Nocturne Jazz and Supper Club

Colorado native Derek Banach has performed professionally for 25 years in a variety of settings from Jazz to Hip-Hop, Salsa, Classical, and Reggae. His roots are firmly set in the Hard-Bop stylings of 60's period icons such as Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw. Derek's quintet album, "Tugende" displays his composing talents and personal approach to trumpet playing. He has recorded with Italian producer Nicola Conte, Quintetto X, Paul Mulliken and has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Richie Cole, Joe…

For this streaming show Bassist Seth Lewis celebrates the release of his album “Go Your Own Way.” Seth is most often found supporting other artists as the bassist in their groups, but the recording and live performance presents music he has composed and arranged for a group of Colorado’s best musicians.  The group this evening includes Shawn Williams on trumpet, Austin Cebulski on saxophone, Tom Amend on Piano and Brian Claxton on drums. This dynamic ensemble brings mature creative chemistry…

The Spencer Zweifel Quintet is a dynamic ensemble that combines strong individual playing into a cohesive group sound. Inspired by the classic quintets led by Charles Mingus, Horace Silver, Chick Corea and Dave Holland, Zweifel’s quintet draws from all corners of the jazz world. Swing, hard bop, free music, and the Great American Songbook come together for an exciting and fresh musical experience. The majority of the repertoire is originals by the band supplemented with standards that have personal meaning to…

Nocturne's Saturday Supper & Stream features Clay-Gott Chordless Quartet. Taylor Clay was born in Brooklyn, NY and began his musical journeys at the age of 13 and went on to study at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, NY. After completing his degree in Music Performance in 2012, he moved to Colorado to attend the Univeristy of Northern Colorado as a graduate student and teaching assistant. Taylor currently lives in Denver, Colorado works as a busy freelance musician. Saxophonist and…

A Nocturne holiday season tradition in its sixth year, we present a night of seasonal cheer that riffs on classic versions of Frank, Perry and Ella holiday arrangements, as well as select songs from Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas and beyond. Curated by Drew Morell and Scott Mattson. This evening celebrates the magic of the season with a little a dash of nostalgia atop some hard swinging music. Tom Amend - piano, Drew Morell - bass, Louisa Amend - vocals,  - guitar, Scott Mattson- drums (Details…

Saxophonist Harry Drabkin is a Berklee College of Music graduate as well as a faculty alumni where he performed in the Recording Band, the Faculty Jazz Ensemble and the Faculty Saxophone Quartet. His influences come from Miles, Coltrane, Cannonball and Charlie Mariano. He recently retired as Chief of Oncology at the Medical University of South Carolina to return to Denver. Harry Drabkin - sax, Derek Banach - trumpet, Jack Dunlevie - piano, Kent McLagen - bass, Todd Reid - drums With the…

Jeremy Wendelin returns to Nocturne for a residence focused on the trio of saxophone, bass, and drums. This instrumentation, pioneered by Sonny Rollins, affords artists great freedom in exploring their material. The sound is simple, but the music is full of complexities; the players have freedom, but also more responsibility to create the right sound for each moment. In the years since Rollins’ early recordings, many artists have taken on this format, including Branford Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Joshua Redman, Kenny…

Venezuelan bassist Gonzalo Teppa presents his quintet performing a collection of his compositions that draw from the wells of contemporary jazz, Latin American music (Venezuelan, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban), blues, free jazz and more. Gonzalo is a Nocturne Artist in Residency alumni and recently released his debut quintet recording (featuring this band) with much acclaim. GREG HARRIS - VIBRAPHONE/PIANO/PERCUSSION, ALEX HEFFRON - GUITAR, ANDREW WHEELOCK - DRUMS, IKE SPIVAK - SAX/FLUTE/CLARINET Nocturne presents Saturday Supper & Stream. Every Saturday night they…

Max Light is a New York City based jazz guitarist and composer. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the New England Conservatory and his Master’s from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. He won 2nd place in the 2019 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition and his debut trio recording, "Herplusme," was released in early 2020 on Red Piano Records. Max has performed and recorded with Noah Preminger, Donny McCaslin, Jason Palmer, John Ellis, Dan Weiss,…

Wednesday Nights in July - Nocturne welcomes back to the stage the entertaining and musically eclectic Adam Bodine. Adam is a creative and charismatic jazz pianist and composer who will be leading a splendid quintet through a fresh batch of his original tunes. Adam’s repertoire is constantly shapeshifting and playfully intermingles a broad range of styles, sounds, feels, and moods.  Undeniable is Bodine’s natural musicality and joy of playing, which paired with his lovely sense of humor, always shines on…

Dana Landry - piano;  Erik Applegate - bass;  Jim White - drums Performing, recording, and touring together for over 15 years, the Dana Landry Trio has appeared throughout the U.S. and in Asia and Europe, and their debut recording Memphis Skyline (Artist Alliance Records) reached the Top 40 on the Jazz Week radio airplay chart. In addition to working as a standalone trio, the group has performed with some of the most prominent names in jazz including Eddie Daniels, Ingrid…

The Annie Booth Sextet came together in 2015 as an idea of celebrating a multi-generational band of diverse and expressive improvising musicians who boast deep ties not only with one another within the group but also with the legacy of the great jazz scene in Denver, CO - the hometown of each member. The sextet performs a collection of Annie’s original compositions (written expressly for this group) that highlight the diverse individual voices of each band member. The group is…

Songs of a Night is Ryan Fourt’s debut release with Moddl Records™. After years of leading bi-weekly gigs at Jay’s Bistro in Fort Collins, Ryan went into the studio with his regular bandmates and documented the incredible sensitivity they have cultivated together. The record is a nod to the classic guitar trio aesthetic and features a beautifully curated spread of personalities. Join Ryan and his cohorts on Wednesday nights in August as they take a deeper dive into the music…

The Tim Wendel Group joins together to explore a wide range of material, drawing from both traditional and contemporary styles. The band's performance style features interactive improvisation and dynamic eclecticism. John Gunther - Saxophone, Seth Lewis - Bass, Dru Heller - Drums, Tim Wendel - Guitar Tim Wendel is a versatile guitarist, composer, and educator who cut his teeth in the Philadelphia jazz scene, where he was an accomplished leader and sideman for 10 years. Tim earned his M.A. in Jazz Performance and Pedagogy from CU Boulder and enjoyed success in…

Presented by the Colorado based "Dart Echo" (Matt Smiley - bass, Briana Harris - sax, Ben Parrish - guitar, Dru Heller - drums), this two night appearance explores the musical universe of The Talking Heads. Dart Echo was founded in 2015 and has performed compositions by Paul Motian, Nick Drake, David Bowie, 1960s classic jazz, as well as original music written by band members. With this crossover jazz project, the grooves of David Byrne's songs will stay intact while the harmony and…

The Bud Powell Project came together in an effort to honor the music and legacy of one of jazz music’s finest pianists.  Bud Powell studied with Thelonius Monk and went on to record and perform with the leading players of the bebop era, including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach and more.  He embraced all of the elements that bebop brought to the jazz world of the 1940’s and ‘50’s: complex melody, expanded harmonic language and an edgy rhythmic…