Expeditions welcomes trumpeter Al Hood to the Muse Livestream series. As a freelance trumpet performer, he performs and records in and beyond the Colorado region, playing with the Denver Brass, the Ken Walker Jazz Sextet, the Aries Brass Quintet, and Conjuto Colores. This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and Youtube. Donations: Venmo @museperformancespace or Muse website donation 70% goes to musicians and 30% goes to helping the Muse pay the…

Denver drummer and bandleader Dru Heller and his quartet present a special 90 minute set featuring the original compositions of Colorado jazz icons. Guests will hear new takes on works by Ron Miles, Bill Frisell, Art Lande, Joe Bonner, and many more. Dru Heller started playing drums and was self taught until he began his formal musical eduation in college. He graduated from Whitworth University in Spokane, earning two degrees: one in percussion; the other in jazz performance. After first…

The Blue Cosmos is a quartet of student musicians from the Denver Metro Area. This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and Youtube. Donations: Venmo @museperformancespace or Muse website donation 70% goes to musicians and 30% goes to helping the Muse pay the rent.

The Lucas Davis Quartet is a group of young musicians in the Boulder Denver Area. This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and Youtube. Donations: Venmo @museperformancespace or Muse website donation 70% goes to musicians and 30% goes to helping the Muse pay the rent.

Join Bri and friends for an evening dedicated to old school swing! We'll hear jazz classics and re-imagined standards from composers that include Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Bennie Moten, Edgar Sampson, and more. Brianna Harris - saxophone, Annie Booth - piano, Seth Lewis - bass, Dru Heller - drums  Briana Harris is a Front Range-based saxophonist who has performed throughout Colorado with groups including The Burroughs, The Cairn Project, David Caffey, Mark Sloniker, Jim White, Steve Kovalcheck, The Colorado Jazz…

The Crystal Swing Band will transport you to the heyday of the swing era when couples danced cheek to cheek or jitterbugged on ballroom floors all over the country to the popular big bands. While that’s not possible for any of us to do right now, we invite you to “Swing Dance From Your Living Room” while the band plays your favorites. Dance like no one is watching! Playing the music of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie,…

Drawing inspiration from decades of experience in jazz, classical music, and world music traditions, the Nalanda Ensemble specializes in spontaneous composition , an intensely focused approach to improvisation, celebrating musical community in an exploration of the unknown. Elena Camerin Young: voice Khabu Doug Young: guitar & ukulele Bill McCrossen: bass, Guembri, Mbira & Kora Mark Miller: flute, saxophone & shakuhachi This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and Youtube. Donations: Venmo…

Jason Malmberg saw the opportunity and began working on arrangements that would take some of the punk rock music of his childhood and set it in a modern jazz context. With the addition of Braxton Khan (BK) on drums and Heide Schmidt on vocals, both regulars in the Denver jazz scene, the group was ready to go. Tune in to hear the results in their premiere performance, a live stream from The Muse Performance Space, September 4th at 7:00 PM.…

The 1970s Jazz era was a truly inventive and exciting time! Many groups started to involve rock instruments like synthesizers, electric bass, and guitars with multiple effects. Saxophones and brass also used basic effects pedals for a variety of timbres and effects! The concert will feature Jeff Jenkins on piano and synthesizer, Mike Marlier on drums, Gonzalo Teppa on electric and stand up bass, and Pete Lewis on acoustic and electric saxes. The repertoire will be from the Brecker Brothers,…

The Jacob Larson Band is proud to announce the newly realized project, Deux Chic! A versatile player, Olivia Reboledo is involved in many diverse musical projects spanning multiple genres. Highlights include The Reminders, Neil Haverstick, Hugh Ragin, James Barela, and CMEA. Jacob Larson combines his powerhouse vocals with classic instrumentation and an old-school approach to music that just about everyone loves. Digging inspiration from the roots of soul religion, he and the Jacob Larson Band share their own take on…

September 18th, David Bernot and his Baritone Saxophone will be met with the musicianship of two staples of the Denver Jazz scene, Tom Amend on the organ and Paul Romaine on the drumset at the Muse Performance Space. Be sure to tune in for a set of swinging and uplifting music played in one of the famous and endeared formats of the jazz art form by David Bernot’s Bari and Organ Trio. The group will be presenting compositions inspired by…

