America/Brasil - LighyYear Entertainment (*NR*) Anna Maria Flechero - Summerrtime - Within The Fourteenth Hour - S-P (*L*) Mark Sloniker - Over The Rainbow - A Night In Black & White - Slonnie Mack (*NR*) Cory Weeds - It's Only A Paper Moon - Cory Weeds Quartet: BIG WEEDS - Cellar Live! (*NR*) Hot Club Of Detroit - Blues Up & Down - Night Town - Mack Ave 2ND HR. --- (1 - 2AM). (*NR*) CNY (Central New York) Jazz Orchestra - Siome Things Considered - then, now & again - CNY Jazz (*NR*) Megan Birdsall - Little Girl Blue - Little Jazz Bird - S-P (*NR*)(*L*) Glenn Taylor Orchestra - Turn Up The Love - GTO: Glenn Taylor Orchestra - S-P (*NR*) Avishai Cohen - Structure In Emotion - Gently Disturbed - Raz Daz/Sunnyside (*NR*)(*L*) Another Day 5/Bob Claire (Art Lande) - Distant Trains - Another Day - Whole Rest Music (*NR*) Grace Kelly & Lee Konitz - GraceFulLee - GraceFullee - Pazz (*NR*) Myriam Alter - Catch Me There -Where Is There - Enja/Justin Time (*NR*) The Dixon- Rhyne Project - Mind's Eye - Reinvention - Owl Studios 3RD HR. --- (2AM - 3AM). (*NR*) Marccus Shelby Jazz Orchestra - Black Suffrage Blues - Harrriet Tubman - Noir Records (*NR*) Bobby Previte & The New Bump - She Has Information - Set The Alarm For Monday - Palmetto (*NR*) Lainie Cooke - The Very Thought Of You - It's Always You - Harlemwood Records (*NR*) Scott Hamilton & Friends - Save Your Love For Me - Across The Tracks - Concord (*NR*) Joel Harrison - Blues Circle - The Wheel - Innova (*NR*) Dafnis Prieto - I Felt You Were Coming - Taking The Soul For A Walk - Danfison Music (*NR*) (*L*) Jeff Barone - New Samba - Open Up - Jazzed Media (*NR*) Jeff Coffin Mu'tet - L'Esperance - M-utopia - Compass Records (*NR*) Bobby Vince Paunetto - Paunetto's Point 2 - Paunetto's Point - RSVP Jazz Records 4TH HR. --- (3AM - 4AM). (*NR*) Mary Lowe -Secret Love - Jazz Diva - Ambush Records (*NR*) Bennett Paster & Gregory Ryan - The Unabonger - Grupo Yanqui Rides Again - Miles High Records (*NR*)(**P**) Chris Flory - The Lamp Is Low - For You - Arbors Jazz (*NR*) Melody Diachun - A Free Man In Paris - EQ - Cellar Live! (*NR*) Rob Schneiderman - Bluegenes - Glass Enclosure - Reservoir (*NR*) George Kahn - Eleanor Rigby - Cover Up! - Playing Records (*NR*) Joel Haynes Trio - L'Espace - Transitions - Cellar Live! (*NR*) Piers Lawrence Quartet - Stolen Moments - Stolen Moments - JazzNet Media 5TH HR. - (4AM - 5AM) (*NR*) Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - Such Love - Song For Chico - ZoHo (*NR*) Norma Winstone - The Mermaid - Distances - ECM (*NR*) Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band - Footprints - The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter: Recorded Live! @ The Blue Note (NYNY) - Half Note (*NR*) Cassandra Wilson - Til There Was You- Loverly -Blue Note/EMI (*NR*) Taylor Eigsti - I Love You - Let It Come To You - Concord (*NR*) Nicholas Payton - The backwards Step - into the blue - Nonesuch (*NR*) Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones - When Lights Are Low - You Are There - Emarcy/Groovin' High (*NR*) Marian McPartland - Twilight World - Twilight World - Concord (*NR*) (*L*)Aakash Mittal & The In The Mittal Band - Prelude - Possible Beginnings - S-P 6TH HR. (5 - 6AM) (*NR*)The Bruce Escovitz Jazz Orchestra - Just In The 'Newk' Of Time - Invitation - Pacific Coast Jazz (*NR*) Mark Weinstein - Airegin - Straight, No Chaser - Jazz Heads Records (*NR*)Norma Winstone - A Song For England - Distances - ECM (*NR*)Larry Ham - Don't Mess Wit Nobody But Me - Just Me, Just You, V. 17 - PIano Series - Arbors Jazz