Enjoy live music this summer featuring a diverse array of genres, symphony, classical, indie rock, bluegrass, gypsy jazz & more! Cyrille Aimee performed at the Crested Butte Music Festival during its 2015 season. Every year, in addition to its classical programming, CBMF hosts the world's best gypsy jazz musicians like Cyrille. Line up and ticket info HERE https://youtu.be/scplBc_K77U

Come to the Mercury Cafe for the Gabe Gravagno Trio, featuring Aaron Marfizo and Eman Alexander. September performance schedule: Fridays at 5:30pm - Sept 4, 11, 18 and 25, Saturdays at 6pm - Sept 5, 12 and 19, and Sundays at 8pm - Sept 13 and 27.

Come to the Mercury Cafe for jazz with the Gabe Gravagno Trio, featuring Aaron Marfizo and Eman Alexander. September performance schedule: Fridays at 5:30pm - Sept 4, 11, 18 and 25, Saturdays at 6pm - Sept 5, 12 and 19, and Sundays at 8pm - Sept 13 and 27.

Come to the Mercury Cafe for the Gabe Gravagno Trio, featuring Aaron Marfizo and Eman Alexander. September performance schedule: Fridays at 5:30pm - Sept 4, 11, 18 and 25, Saturdays at 6pm - Sept 5, 12 and 19, and Sundays at 8pm - Sept 13 and 27.

Gift of Jazz Autumn online classes - Saturdays, September 26-November 14 Daryl Gott will lead classes this semester Offered Online through Zoom’s Web Conferencing Application! Click here for more info A comprehensive approach to understanding and applying jazz theory to improvisation Saturdays 10:00 am – 11:30 am This eight week class, taught by saxophonist Daryl Gott, will develop your understanding of the connection between jazz theory and its application in improvisation. Students will learn fluidity on basic triads, seventh chords…

Gift of Jazz Autumn online classes - Saturdays, September 26-November 14 Tom Amend will lead classes this semester Offered Online through Zoom’s Web Conferencing Application! Click here for more info Jazz Piano: An Idiomatic Approach with Tom Amend Techniques central to the jazz piano idiom including improvisation, accompaniment, voicing styles, and rhythm Saturdays 11:45 am – 1:15 pm This course, taught by Tom Amend, will approach techniques central to the jazz piano idiom including: improvisation, accompaniment, theory, technique, voicing styles,…

Gift of Jazz Autumn online classes - Saturdays, September 26-November 14 Stu MacAskie will lead classes this semester Offered Online through Zoom’s Web Conferencing Application! Click here for more info A classic approach to composition and its application to jazz Saturdays 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm This class, taught by Stu MacAskie will take a classic, traditional approach to composition, and look at how this can be applied to modern jazz. Tunes from different eras will be studied and broken…

Growing up in Sandusky, Ohio Mike Marlier started playing drums at the age of five, and hasn't stopped. A lifetime in music was established from the day he was born, as he was immersed in the jazz records his father played both at home and on the radio station where he worked. Mike attended the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in 1975, then went on to further studies at Bowling Green State University - after graduating Mike moved to Denver in…

Assembled by Denver jazz pianist/arranger Justin Adams, Media Noche Honrado is playing throughout the month of September and honor the Latin Jazz art form and the late Jimmy Trujillo, bassist and original member of Denver's Media Noche. Original arrangements of latin and Salsa classics and reworked pieces by Clare Fischer, Don Grolnick and many others will greet guests of this special series. Justin Adams is a versatile, first call Denver jazz pianist and educator. Justin has performed with jazz greats Claudio Roditi, J.P.…

Pianist/Vocalist/Composer Dawn Clement has established herself as one of the most sought after musicians working today. With her joyful presence, consummate technique and distinctive sound, Clement has gained the attention and respect of musicians, critics and fans through the US and abroad. “In all this world of jazz, there are very few individual voices, no matter what the instrument, but Dawn has come up with a voice that’s unique…” says legendary jazz trombonist Julian Priester. With 5 CD’s under her…