Original compositions for jazz quintet by Emily Takahashi. Exploring the intersection between the lyricism and orchestral elements of classical music with the rich harmony, rhythmic complexity, and open improvisation of modern jazz. Featuring Anisha Rush, saxophone, Shane Endsley, trumpet, Bill McCrossen bass, Art Lande, drums, Emily Takahashi, piano This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and Youtube. Donations: Venmo @museperformancespace or Muse website donation 70% goes to musicians and 30% goes…

Jeff Jenkins Trio Jeff Jenkins, piano, Seth Lewis, bass,  Kevin Mathews, drums Music rich in tradition, and yet with a modern approach. Repertoire from Red Garland, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, and modern originals. This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and Youtube. Donations: Venmo @museperformancespace or Muse website donation 70% goes to musicians and 30% goes to helping the Muse pay the rent.

Peter Sommer: tenor sax , Wil Swindler: alto sax, Ben Markley: piano, Patrick McDevitt: bass, Alejandro Castano: drums They will be performing selections from the famous Cannonball and Coltrane album. Originally released as the Cannonball Quintet in Chicago, this was actually the Miles Davis Sextet without Miles. This will be an extraordinary night of jazz at the Muse featuring some of the finest players in Colorado! This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view…

Josh Reed- trumpet, Tim Wendel- guitar, Matt Smiley- bass, Dru Heller- drums These musicians have been playing together for over five years in Colorado, and are lucky to have Josh Reed in town from Reno, Nevada. Josh is the assistant professor of jazz trumpet at the University of Nevada in Reno. The quartet will be performing a mix of jazz standards and compositions by jazz drummer Paul Motian for the Muse performance. This concert will be streamed from the Muse.…

Check out live jazz by the Gabriel Mervine Quartet! Talented trumpeter Gabriel Mervine, Tom Amend on B3 organ, Alejandro Castaño on drums and Alex Heffron on guitar bring you original music, by all players and improvised standards. As always, Spangalang has your beer needs in their very best interest. First beer is included with purchase of ticket. KUVO Members...you get $1 off a full pour when you mention KUVO or present your KUVO Member Card at Spangalang Brewery! First come…

Elena Camerin Young: voice, Khabu Doug Young: guitar & ukulele, Bill McCrossen: bass, Guembri, Mbira & Kora, Mark Miller: flute, saxophone & shakuhachi Drawing inspiration from decades of experience in jazz, classical music, and world music traditions, the Nalanda Ensemble specializes in spontaneous composition , an intensely focused approach to improvisation, celebrating musical community in an exploration of the unknown. This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and Youtube. Donations: Venmo…

Nice Work Quintet featuring Heidi Schmidt: vocals, Brian Kauffman: drums, Jerry Weiss: piano, Jason Malmberg: bass, Pete Lewis: saxophones. Performing a variety of standards and original jazz music with ntriguing arrangements by Weiss, Lewis, and Malmberg. This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and YouTube. Donations: Venmo @museperformancespace or Muse website donation 70% goes to musicians and 30% goes to helping the Muse pay the rent.

Ms. Ellis brings her talents to the Muse with Gonzalo Teppa-bass, Dave Hanson-piano, Clare Church-drums, and Pete Lewis-saxes They will perform a variety of standards arranged by Pete Lewis. Come join us for a wonderful evening of jazz! This concert will be streamed from the Muse. It will be available to view on Facebook and Youtube. Donations: Venmo @museperformancespace or Muse website donation 70% goes to musicians and 30% goes to helping the Muse pay the rent.

The Muse presents a night of jazz with Pete Olstad-trumpet and fluegelhorn, Jeff Nathanson-sax, Dave Hanson-piano, Gonzalo Teppa-bass, Clare Church-drums. Peter Olstad has toured and performed with the bands of Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Blood Sweat and Tears, Mel Torme, Brian Setzer, Tom Jones, and Luis Miguel. In 1999, Pete was hired by Tom Jones and played lead trumpet for nine years, touring 35 weeks a year for that period of time. From Carnegie Hall to Royal Albert…