Records (*NR*) Larry Vuckovich Trio - The Conceirto De Aranjuez - High Wall: Real Life Film Noir - Tetrachord (*NR*) (*L*) Lorraine Feather - Traffic & Weather - Language - Jazzed Media (*L*) Ken Walker Sextet - Boogie Woogie Bossa Nova - Terra Firma - Synergy Records (*NR*) (*L*)ninth + lincoln Jazz Orchestra - Giving Full Account - ninth + lincoln - Dazzle Records (*NR*)(*L*) PeteWernick & Flexigrass - Wrap Your Trouble In Dreams, And Dream Your Troubles Away - What The - Niwot Records (*NR*) Revolutionary Snake Ensemble - Que Sera Sera - Forked Tongue - Cuneiform ******************************************************************** The 06/27/08 "PlayList" of djSOS aka Peter L. Poses, Host of "OverNight Jazz: The Soundz Of Surprize" from 'Round MidNight Thurzz. to 6AM Fri. on KRFC FT. COLLINS (CO), "Come Together On HomeGrown Community Radio --- 88.9FM --- www.krfcfm.org--- KRFC FT COLLINS, 619 S. College Ave., #4, Ft. Collins, CO 80524 --- 303.221.5075. Poses --- Peter@rockymountainjazz.com or pposes@gmail.com --- is the Associate Editor of "The Rocky Mountain Jazz Beat", contributin' a weekly column, "The RMJB/SOS" ("The Soundz Of Surprize") --- "The Rocky Mountain Jazz Beat" --- www.rockymountainjazz.com --- is the Jazz.com for N. CO & The Front Range. Ned Radinsky, Publisher/Editor-In-Chief and Jazz Photographer. UTNG (Until The Next Gig), dig, djSOS aka Peter L. Poses
06/24/08 "The RMJB/SOS"
N.B: TO ALL JAZZ ARTISTZZ WHO WANT TO LIST THEIR GIGZZ: GO TO --- www.rockymountainjazz.com --- CLICK ON "CALENDAR" (on the left of the linkzz banner bar) ---- scroll down about 3/4 of a "page" --- CLICK ON THE RED FONT DIRECTIONS FOR ARTISTS LISTING THEIR ON GIGZZ --- BRING UP THE TEMPLATE, COMPLETE, & SUBMIT. That will get U both a "Monthly Calendar" listin' & a weekly listing in the end-of-the-week e-mailin'. GO FOR IT! N.B II CHECK OUT "RMJB'zz NEW FEATURE --- Neditor'zz "RMJ MAP" for a comprehensive mappin' of JAZZ VENUEZZ in N. CO & along The Front Range! Sign up for the weekly "RMJB" e-mailin' featurin' "HOT HITZZ" of the Jazz Week to come, as well as B'in' hipped to other Jazz eventzz. N.B III --- TAKE A GANDER @ Neditor'zz pix of The Mulgrew Miller Trio @ Dazzle along w/ "RMJB" featured guest journalist, Cicley Janus' "Review" of The Gig. WEEKDAZE --- JAZZ & MORE @ HERB'zz HIDEOUT, 2057 Larimer St., DCO --- 303.299.9555 or www.herbsbar.com.Check their sched fer detailzz. TUEZZ., Jazz @ The Wynkoop - 1730 WYNKOOP, ACROSS FROM UNION STATION , DENVER . HitTime: 8:OOPM-12:OOAM. FMI: 303-293-2887 or WWW.TRIOSENOTECA.COM. FMMI: Schedule: http://www.triosenoteca.com/music_schedule.shtml . TUEZZ IN JUNE --- PIANIST TUEZZ., PIANIST TUEZZ featurin' Terry Norona(6/24); @ Dazzle, 930 Lincoln St., Denver --- Frederic DesMoulins(7/1); For information email: info@dazzlejazz.comor 303.839.5100 or www.dazzlejazz.com - HitTime: 4:30PM. :: The TUEZZ JAM Session - Hosted by Dan Schwindt :: Dazzle's weekly jazz jam session @ Dazzle, 930 Lincoln St., Denver, CO 80203 Come play with the heaviest jazz players in town! :: no cover.www.dazzlejazz.com or 303.839.5100. --- HitTime: 9 :00PM. Please call 303.839.5100 and make a reservation! --- www.dazzlejazz.com & Check out Dazzle on Myspace! http://www.myspace.com/dazzlejazz. TUEZZ., 24 June --- THE GTO --- the glenn taylor orchestra starrin' Glenn Taylor, pedal steel Mark Harris, sax Paul Riola, sax Roger Green, guitar Steve Ossolinski, bass Sam Young, drums Colin Bricker, laptop @ Dulcinea's 100th Monkey, 717 E. Colfax (at Clarkson), Denver 80203. HitTime: 8:00 - 10:00PM (THE EARLY SHOW!) --- FMI: