Otis Taylor

Thursday, Dec. 30 - 5:30 and 8:30pm

Otis Taylor grew up in Denver and is a Colorado Music Hall of Famer. His portrait and Santa Cruz Guitar Otis Taylor Chicago model is on display in the new ‘Guitar’ exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

Otis is part of the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville.

Come hear this living Blues musical legend tonight!

Otis Taylor, JP Johnson (guitar),
Nick Amodeo (bass/mandolin), Brian Juan (piano/organ), Harry Tuft (guitar)

New Year’s Eve Pre-Gala feat. Same Cloth

Friday, Jan 31 - 7pm

Same Cloth is a Denver based project led by prolific keyboardist Solomon J. Chapman Sr. and inventive vocalist JoFoKe. Embarking upon a new musical journey, this charismatic duo combines their peculiarities and perspectives to share meaningful art. Performing original music and creatively arranged covers, Same Cloth often collaborates with other musicians to intensify their musical vision. As a unit, Same Cloth combines the diverse traditions of Black American Music to create an energetically eclectic and emotionally elevating live music experience.

JoFoKe (vocals), Solomon Chapman Sr. (keyboards), Callum Bair (bass), Matt Campbel (drums), James Tre (guitar)

New Year’s Eve Gala feat. Same Cloth

Friday, Dec. 31 - 10pm

Dazzle presents a special $120 per person package which includes a 3-course meal from our special New Year’s Eve menu (tax and gratuity on the meal); live music; dancing; party favors; plus a champagne toast at midnight to ring in 2022!

Ticket is $45 a person paid in advance, $75 paid the day of for 3-course meal (which includes tax & gratuity.) Beverages are not included, other than the midnight toast.

Join us at Dazzle Denver as we celebrate life and new beginnings by ringing in 2022 with Same Cloth!

Keith Oxman Quartet

Saturday, Jan. 1 - 6pm

This group has been playing on the Denver Jazz scene together for 30 years and is on numerous recordings with guest artists including Curtis Fuller, Charles McPherson, David Liebman and Houston Person.

Keith Oxman (tenor sax), Jeff Jenkins (piano), Ken Walker (bass), Todd Reid (drums)

Dazzle’s 25th Anniversary Celebration!

Rico Jones All-Star Quintet

Wednesday & Thursday, Jan. 5 & 6 - 6:30pm

Rico Jones, a Denver raised artist, multi award winning composer and saxophonist, and creator of the pandemic born “Jazz at Sloan’s Lake” concert series is bringing some of New York City’s finest musicians to Dazzle for two nights of special concerts featuring originals and standards!

Rico Jones (saxophone), Max Light (guitar), David Kikoski (piano), Dezron Douglas (bass), Dan Weiss (drums)

Dazzle Late Night Jazz Sessions with Rico Jones

Wednesday, Jan. 5 - 9pm

Join some of New York and Denver’s finest musicians for a late night jazz session feating special guests from all over the Denver Jazz scene! You won’t want to miss this!

Rico Jones (sax), Max Light (guitar), David Kikoski (piano), Dezron Douglas (bass), Harold Summey (drums), and special guests!

Roberta Gambarini with Convergence

Friday, Jan. 7 - 6:30pm

To kick off Dazzle’s 25th anniversary celebration, Roberta Gambarini is reuniting with Convergence! Roberta brings the authenticity of jazz artistry, shaped by her long associations with the masters: Jimmy Heath, James Moody, Slide Hampton. Her collaborations with this group–Greg, Mark, Eric, Mark, and Paul–reach a deep and loving kind of nuance in group expression, and always a swinging surprise.

Roberta Gambarini (vocals), Greg Gisbert (trumpet), Mark Patterson (trombone), John Gunther (saxophone), Eric Gunnison (piano), Mark Simon (bass), Paul Romaine (drums)

Convergence ft. Rico Jones & Max Light

Friday, Jan. 7 - 9:30pm

Musical generations coexist at once; creative energy, exploration, sharing, and learning flow in every direction. A few years ago, Rico absorbed music from the others, but now he shares his own unique energy which reflects back in unexpected ways. Max, from Washington, DC, is quickly making waves of his own. Eric, Mark, and Paul share a deep rhythmic intuition, and Greg’s unique mastery is in almost multigenerational in itself. Tonight’s mixtape can be heard from any point to make a beautiful story in sound!

Greg Gisbert (trumpet), Rico Jones (saxophone), Max Light (guitar), Mark Patterson (trombone), John Gunther (saxophone), Eric Gunnison (piano), Mark Simon (bass), Paul Romaine (drums)

Roberta Gambarini with Convergence

Saturday, Jan. 8 - 6:30pm

This special reunion returns for a second show!

Roberta Gambarini (vocals), Greg Gisbert (trumpet), Mark Patterson (trombone), John Gunther (saxophone), Eric Gunnison (piano), Mark Simon (bass), Paul Romaine (drums)

Dazzled Mixtape: Cross-Country Mixtape

Saturday, Jan. 8 - 9:30pm

A collection of favorite friends, coast-to-coast edition. Sara’s beautiful New York sound (2018 Grammy-nominee) is carried by Anisha’s Colorado lyricism to meet Jacquelyn’s western textures. Gabe and Mark find melodicism on the uptown express, while Colin beams freely among various geographic sonorities. The rhythm section players are well-known to us from their formative years at CCJA’s Jazz in the Sangres Jazz Arts Camp, where both Mark and Anisha have taught. Jacquelyn has made her way in LA, Gabe studies at Juilliard Jazz. Colin is fresh off recent touring with Pat Metheny. Mark and Sara are longtime colleagues in the New York Pops Orchestra, whose founder Skitch Henderson recruited Sara for one of her earliest recordings (also with guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli).

Sara Caswell (violin), Anisha Rush (saxophone), Mark Patterson (trombone), Jacquelyn Schreiber (piano), Gabe Rupe (bass), Colin Stranahan (drums)

Mark Patterson Group Stories ft. Dale Bruning & Sara Caswell

Sunday, Jan. 9 - 6pm

Sharing the intimacy of SONG via group interplay is the mission of Group Stories, led by trombonist Mark Patterson. Guitarist Dale Bruning, besides his playing resumé starting with Dizzy Gillespie, Jim Hall, and Paul Warburton, is a highly respected teacher—he took a teenage Mark under his wing, and the two have been close since, including their work on several of Dale’s recordings. Sara Caswell’s expressive reach ranges from her straight-ahead swing with Bucky Pizzarelli to bebop with Jon Gordon to the contemporary music of Brad Mehldau, Miho Hazama, Esperanza Spalding, and Chuck Owen (where she earned her Grammy nomination for best jazz solo). The group promises to bring joyful explorations!

Mark Patterson (trombone), Sara Caswell (violin), Dale Bruning (guitar), Kent McLagan (bass), Paul Romaine (drums)