The Lodge at Woods Boss

Gift of Jazz presents Next Up with Daruma on Thursday, February 22 at 7 pm at The Lodge at Woods Boss. Daruma is a fresh, new contemporary jazz project featuring original music by some of Denver’s finest young talent. Their sound takes audiences from deep grooves, to intimate ballads, to Coltrane-inspired swing. Daruma reinterprets the jazz aesthetic for the 21st century and crosses it with progressive rock, film music, and neo-soul in a genre-bending original sound. Members of the ensemble…

Gift of Jazz presents NextUp with Adam Gang Quintet on Thursday, March 21 at 7 pm. The Adam Gang Quintet is influenced by many great artists including Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett, and the works of Israeli jazz musicians such as pianist Shai Maestro. Adam Gang is a Colorado born and based saxophone artist who has shared stages with Gabriel Mervine, The Vlad Girshevich Trio, The Annie Booth Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows, The Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Colorado…

Born out of the uncertainty of pandemic life, the Pet Friendly Jazz Collective began as a way to bring an organic musical experience to front porches around Denver. Today, captained by the drum/guitar duo of Calvin Davis and Sam Valdez, Pet Friendly takes advantage of a wealth of local talent, featuring some of the community’s best improvisers. Whether it be the music of Miles Davis or Stevie Wonder, a porch concert, or a private event, our mission will always be…