www.quixotes.com --- Come out and hear our off-road electro-afrojazz-americana. Dancing available, and all questions answered as glenn taylor @ glenn@glenntaylormusic.com. Tuesday, June 24 8:00pm to 10:00pm--the early show at: Dulcinea's 100th Monkey 717 E. Colfax (at Clarkson) Denver 80203 --- 303-832-3601 --- www.quixotes.com --- atmosphere: relaxed bar, tie-dye not inappropriate. Come out and hear our off-road electro-afrojazz-americana. Dancing available, and all questions answered as best we can. AND: 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.comTUEZZ., 6/24 --- The Bob Montgomery Piano Trio w/ Special Guest BrassMan Ron Holleman @ The Sri Thai Restaurant, Ft. Collins. HitTime: 6 - 8PM. FMI: www.justjazzquintet.com****************************** ************************
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
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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.
Mulgrew Miller's Trio burns through Denver in a two night stint at Dazzle
Review by: Cicily JanusPhotos by: Ned RadinskySpecial to Rocky Mountain Jazz It's been thirteen years since the last time I watched Mulgrew play. Although, the second he sat down in front of those pearly whites, I remembered exactly why I've always been a fan. His first set at Dazzle started out like a visit with an old flame. There's the polite kiss on the cheek to greet you, then the embrace that returns to love. But his second number, You and the Night and the Music, took that meeting to the next level. He brought the talk in, the catching up of the years, and the brilliance of mood back into the place. His playing transcended the moment. It's his dense, rapid burning of the keys that surely left little Oscar Peterson-esque mementos for the next player who graces the stage. Yet the dynamic dialogue he carries between his bassist and drummer on his original composition, Carousel, was enough to satiate all of your senses. You can taste the funnel cakes and feel the warm air as you ride round and round the melody he constructed. Your ears take you back to a time when everything was simpler with just a few notes from the beginning. But the diversity of his abilities is shown through the complex meter that seamlessly weaves throughout.
Mulgrew's compositions are standards in the making. Ivan Taylor sings on his upright and Ulysses Owens resonates perfectly in tune and tempo on Drums during this number despite the intricacies of the set. They're both Julliard grads, not to mention, young, hip and as Mulgrew says, the cream of the crop. And when Mulgrew makes this claim, you better take note. Ivan's smooth. And when he's featured in the standard, In a Mellow Tone you can hear his appeal - why Mulgrew plucked him from the crowd. The resonance of sound is as beautiful as an imported silk. But the meeting with the old flame is hardly finished. Mulgrew enchants his love further by pulling Skylark out of its cage. Ivan and Ulysses set their quiet underlying voice behind him and allow this bird to soar. But what I experienced during this song was a moment of sheer splendor. Rene Marie sat directly in front of me. Mulgrew, earlier in the evening, had said that he played on one of her albums. And as the song began, she sang along quietly, smiling as if the two of them were in a living room somewhere playing this song alone. My pen and words turned into drawn butter as he continued. This is what Jazz is. It's an intimate, breathing art form. Every second of it created in the moment, by the moment and for the moment.

