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Guest Reed Artist Anita Thomas to be Featured on Sunday, October 16th, at the Denver Jazz Club’s Monthly Session

One of the world’s finest multi-instrumentalist players, Anita Thomas, will be performing with the UC Denver Claim Jumpers, Denver Jazz Club Youth All-Stars, and the Queen City Jazz Band. Equally adept at playing clarinet, saxophone and acoustic bass, Anita can be heard performing in jazz and classical ensembles. She has been the reed instructor at the AFDJS Adult Jazz Camp in San Diego, and later joined the staff of the Mammoth Lakes Jazz Jubilee Jazz Camp, and the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society Jazz Camp. Australian by birth, Anita now lives in the Baltimore-Washington area. Performances will take place from 1:30 until 5pm, on Sunday, October 16th, at Westminster Elks Club (3850 Elk Drive).

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Summit Hot Seven to be Featured at the Sunday, September 18th DJC Session at Westminster Elks Lodge

On Sunday, September 18th be sure to attend the Denver Jazz Club Session at the Westminster Elks Lodge from 1:30 until 5:00pm. The UCD Claim Jumpers will open the session, followed by the beautiful sounds of Chaz Bowles and the Summit Hot Seven. This will be a preview of their 2016 Summit Jazz Festival performance. Band members include: Chaz Bowles (trumpet/leader), Bill Pontarelli (clarinet), Marti Henry (trombone), Scott Grove (piano), Rory Thomas (banjo/guitar), Roger Johns (bass), and Don Grove (drums). The DJC Youth All-Stars will also perform a preview of their upcoming Summit Jazz Festival performance, from 3:50 until 4:15 pm. See you on September 18th!!