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JAZZ: Young talent cooking on Lincoln Street
Published January 29, 2009 at 7 p.m.
In 1992, Bob Young and Al Stankus published a different kind of jazz book titled Jazz Cooks: Portraits and Recipes of the Greats, featuring portraits of 95 players and their favorite food recipes.
Sun Ra, for example, offered his Moon Stew, while Dizzy Gillespie chimed in with Salmon and Hominy Grits and Mario Bauza added a Caribbean touch with Rabo Encendido - Oxtails on Fire.
The Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts has a local twist to this idea with an item called Cookin' with the CCJA.
Edited by Cicily Janus, with photos from Ned Radinsky, the 79-page fundraising effort pulls together recipes from area-based folks connected to jazz with some formulas for success from national artists.
At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, the CCJA (which has educated young players since 1996) offers the winter display of its student talent at Dazzle, 930 Lincoln St.
Each student group is linked to a CCJA instructor. Tuesday the lineup includes Danny Meyers' Jazz 89 Yardbirds, Brad Goode's Boppin' Buffaloes, Jeff Jenkins' Mile High Van Gelders, Ken Walker's DUkes of Lamont and Mark Simon's Kolacny Teensters.
Wednesday's musical roster has Mike Abbott's Flesher-Hinton Hep Cats, Senor Trujillo's Spicy Jalapeno Band, Bob Rebholz's Dazzle Jazzers and Eric Gunnison's Jazz Arts Messengers. Both nights have two sets of music (no cover, 303-839-5100).
On Feb. 15 CCJA is back with its annual Big Band Boogie Bash fundraiser, featuring six college and professional big bands at the Mercury Cafe from noon until 6 p.m.
ALSO ON TAP: At Dazzle tonight, bassist Ken Walker's sextet makes its monthly visit. The band, with trumpeter Al Hood (whose new CD is titled Just a Little Taste), saxophonist Peter Sommer, guitarist Dave Corbus, pianist Jenkins and drummer Paul Romaine, plays at 7 and 9 p.m. ($12). The sextet will also be at the Telluride Jazz Celebration's June festival, June 5-7.
Telluride Jazz also has a winter music series. Tonight, that series features singer Karrin Allyson at the Michael Palm Theatre. Allyson's current disc, Imagina: Songs of Brasil, is up for a Grammy as best jazz vocal album. She hits the stage at 8 p.m. ($25, 970-728-7009).
* On the blues-laced side of things, the North Mississippi All Stars (with Cody Dickinson on drums and vocals, Luther Dickinson on guitar and vocals and Chris Chew on bass) continues its Colorado swing with shows at the Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., at 9 tonight and Saturday. ($22.50, 303-377-1666).
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