Catching my breath just in time for the last number, the group played a favorite of mine. Woody'n'you. A Dizzy tune featuring Ulysses. And his driving push tenaciously gripped the audience. Both Ulysses and Ivan were as dead on as machine guns going in for the kill. They pulled you upright and just when you think they'd let up they pressed on again. As a drummer burning the sticks and wood of his set, it's amazing to think I can hear inflection's in his beat. Dually noted are influences of Parker and Dizzy haunting him.
Mulgrew's trio is dynamic, a force to be reckoned with. Mulgrew has proved over and over again to the jazz community that he's one of the most formidable artists around. He consciously molds and shapes the landscape of future generations of jazz. He's no longer the old flame who's come to visit Denver, he's created a base of fans and lovers of jazz who ask for him time and time again.
06/20/08 --- "PLAYLIST" of djSOS aka Peter L. Poses, "Overnight Jazz: The Soundz Of Surprize" ---- KRFC FT COLLINS --- 88.9FM ---- www.krfcfm.org ---
Jazz is aired weekly on KRFC FT COLLINS --- 88.9FM --- - Show quoted text - www.krfcfm.org --- The four weekly Jazz Broadcastzz & broadcasterzz are listed below --- Week of 06/15/08 - 06/21/08 --- Peter Poses --- "OverNight Jazz: The Soundz Of Surprize" - Thurs., 'Round Midnight - Fri., 6AM --- pposes@gmail.com. Gene Abkarian's --- "Mountain Standards Time" - Sun. 9 - 11PM --- jctrane@gmail.com; Flash's --- "Sounds Of Jazz " - Tues., 10AM - Noon --- eflash17@comcast.net; Brian Keefe's --- "Jazzalicious" --- Thurs., 10PM - 'Round Midnight --- be_kef@yahoo.com. ----
The 06/20/08 "PlayList" of djSOS aka Peter L. Poses, Host of "OverNight Jazz: The Soundz Of Surprize" from 'Round MidNight Thurzz. to 6AM Fri. on KRFC FT COLLINS (CO), "Come Together On Home Grown Community Radio" --- 88.9FM --- www.krfcfm.org --- KRFC FT COLLINS, 619 S. College Ave., #4, Ft. Collins, CO 80524 --- 303.221.5075. Poses is Associate Editor of "The Rocky Mountain Jazz Beat", contributin' a weekly column, "The RMJB/SOS" "(The Soundz Of Surprize") for www.rockymountainjazz.com, the Jazz.com for N. CO & The Front Range, Ned Radinsky, Publisher/Editor-In-Chief and Jazz Photographer. --- Themezz: SummerTime; Life's A Lesson; One Fer NOLA; and blood, sweat, & tears. Rememberancezz: Esbjorn Svennson & Cyd Charisse (Dancing In The Dark [The Band Wagon ---Dietz & Schwartz]) & Heather On The Hill (Brigadoon --- Lerner & Loewe ). Up-Comin' CO Gigzz: Mulgrew Miller Trio (with Ivan Taylor & Ulysses Owens) Matt Wilson) and Matt Haviland (Dazzle, Denver); Keith Oxman & Marc Sabatella 4 (El Chapultepec, Denver); cique (El Chapultapec, Too); Dave Corbus (Wash Park Grille & Trios Enoteca, Denver); Aakash Mittal (Bliss Cafe, Arvada); andDianne Reeves, Romero Lubambo & Russell Malone (Jazz Aspen Snowmass Fest); Wynton Marsalis & The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (Ft Collins Jazz Festival) CO Record Labelzz/CD Releasezz/CO Artistzz: Judy Wexler; Bud Shank; The Stein Bros; and Dave Corbus Trio (Jazzed Media); cique; Peter Sommer & Rich Perry; and Keith Oxman (Capri); Bob Claire (Art Lande) (Whole Rest Note); and Dianne Reeves (Blue Note/EMI). --- APPROX 85% OF THIS "PLAYLIST" ARE NEW RELEASES = (*NR*); 18% LOCAL = (*L*). --- (*NR*) --- (*L*) --- 1ST HR. --- ('Round MidNight - 1 AM).
