Live in the Phyllis A. Greer Performance Studio on Monday, Jauary 15 from 6 to 7pm is Colorado’s best musicians performing classic big band and modern large ensemble jazz, that’s the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra. The CJRO plays to sell out houses at the Arvada Center, the PACE Center in Parker, the Rialto Theater in Loveland, as well as jazz festivals throughout the area, performing tunes from the libraries of Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson, CJRO composers and many more. As part of their season, the CJRO also partners with exciting world-renown guest artists.

Executive Director Art Bouton, Professor of Saxophone at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music, founded the band in 2012 with the mission to perform the best music with the best players.

Trumpets – Greg Gisbert, Jake Boldman, Al Hood, and Dawn Kramer

Saxes – Art Bouton, Bob Rebholz, Eric Erhardt, Tom Myer and Wil Swindler

Trombones – Steve Wiest, Paul McKee, Scott Bean, and Jim Gray

Piano:  Eric Gunnison

Guitar:  Mike Abbott

Bass:  Bijoux Barbosa

Drumset:  Mike Marlier

Vocals:  Robert Johnson

Setlist to include:

From the CJRO Ray Charles Project: I’ve Got News for You, I Can’t Stop Loving You, and Hallelujah I Just Love Her So

Studio Club Members: Please contact Arvida arvida@kuvo.org to reserve seats for you and a guest. If you are not able to join us, we hope you’ll tune in.

Thank you to our Studio Sponsors: Classic Pianos, Denver Piano Tuning, Drum City Guitarland, Flesher Hinton Music Co., and Listen Up

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