A senior at the Denver School of the Arts, JJ has already put together an impressive resume, including: YoungArts Winner (2022), Denver School of the Arts Jazz Workshop Orchestra, Colorado All-State Jazz Band (2019,2021), Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Competition and Festival (2019,2020), UNC Jazz Festival, Blues Foundation International Blues Challenge, ASTA National Orchestra Festival, Five Points Jazz Festival, and more. JJ Mazza is a young Downbeat award winning drummer in the Denver area. Students in CCJA connect with other like-minded players in the area while honing their craft, making music, and having fun. At the end of each session, CCJA students perform for the public, often at noted area jazz venues, such as Dazzle at Baur’s! Over the past twenty years, the program has attracted incredible young players who have become integral musicians in their respective school groups, members of the Colorado All-State Jazz Band, and recipients of impressive scholarships to major collegiate music programs across the country. Students are encouraged to express themselves improvisationally and through composing/arranging for their groups. Our CCJA ensembles meet in three 10-week and 5-week sessions throughout the school year (Fall, Winter, and Spring) in the format of weekly rehearsals where CCJA students and faculty play and perform together as they study jazz improvisation, technique, style, theory, and history. Sunday, April 24 & Monday, April 25 6:00 pm John Primer is the Real Deal! You Can’t Paint The Blues Without The PRIMER! He is a two time Grammy Nominated Artist and the last guitar player for Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon & Magic Slim! A Lifetime Achievement Award Winner and a Legendary Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Artist. John Primer is a Living Chicago Blues Icon! John Primer Special Guest of The Delta Sonics & Ken Saydak A dynamic brass quintet closes out the evening. Cummings poems, this piece features bass trombone, saxophone and piano. Next, it’s the World Premiere performance of Improvisations by Tim Higgins. The evening kicks off with 3-4 Trio, a string & piano ensemble lead by concertmaster Katherine Thayer. Twist transforms the chamber concert experience into a night of intimate music, dinner & drink featuring musicians from the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. A night to remember, Koki is honored to present his senior recital at Dazzle Denver, a club that has fostered his growth since the beginning. Bringing to the stage some of his closest friends and mentors, he is excited to present interpretations of standard repertoire and some of his own original music. Although only a senior, he has already racked up a large resume, including Telluride Student All-Stars (2021), Colorado All-State Jazz Band (2020, 2021, 2022), Denver School of the Arts Jazz Workshop Orchestra, UNC Jazz Festival, Vail Jazz Festival, and more. Koki Renwick is a young trumpet player from Denver School of the Arts. Brionne Aign é & Dax Oliver performing two shows on International Jazz Day, Saturday, April 30th Where better to celebrate than Dazzle? A bit late, but here are the jazz shows for International Jazz Month, culminating with Same Cloth feat. "Denver Arts & Venues welcomes Dazzle as an iconic, local cultural organization that brings a new musical flavor to the Arts Complex and widens its breadth of shows.April is International Jazz Month. It also promised "a continued commitment to diverse bookings, reflecting Denver’s jazz community and rich heritage. In its own statement, Denver Arts & Venues promised that "Colorado’s premier independent-owned venue" will continue its commitment to "showcasing Colorado artists as a celebration of our state’s rich and talented pool of musicians, with a few national acts sprinkled in to spice things up." The new Dazzle will be designed by the architectural firm of Perkins+Will, whose biggest challenge will be transitioning from the iconic high ceilings in the old Baur's building to the much lower ceiling at the former Onyx. Until then, "Dazzle at Baur’s" will continue business as usual at 1512 Curtis St. The move will most likely take place in late November, but the club is waiting on permit approvals before setting an official opening date. This new long-term lease agreement "is dedicated to solidifying our place in the wider history of jazz and the new sounds that grow from its roots." "The first 25 years established Dazzle as the premier independently owned venue and a solid part of Denver’s cultural fabric," the Dazzle statement continued. Dazzle's home for 20 years had been a small storefront space on Lincoln Street before moving downtown next to the Sam's No.
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