Lee Konitz w/ Barry Harris - 'Round Midnight - Live! At Birdland - Candid Dave Stryker - I Mean You - Full Moon - Steeple Chase (*NR*)Cassandra Wilson - Gone With The Wind - Loverly -Blue Note/EMI (*NR*)Mulgrew Miller - Old Folks - Live! At The Kennedy Center --- V. 2 - MaxJazz (*NR*) Alison Ruble - Always Something There To Remind Me - This Is A Bird - Origin (*NR*) Matt Haviland - Beyond Good And Evil - Beyond Good & Evil - Connotation Records Sarah Vaughan - Summertime - Divine Love - Fuel 2ND HR. --- (1 - 2AM). Rob Stoneback BIG BAND - Canadian Sunset - Caught In The Web - Sea Breeze (*NR*) Bobby Previte & The New Bump - Drive South, Along The Canyon - Set The Alarm For Monday - Palmetto (*NR*)Jaleel Shaw - Muna's Sleeping - Optimism - ChangU (*NR*)Jaleel Shaw - Muna's Dreaming - Optimism - Chang
(Tony Bennett (w/ Ralph Burns BIG Band) - Dancing In The Dark - Jazz - Columbia (Walt Weiskopf - Heather On The Hill - Day In Night Out - Criss Cross (*NR*) Wally Rose - Pickles & Peppers - Whippin' The Keys - Delmark (*NR*) (*L*) Keith Oxman - The Splashers - Caught Between The Lion And The Twins - Capri (*NR*)Karen Ristuben - Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Too Much - Daring (*R-I*) Miles Davis - Summertime - The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings - Columbia (*NR*) Revolutionary Snake Ensemble - Brown Skin Girl - Forked Tongue - Cuneiform 3RD HR. --- (2AM - 3AM). (*NR*) Gary Morgan & PanAmericana - Dream City - Felicidade (Happiness) - CAP (Consolidated Artists Productions) (*NR*) Larry Vuckovich Trio - A Hand Full Of Tears - High Wall: Real Life Film Noir - Tetrachord (*NR*) Megan Birdsall - The Moon's A Harsh Mistress - Little Jazz Bird - S-P (*NR*) Alphonse Mouzon - A Night For Love - Jazz In Bel-Air - Tenacious (*NR*) Rosa Passos - Nossos Momentos - Romance - Telarc (*NR*)Peter Malinverni - Venice Cities Memory - Invisible Cities - Reservoir Esbjorn Svensson - beggar's blanket - tuesday wonderland - Emasrcy/UMG Billy Holiday - When It's Sleepytime Down South - Jazz Masters #47 - Verve 4TH HR. --- (3AM - 4AM). (*NR*) Mark Weinstein - Sleeping Beauty - Straight No Chaser - Jazz Heads Eugene Marlow - A Summer Afternoon With You - A Summer Afternoon With You - MEII (*NR*) Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band - El Gaucho - The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter: Recorded Live! @ The Blue Note (NYNY) - Half Note (*NR*) Robert Walter - Box Of Glass - Cure All - Palmetto (*NR*) (*L*)Bud Shank - The Starbusters - Bud Shank: Against The Tide - Jazzed Media (*NR*)(*L*) Dianne Reeves - Over The Weekend - When You Know - Blue Note/EMI (*NR*)Jeff Coffin Mu'Tet - Sweet Magnolis - M-Utopia - Compass Records (*NR*)Norma Winstone - Remembering The Start Of An Never Ending Story - Distances - ECM 5TH HR. - (4AM - 5AM) (*NR*) Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - Starry Night - Song For Chico - ZoHo (*NR*)Liz McComb - Broken Heart - The Spirit Of New Orleans - GVE (*NR*)(*L*) Peter Sommer & Rich Perry - Dance Cadaverous - Crossroads - Capri (*NR*)Wayne Wallace - Jeru - The Nature Of The Beat - Patois (*NR*) Anne Phillips - Ballet Time - Ballet Time - Conawago (*NR*)TK Blue - Valley Of Despair - Follow The North Star - JaJa Records (*NR*) (*L*)Stein Bros - The Charmed Quark - Quixote - Jazzed Media (*NR*) Sony Holland - Speak Low - Swing, Bossas, Ballads, & Blues - Van Ness Records (*NR*)Irvin Mayfield & Ellis Marsalis - Blame It On The Sun - Love Songs, Ballads, & Standards - Basin Street Records 6TH HR. (5 - 6AM) (*NR*) CNY (Central New York) Jazz Orchestra - Hip Not Hop - then, now & again - CNY Jazz Stan Getz & Kenny Barron - Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - People Time - Gitanes (*NR*)Dr. Michael White - Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Blue Crescent - Basin Street Records (*NR*)(*L*) Dave Corbus - Sunshower - Sound Down - Jazzed Media (*NR*)(*L*) Another Day 5/Bob