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The Colorado jazz country successful October 2021 is shaping up to beryllium akin to that of, well, October 2019.
First, if you’re seeking a state-of-the-art guitar genius successful a unrecorded setting, Julian Lage is scheduled to play Boulder’s Fox Theatre connected Oct. 3. Lage, who’s arsenic expressive arsenic immoderate guitarist successful jazz arsenic of late, shows disconnected his enviable chops connected this year’s “Squint” album, for the Blue Note label. His method is often stunning, but what sets him isolated is simply a thoughtful attack that ne'er leads the listener down a way of substance-free virtuosity. Tickets tin beryllium recovered astatine axs.com/events.
Guitar subordinate Pat Metheny performs connected August 4, 2012 ,in Newport, R.I., astatine the Newport Jazz Festival. (Eva Hambach, AFP via Getty Images)If Lage is up and coming successful the business, past guitarist Pat Metheny remains determination adjacent oregon astatine the top. A restless sonic explorer for decades, Metheny’s latest project, Side-Eye, seems similar a scaled-down radical connected the surface. Recalling the classical guitar-organ-drums trios that frequented clubs successful the ‘60s, Metheny and his bandmates (drummer Joe Dyson and keyboardist James Francies) inject galore technological innovations into their euphony truthful they dependable similar a portion that extends acold beyond the limitations of 3 musicians. While the embellishments are impressive, it ever boils down to Metheny’s committedness to innovation, and the Side-Eye set seems to person inspired him to make immoderate of his astir accomplished and challenging euphony successful years. The trio plays the Boulder Theater Oct. 7; Strings Music Pavilion successful Steamboat Springs connected Oct. 8; and Denver’s Paramount Theater connected Oct. 9.
Echoes’ new, action-packed album, “Lasting,” volition beryllium released connected Oct. 15, followed by a show astatine Denver’s Dazzle Oct. 16. (Provided by Echoes)There’s a batch of youthful exuberance successful the quartet named Echoes, featuring saxophonist Max Bessesen, who grew up successful Colorado. Their new, action-packed album, “Lasting,” volition beryllium released connected Oct. 15, followed by a show astatine Denver’s Dazzle Oct. 16. The group’s blase corporate dependable is abetted by blasts of synthesizers, which helps springiness the euphony a consciousness of optimistic futurism. The tone of Weather Report and Steps Ahead (for those who remember) lives connected successful Echoes, and there’s thing reassuring astir that. Find retired much astatine dazzledenver.com.
It hasn’t ever been casual to find galore important sides recorded by singer-songwriter-pianist-American icon Ray Charles, who made rather a fewer fantastic albums aft departing Atlantic Records astatine the extremity of the 1950s, wherever he’d already established his indelible soul-jazz credentials. Charles signed with ABC-Paramount and, successful turn, formed his ain Tangerine label, wherever helium was fundamentally escaped to nutrient immoderate benignant of euphony helium desired. And that’s precisely what helium did.
There’s a caller collection, “True Genius” (Tangerine Records), which chronicles Charles’ galore originative and commercialized successes opening astir 60 years agone and extending into the 21st century. It’s an overwhelming (but worthwhile) travel done each things “Genius.”
The hits are present successful their archetypal versions, and they dependable arsenic inspired arsenic they indispensable person astatine their conception. But it’s the lesser-known material, including spirited unrecorded performances with large bands, galore Beatles covers, and a previously-unreleased unrecorded performance from 1972 that makes this worthy proceeding (a batch of this euphony has been made disposable to streaming services for the archetypal time) and adjacent owning, if you, similar me, inactive person a spot successful your bosom for carnal media. Ray Charles is ever worthy it.
And much jazz: Saxophonist and flautist Najee performs astatine the Soiled Dover Underground Oct. 8. … Beloved pianist George Winston appears astatine Loveland’s Rialto Theater connected Oct. 9. … Every Friday successful October, the David Bernot Quartet honors saxophone leader Steve Grossman astatine Denver’s Nocturne. … Dazzle is presenting a bully woody of prime unrecorded euphony this month, including Purnell Steen and the Five Points Jazz Ambassadors connected Oct. 7; trumpeter Jeremy Pelt’s Quintet Oct. 13; and the superb soprano saxophonist-bandleader Jane Bunnett & Maqueque connected Oct. 17.
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