On Sunday, May 20th be sure to attend the Denver Jazz Club Session at the Westminster Elks Lodge from 2:00 until 5:00pm! It’s the exciting sounds of the Jazz Cookers. Band members include: Rick Crandell, Cornet; Colton Crandell, Trumpet; Wes Leffingwell, Piano; Dave Ellis, Trombone; Jeff Henton, Tuba; Kevin Matthews, Drums; Madison Munn, Clarinet; and Lance Christensen, Banjo.
The Denver Jazz Club Youth All-Stars will also perform from 4:00 until 4:20 pm. See you on May 20th!!
Congratulations to the following musicians who have been selected to the Denver Jazz Club Youth All-Stars: Alec Bell, Cornet (Cherry Creek HS Junior); Josh Emmons, Banjo (Castle View HS Sophomore); Rafael Castillo-Halvorssen, Piano (Fairview HS Junior); and Colton Sparks, Drummer (Evergreen HS Junior). We have students auditioning for the final clarinet vacancy on May 13th. The 5 new musicians, along with our returning players, Rico (Tenor Sax), Cameron (Trombone), and Tim (Tuba), will take over as the new band in August. In the meantime, we will be transitioning and training the new players – you will get to hear these 4 new musicians at the May 20th DJC Session – don’t miss it!
The May/June Denver Jazz Club Newsletter is now available for download. There is info on the May performance of the Jazz Cookers, as well as the Neil Bridge 7+ Band’s June performance.
There is also information on our Youth All-Stars’ upcoming performance tours to Sacramento and New Orleans, along with their 2012-13 vacancy audition announcements. Columns by Walt Hewitt, Peter Robinson, Ed Danielson and John Sobott’s, “Prez Sez” article round out the newsletter.
Say, do you want an easy way to help out the club? It’s simple – just give us your email address! The club can save up to $2,000.00 in expenses simply by emailing the newsletter instead of printing and mailing it. For those of you who have already supplied us with your email address, THANK YOU!
WE WILL BE HOLDING AUDITIONS FOR THESE POSITIONS DURING APRIL AND MAY.
PLEASE CONTACT ED CANNAVA, DIRECTOR, at: ECAN11@MSN.COM or 303-328-7277, to SCHEDULE an AUDITION.
AUDITION MUSIC and RECORDINGS CAN BE FOUND on the Downloads page.
FOR MORE INFORMATION & AUDITION SCHEDULING: ecan11@msn.com or 303-328-7277.
On Sunday, April 15th be sure to attend the Denver Jazz Club Session at the Westminster Elks Lodge from 2:00 until 5:00pm! It’s the annual Ron Cope Scholarship Benefit featuring the Hot Tomatoes Dance Orchestra, the Queen City Jazz Band, the UC Denver Claim Jumpers, and the Denver Jazz Club Youth All-Stars. They are all wonderful, so don’t miss it! Each of the pro and college bands will perform a set, and the Denver Jazz Club Youth All-Stars will perform an abbreviated set at 4:00pm. See you on April 15th!