Claire (Art Lande) - Sunspot - Another Day - Whole Rest Music (*NR*)Simone - How Long Must I Wonder - Simone On Simone - Koch (*NR*) George Kahn - Sunshine Of Your Love - Cover Up! - Playing Records - Hide quoted text - (*PC*) Oscar Peterson - Little Right Foot - Jazz 'Round Midnight - Verve (*NR*) (*L*) Judy Wexler - Life's A Lesson - dreams & shadows - Jazzed Media (*NR*) (*L*)cique - guyei - Cique - Capri Records (*NR*) Wynton Marsalis - 2ND Line - Live! At The House of Tribes - Blue Note ---- The 06/20/08 "PlayList" of djSOS aka Peter L. Poses, Host of "OverNight Jazz: The Soundz Of Surprize" from 'Round MidNight Thurzz. to 6AM Fri. on KRFC FT. COLLINS (CO), "Come Together On HomeGrown Community Radio --- 88.9FM --- www.krfcfm.org --- KRFC FT COLLINS, 619 S. College Ave., #4, Ft. Collins, CO 80524 --- 303.221.5075. Poses --- Peter@rockymountainjazz.com or pposes@gmail.com --- is the Associate Editor of "The Rocky Mountain Jazz Beat", contributin' a weekly column, "The RMJB/SOS" ("The Soundz Of Surprize") --- "The Rocky Mountain Jazz Beat" --- www.rockymountainjazz.com --- is the Jazz.com for N. CO & The Front Range. Ned Radinsky, Publisher/Editor-In-Chief and Jazz Photographer. UTNG (Until The Next Gig), dig, djSOS aka Peter L. Poses
RMJB/SOS --- 06/17/08
N.B: TO ALL JAZZ ARTISTZZ WHO WANT TO LIST THEIR GIGZZ: GO TO --- www.rockymountainjazz.com --- CLICK ON "CALENDAR" (on the left of the linkzz banner bar) ---- scroll down about 3/4 of a "page" --- CLICK ON THE RED FONT DIRECTIONS FOR ARTISTS LISTING THEIR ON GIGZZ --- BRING UP THE TEMPLATE, COMPLETE, & SUBMIT. That will get U both a "Monthly Calendar" listin' & a weekly listing in the end-of-the-week e-mailin'. GO FOR IT! THURZZ & FRI., June 19th & 20th --- HOT, HOT, HOT TICKET --- 7 & 9pm :: The Mulgrew Miller Trio @ 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. :: One of the top jazz pianists in the world comes to Denver with his working trio :: $30. MORE INFO: The Mulgrew Miller Trio :: "...No pianist of Miller's generation brings such a wide stylistic palette to the table." --Downbeat Mulgrew Miller is one of the most in-demand musicians in jazz, and his presence on countless classic albums has made his perhaps the quintessential modern piano sound. Valued for his versatility, boundless creativity, and impeccable taste, Miller has appeared on more than 400 recordings as a leader and as a sideman. He has played with a long list of modern jazz luminaries, including long-running collaborations with Art Blakey, Woody Shaw, Benny Golson, Johnny Griffin, Betty Carter, and Tony Williams. Born in Greenwood, Mississippi, Miller started studying piano at an early age, and the gospel music of his childhood continues to influence his style. Mulgrew will be performing at Dazzle with his working trio, featuring Ulysses Owens on Drums and Ivan Taylor on Bass :: $30 --- www.mulgrewmiller.com. AND THEN THURZZ., --- THE LATE HIT --- 10:30PM --- @ Dazzle introducezz WAKE UP CALL for their REGULAR WEELKY THURZZ NITE GIG. WAKE UP CALL is Eric Gunnison(keyzz), Mark Simon(el. b), Mike arlier(d), & Bob Rebholtz(reeds) @ Dazzle, 930 Lincoln St., Denver, CO 80203. HitTime: 10:30PM. NO --- www.dazzlejazz.com or 303.839.5100. XTRA SPECIAL: THURZZ., June 19. Creative Music Works is proud to present in collaboration with The Clyfford Still Museum and The Denver Art Museum. A very special and rare artistic experience. --- Painting/Music/Architecture: A Collaborative Performance --- Featuring Improvisations by Janet Feder Greg Harris Mark Harris Kent McLagen Collin Bricker and Video Sculpture by VJ Movax Where: Hamilton Building, Denver Art Museum Doors: 6:00 p.m Show: 6:30 & 8:30 Performances Tickets: $10 General Admission Painting/Music/Architecture: A Collaborative Performance Presented together with Creative Music Works, Scott Kinnamon, a Denver-based Media Producer, and the Clyfford Still Museum, and in partnership with the Denver Art Museum, this