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Mile High Jazz Band
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Jazz
Society (STJS)
The Mile High Jazz Band Association formed in 2001 as a nonprofit corporation
to support the MHJB and its subgroup, the Millennium Bugs (jazz combo), promote
live jazz performance in northern Nevada, educate the public about jazz, and
enrich the cultural life of the community.
Member benefits include mailings, discounts on admissions, and
invitations to special events, plus the satisfaction of helping big-band jazz to thrive!
To book the Mile High Jazz Band (big band)
or Millennium Bugs (jazz combo),
call 775-883-4154.
Mile High Jazz Band Association Updated Mission Statement - Adopted March 4, 2012, by the
Board of Trustees:
Our mission is to enrich the cultural life of our community by promoting live
jazz performance in and around Carson City; enhancing arts education in collaboration
with other organizations and school programs; and supporting our resident big band,
the Mile High Jazz Band, and its affiliated combos.
MHJB Assoc. Board and Officers
The MHJBA board, effective 7/15/2018:
- Trustees class of 2019: David Bugli, Rita Geil, Gail Kane
- Trustees class of 2020: Ellie Bugli, Joi Cerveri, Randy Seeber
- Trustees class of 2021: Kelly Dodge, Jennifer Simkins, Doug Conner
Officers (elected at 9/16/2018 Board Meeting):
- President: David Bugli
- Vice President: Kelly Dodge
- Treasurer: Ellie Bugli
- Secretary: Jennifer Simkins
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Mile High Jazz Band Performs "Jazz Sampler For Sweethearts"
at Living the Good Life
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Treat your Valentine to A Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts, an evening of sweet and hot
big-band music by the Mile High Jazz Band with singer Jakki Ford at Living
the Good Life Bistro, 1480 N. Carson Street, in Carson City on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Admission is free, donations welcome.
Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts features the 17-member band playing jazzy versions of
favorite love songs for Valentine's Day, and other swinging, big-band selections.
Highlights of the evening include "The Way You Look Tonight," "Prelude to a Kiss," and
"It Could Happen to You." The performance is funded, in part, by a grant from the Nevada
Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information about the Mile High Jazz Band, call 775-883-4154 or see milehighjazz.com.
Photo: Vocalist Jakki Ford will be featured with Mile High Jazz Band
on February 12 at Living the Good Life.
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Mile High Jazz Band Performs at Comma Coffee
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
The Mile High Jazz Band performs a "Jazz & Poetry" event at CommaCoffee.com on
Tuesday, March 12, 2019, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The theme for this event is "Hang Ups."
Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.
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Sixteenth Annual Jazz Extravaganza
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
The Sixteenth Annual Jazz Extravaganza will be on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at 7:00 p.m.
in the newly renovated Carson City Community Center Theater. The event is a fundraiser for the
Carson City School District music program and features the Carson Middle School Jazz Band,
the Carson High School Jazz Band, and the Mile High Jazz Band.
Admission is $10. Further details are pending as of Jan. 26.
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Millennium Bugs play for 2019 Dangberg Summer Festival
Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019
The Millennium Bugs will be featured on the 2019 Dangberg Summer Festival on Thursday,
Aug. 1, 2019, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Dangberg Home Historic Park, 1450 Hwy 88, Minden,
NV. Information about the festival can be found at www.dangberghomeranch.org/events. Information about the Millennium Bugs
can be found at milehighjazz.com/MillenniumBugs.htm.
The Millennium Bugs, a jazz combo associated with the Mile High Jazz Band, have been
playing a great variety of jazz styles since the late 1990s. They performed for the
Carson City Preservation Coalition/Historical Society, Olympic Torch Relay Ceremony
in Carson City, Carson City Music Club, Westview block party, Camel Race Day in Virginia
City, Carson Nugget showroom, Carson-Tahoe Hospital Foundation, Carson High Prom,
BAC Beer Tasting, weddings, receptions, and parties. Although some of the personnel
has changed over the years, the group is still inspired to play songs from the "Great American
Songbook," inspired by the tradition of spontaneous improvisation. The members are
Rocky Tatarelli, tenor sax; Wayne Theriault, trumpet; Don Smaltz, trombone; David Bugli,
piano and trombone; George Worth, bass; and Clay Cooper, drums.
Please bring your own seating. No dogs allowed at events; legitimate service
animals only. All events at the Dangberg Home Historic Park are free to attend unless otherwise
noted, and all are free for youth 16 and younger.
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Many MHJB and MHJB combo gigs
are on the second Tuesday of each month from 7:30 to 9:00 or 9:30 p.m.
Most of these are at
Living
the Good Life, 1480 N. Carson Street, Carson City, or at Comma Coffee.
The next Jazz & Beyond Festival is scheduled for Aug. 9-25, 2019. Mark your calendars
now.
General Information
The Mile High Jazz Band, an 18-member "big band" composed of 17 instrumentalists
and a vocalist, began performing in 1997. The group features music in the Count
Basie-Duke Ellington-Woody Herman tradition, as well as more contemporary styles,
selected from a repertoire of over 200 tunes. They play ballads, high-powered
jazz tunes, and dance music arranged by Nestico, Niehaus, Taylor, and other great arrangers.
Mile High Jazz Band performs for community events, fundraisers, dances, receptions,
private parties, and in concert. They have played benefits for New York Firefighters,
Red Cross Disaster Relief, Carson-Tahoe Hospital Foundation, Douglas County Library
Foundation, and the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. They have been featured
in concerts at the Brewery Arts Center and on the Carson City Symphony's "Holiday Treat"
and "Pops Party" concerts. They play monthly at Comma Coffee and collaborate with local
poets in quarterly "Jazz and Poetry" events, alternating poetry readings with related
musical selections. Mile High Jazz Band has performed in Carson City, Reno, Minden,
Fallon, Yerington, Stateline, Incline Village, Virginia City, and Crystal Bay.
In 2002, Mile High Jazz Band won "Best Band" award in Carson City's "Taste of
Downtown." In 2003, American Composers Forum selected Mile High Jazz Band and
Bella Voce women's choir for a national Continental Harmony project. In 2007,
leader David Bugli received the Nevada Governor's Arts Award for Distinguished
Service to the Arts, and the band played for the awards ceremony. Mile High Jazz
Band plays annual benefits with the Carson High Jazz Band to help the high school
band attend the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. Also, the Mile High Jazz Band Association
founded and produces or co-produces the annual, multi-day Jazz & Beyond Music Festival in Carson City each August since 2004.
The band performs around the Carson City area. You can
catch us on most second Tuesdays of each month at
Living
the Good Life, 1480 N. Carson Street, Carson City, or at
Comma Coffee.
Millennium Bugs
The Millennium Bugs, a jazz combo associated with the Mile High Jazz Band,
play a great variety of jazz styles. They performed for the Carson City
Preservation Coalition/Historical Society, Olympic Torch Relay Ceremony in
Carson City, Carson City Music Club, Westview block party, Camel Race Day in
Virginia City, Carson Nugget showroom, Carson-Tahoe Hospital Foundation, Carson
High Prom, BAC Beer Tasting, weddings, receptions, and parties.
Mile High Jazz Band Association board meetings are held quarterly.
Call 775-883-4154 for details.
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Help support the Mile High Jazz Band by placing your music orders through Sheet Music
Plus. Just click on the link below to get connected.
One Hundred Percent Giving Board Award for 2016
from Community Foundation of Western Nevada
The Mile High Jazz Band Assoc. is a member of the
Carson City Downtown Business Assoc.
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