Chris Wojtecki and I will be putting together a 7-tet that will be playing the music of Dave Pell, Gerry Mulligan and others at the Pikes Peak Jazz and Swing Society’s Second Sunday Affair on June 12.
Pell was a saxophonist with Les Brown and led his own very successful groups starting in 1953. These mostly 5-horn recordings employed the finest West Coast musicians and featured timeless arrangements by the best writers around: Bill Holman, Gerry Mulligan, Shorty Rogers, Marty Paich and John Williams. Yes, that John Williams.
Here’s a list of the PPJASS Second Sunday performers for 2016:
- Jan. 10th “The Broadmoor Allstars” w/Lila Mori & Lewis Mock
- Feb. 14th “Gentle Rain”
- Mar. 13th “The Springs City Jazz Band” w/Laura Davis
- Apr. 10th “Wayne Wilkinson Quartet”
- May 8th “JoRiCa +1” – w/John Turner leader (quartet)
- Jun. 12th “Bud Gordon/Chris Wojtecki Septet plays the music of Dave Pell
- Jul. 10th “Musician’s Jam” w/Mark Raphael
- Aug. 14th “Neil Bridge 7 +1”
- Sept. 11th “Thomas Dawson Quartet”
- Oct. 9th “After Midnight” w/Roger Campbell
- Nov. 13th TBD
- Dec. 11th “Triple Play Quartet” w/Rick Blessing
We’ll be playing those great, danceable arrangements and having a nice musical party. Here’s a little something we’ll be playing in June.
Hope you can be there.