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Mile High Jazz Band


External Links

 

Carson City Symphony

David Bugli website

Carson City Arts & Culture Coalition

Sacramento Traditional 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.


 

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Mile High Jazz Band performs "Jazz & Poetry" at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. Join the fun as local poet/readers share their poems and those of other poets, followed by performances by the Band. This event's theme is "Animals." General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Friday, June 22, 2012

The Millennium Bugs play for a barbeque for the Mutual of Omaha Bank in Carson City from noon to 2:00 p.m.



Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Mile High Jazz band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Sunday, June 24, 2012
MJHB Association Annual Meeting

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The Mile High Jazz Band Association will be holding its Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 24, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. at the home of Betty Young. Please call 775-883-4154 for details.



Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Saturday, July 14, 2012

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The Mile High Jazz Band plays for the opening ceremonies (possibly 3:00 p.m.) for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life event in Carson City at Carson High School.



The 2011 "Jazz! Carson City" music festival
ran from July 31 through August.
Plans have the 2012 festival, retitled "Jazz & Beyond: Carson City Music Festival," running
from Aug. 4 to Aug. 19, 2012.

Go to http://JazzCarsonCity.com for details.


Sat., Aug. 4, 2012
Millennium Bugs play for Ice Cream Social

Photograph of the Millennium Bugs in front of the Foreman-Roberts
  House Museum

The Millennium Bugs play for Ice Cream Social for the Carson City Historical Society on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, at the Roberts House Museum, 1207 N. Carson St., Carson City from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. This is on the first day of the "Jazz & Beyond: Carson City Music Festival." Information about admission to this event is pending.



Tuesday, August 14, 2012

In a slight change of pace, the Millennium Bugs take the "second Tuesday" slot and perform at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. (The full Mile High Jazz Band can be heard four days later on Third Street.) Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Saturday, August 18, 2012

Mile High Jazz Band performs on Third Street from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Free event is part of "Jazz & Beyond: Carson City Music Festival."



Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Saturday, September 29, 2012

The Millennium Bugs play for a wedding reception at The Grove at South Creek in Reno. Start time will be around 3:00 or 4:00 p.m.



Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Friday, October, 26, 2012
MHJB plays for Battle Born Days USO Dance

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Mile High Jazz Band will perform for the Battle Born Days USO Dance Friday, Oct 26, 2012, at the Carson Nugget. Details are pending.



Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.



Most Comma Coffee gigs are on the second Tuesday of each month from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.

 



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 100 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 an annual, multi-day Jazz Festival in Carson City in August.

The band performs around the Carson City area. You can catch us on most second Tuesdays of each month at Comma Coffee, across from the State Legislature Building.

Millennium Bugs

Photograph of the Millennium Bugs in front of the Foreman-Roberts
 House Museum

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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Last updated 4/30/2012