John Hines came out of the successful, state championship student jazz program at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa. After studying under Ray Smith (Brigham Young University) in Provo, Utah, he played with the internationally known big band, Synthesis, including opening for Gerry Mulligan’s big band at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and for Carlos Santana at the Antibes Jazz Festival outside Monte Carlo, France. In November, 2005, John was selected to perform with the KUVO 20th Anniversary All-Star…

Small group jazz does not get any better than this. Each of these members are regulars on the Nocturne stage, appearing in a number of bands, but Nocturne is especially honored to host this truly world-class ensemble when they come together as Convergence. This will be the band's first Nocturne Residency series, and they could not be more excited to see what kind of sparks fly over the course of five performances. Convergence was formed in 1991, performing and teaching…

Expeditions is known for fun arrangements of well-known tunes and tasty original compositions. Pete Lewis’ masterful compositions and arrangements are the driving force, realized by the kind of ensemble playing that only comes from playing together for years. This band just loves to play together, and it shows! Pete Lewis, saxes; Adam Revell, piano; Jason Malmberg, bass; Clare Church, drums This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and Youtube. Donations: Venmo…

Dave Hanson is an accomplished arranger, composer, and pianist who has written for a diverse range of artists and ensembles, including the Boston Pops, Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, Denver Brass, Boulder Brass, USAF Falconaires, and Paul Winter. He is co-leader and arranger for the critically acclaimed H2 Big Band (based in Denver, Colorado). Hanson teaches at the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, and is actively performing and teaching in the Denver area.…

Peter Sommer: tenor sax , Wil Swindler: alto sax, Ben Markley: piano, Patrick McDevitt: bass, Alejandro Castano: drums They will be performing selections from the famous Cannonball and Coltrane album. Originally released as the Cannonball Quintet in Chicago, this was actually the Miles Davis Sextet without Miles. This will be an extraordinary night of jazz at the Muse featuring some of the finest players in Colorado! This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view…

This special Sunday series features the music of Oscar Peterson performed by the Tom Amend Trio and our four-course Renditions Menu inspired by the music of Oscar. This Renditions Menu is available only on these four Sunday nights in October - reservations are highly recommended! Tom Amend is a pianist, organist, composer, and arranger from Denver, Colorado. Performing and recording often throughout the Rocky Mountain Region in various settings as both a leader and a sideman he can be heard…

Josh Reed- trumpet, Tim Wendel- guitar, Matt Smiley- bass, Dru Heller- drums These musicians have been playing together for over five years in Colorado, and are lucky to have Josh Reed in town from Reno, Nevada. Josh is the assistant professor of jazz trumpet at the University of Nevada in Reno. The quartet will be performing a mix of jazz standards and compositions by jazz drummer Paul Motian for the Muse performance. This concert will be streamed from the Muse.…

Elena Camerin Young: voice, Khabu Doug Young: guitar & ukulele, Bill McCrossen: bass, Guembri, Mbira & Kora, Mark Miller: flute, saxophone & shakuhachi Drawing inspiration from decades of experience in jazz, classical music, and world music traditions, the Nalanda Ensemble specializes in spontaneous composition , an intensely focused approach to improvisation, celebrating musical community in an exploration of the unknown. This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and Youtube. Donations: Venmo…

Nice Work Quintet featuring Heidi Schmidt:vocals, Brian Kauffman: drums, Jerry Weiss: piano, Jason Malmberg: bass, Pete Lewis: saxophones Performing a variety of standards and original jazz music. Intriguing arrangements by Weiss, Lewis, and Malmberg. This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and Youtube. Donations: Venmo @museperformancespace or Muse website donation 70% goes to musicians and 30% goes to helping the Muse pay the rent.

Following a 2019 residency at Nocturne, Paul Mullikin's 'Orchestral Quintet' (a small group that presents Classical works through the jazz and improvisatory lens) went into the recording studio to capture the groups sonic adventures from Stravinsky's rhythmic madness to Debussy's lush harmonies. Nocturne is elated to present this collection of top shelf jazz musicians as they celebrate their record release and bring fresh perspectives to these timeless classical works. Paul Mullikin is a multifaceted percussionist who performs with The Boulder…