event will bring four renowned musicians into the Hamilton Building of the Denver Art Museum to perform an improvisation inspired by and in dialogue with Clyfford Still's paintings. With two performances at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., the program will begin in the gallery containing the exhibition Clyfford Still Unveiled: Selections from the Estate. Immediately outside the gallery, in Denver Art Museum's spectacular atrium, the musicians will begin an improvisational adventure accompanied by video projections of Clyfford Still paintings and other images. Each musician will be responding to the imagery, their fellow musicians and the uniqueness of the architectural space. Collaboratively developed by Paul Riola and Andrew Starr from Creative Music Works, Scott Kinnamon and the Clyfford Still Museum, this event will build upon the highly successful performances of composer Bruce Adolphe's The Tiger's Ear: Listening to Abstract Expressionist Paintings, a collaboration between the Colorado Chamber Players and the Clyfford Still Museum, held in early 2007. --- "The Clyfford Still Museum is excited to bring this collaboration to Denver art patrons and provide them with new avenues for the interpretation of art, music and architecture," said Director Dean Sobel. "Merging the artistry of the musicians of Colorado's Creative Music Works with the expressive paintings of Clyfford Still, the event promises to be an evening to remember." ---- A cash bar will be available, as well as light hors d'oeuvres provided by Gourmet Fine Catering. Interested patrons can purchase tickets for $10 per person at www.clyffordstillmuseum.org, by calling the Clyfford Still Museum 720-865-4329 or onsite at the event on a space available basis. Expected to sell out, this event will only offer two performances and has limited seating available. Funded partially by SCFD, the Clyfford Still Museum and Creative Music Works received a $2,500 collaborative grant for this unique and insightful event. In anticipation of its opening, the Clyfford Still Museum will continue to present an ongoing series of programs to provide the Denver community with an introduction to Still and his work. As part of this program, the Museum has extended the presentation dates of Clyfford Still Unveiled: Selections from the Estate, a special exhibition of 12 select works by Still, which will remains on view in the Denver Art Museum's Hamilton Building through November 16, 2008. About The Clyfford Still Museum --- The Clyfford Still Museum was founded to promote public and scholarly understanding of the late artist's work and legacy, through the presentation and preservation of the Clyfford Still Estate, totaling approximately 2,400 artworks bequeathed to the City of Denver in a competitive process in 2004. Considered one of the most important painters of the twentieth century, Still (1904-1980) was an innovator of Abstract Expressionism who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War II. Still's estate—now understood to be 94 percent of the artist's total output—as well as his extensive archive, have been sealed off from the public since 1980. The Clyfford Still Museum will be located in Denver, Colorado, in the heart of the Civic Center Cultural Complex, near the Denver Art Museum and its new Daniel Libeskind-designed building, the Denver Public Library designed by Michael Graves, and the Colorado History Museum. For more information about the Clyfford Still Museum, please visit www.clyffordstillmuseum.org. 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: GLENWOOD SPRINGS ---- Summer Of Jazz 2008 Artists --- www.summerofjazz.com --- June 18 Steve Turre & Sanctified Shells 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) THURZZ., JUNE 5TH - SUN., JUNE 8TH --- THE TELLURIDE JAZZ FESTIVAL --- FMI: www.telluridejazz.org. SUN., JUNE 22TH ---- 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 sche | |