Denver Jazz Fest Presents: Keith Oxman

“Oxman breathes a warm, coaxing fire that he moulds into each composition with flair and imagination.”—All About Jazz

“I can’t really put into words why I absolutely love the music of John Coltrane,” Denver-based tenor saxophonist Keith Oxman once said in an interview. “There’s just something about it that’s so real. It has such a great balance of heart and mind.” Oxman’s playing has drawn comparisons with the late jazz icon John Coltrane, as his own shows have the fire, passion, and inventiveness than fans associate with the late great icon, whose 100th birthday we celebrate this year. 

Oxman’s Classic Quartet has been exploring Trane’s music on tour for years, and this show will include A Love Supreme Suite, plus other classic Trane repertoire performed and recorded by his “Classic Quartet” of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones from the early ’60s Impulse! era.

Oxman has toured or recorded with a veritable Who’s Who of jazz, including top artists such as Buddy Rich, Charles McPherson, Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt, Red Holloway, Pete Christlieb, Jack McDuff, Phil Woods, Dave Brubeck, Jon Hendricks, Louis Bellson, and Pearl Bailey, as well as classic R&B groups, The Temptations and The Fifth Dimension. Keith has eleven CDs on the Capri Records label, two of which were with John Coltrane’s trombonist Curtis Fuller. That’s a direct link to the music Keith will perform on this show with his Classic Quartet — an outstanding lineup beloved by Denverites to say the least.

Keith Oxman: tenor saxophone

Jeff Jenkins: piano

Gonzalo Teppa: bass

Todd Reid: drums

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