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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.
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Past Performances in 2010
January 2010
Tues., January 12, 2010 - MHJB presents "Cool Jazz in January"
at Comma
Coffee - 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., Admission: $5 admission,
FREE age 18 and under
Swing into the new year with the Mile High Jazz Band at "Cool Jazz
in January," a big-band event with vocalist Sheryl Adams at Comma
Coffee, on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 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 is free for age 18 and under. Come early for dance
instruction, 6:00 to 7:15 p.m., $5 additional.
The 19-member Mile High Jazz Band will play hot and cool jazz in
the spirit of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Woody Herman, and more
contemporary styles from their vast repertoire. Performances are
funded, in part, by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council, a state
agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
For information about "Cool Jazz in January" and other live music
at Comma Coffee, call June Joplin at 775-883-2662. For information
about the Mile High Jazz Band, call 775-883-4154, or see milehighjazz.com.
Fri., January 15, 2010 - Jazz Extravaganza VII - Big-Band
Jazz Times Two! - Mile High
Jazz Band and Carson High
Jazz Band, in an annual, intergeneration jazz event to benefit the CHS music
program, at the Brewery Arts Center
Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
It's "big-band jazz times two" when the Carson High Jazz Band and
the Mile High Jazz Band (MHJB) present their seventh annual joint
concert, the Mile High-Carson High Jazz Extravaganza, on Friday, January
15, 2010, 8:00 p.m., at the Brewery Arts Center (BAC) Performance Hall,
511 W. King Street, Carson City. The concert is a benefit for the
Carson High Band programs.
Tickets prices are $12 general admission, $10 students and seniors,
and $5 for youth age 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased in
advance from Carson High Band members or at the door. For information,
call the MHJB at 775-883-4154 or see milehighjazz.com.
The Extravaganza, sponsored by the MHJB Assoc., Brewery Arts
Center, and the Carson City Band Association (Band Boosters), will
include two big bands, vocalist Sheryl Adams, combo performances,
and a grand finale combining the forces of both big bands. "I am
pleased that the MHJB has been asked to support the high school
jazz band again," said David Bugli, MHJB leader and pianist. "The
high school music ensembles are talented and goal-oriented, and
they deserve the community's help and encouragement. I'm looking
forward to another round of intergenerational musical swing!"
The Carson High Jazz Band attends and competes at jazz
festivals each year. They were invited to play for the 2009
Carson City Chamber of Commerce holiday party at the Railroad
Museum. The band also performed at former Governor Guinn's
inauguration, the Greenhouse Garden Center music series, and
"Winter Wine and All That Jazz." Directed by Jarod Sorum, the
band is a zero-hour class at Carson High School designed to
teach students about jazz - the music that has affected America in so many ways.
Check out the CHS Band website
http://www.carsonhigh.com/CarsonHi/eca/band/band.html.
The MHJB, a professional big-band ensemble, plays regularly
in northern Nevada, including monthly performances and quarterly
Jazz and Poetry events at Comma Coffee. They sponsor an annual
Jazz Festival in Carson City in August. MHJB appearances are
funded, in part, by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council, a state
agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Here's a follow-up comment from Tina & Holly Akerley, Jazz Band
Committee Chairmen:
Thanks to everyone who helped with the Jazz Extravaganza at the
Brewery Arts Center on Friday January 15th. It was a great success
and everyone enjoyed the performances by the Jazz Band and the Mile
High Jazz Band. Special thanks to the members of the MHJB, the
Brewery Arts Center and to Ellie and David Bugli and Sully! Your
dedication to this event is great appreciated by the students, parents
and Mr. Sorum.
February 2010
Tues., February 9, 2010 - Mile High Jazz Band Presents
"Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts" Feb. 9, 2010 Comma
Coffee - 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., Admission: $5 admission,
FREE age 18 and under
Treat your Valentine to a Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts, an evening of sweet and hot
big-band music at Comma Coffee on Tuesday, February 10, 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; free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00 to 7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.
Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts features the 19-member Mile High Jazz
Band and vocalist Sheryl Adams, presenting jazzy versions of favorite
love songs for Valentine's Day, and other swinging, big-band selections.
The performance is funded, in part, by a grant from the Nevada
Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
For information about "Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts" and other
live music at Comma Coffee, call June Joplin at 775-883-2662. For
information about the Mile High Jazz Band, call 775-883-4154, or visit
the web site: milehighjazz.com.
Sun., February 14, 2010 - Mile High Jazz Band Presents
Valentine's Dance at Sharkey's
Benefit for Family Support Council
Mile High Jazz Band Assoc. presents Lucky Diamond and The Gents o' Jive,
a '20s and '30s hot jazz band, at Sharkey's Casino, 1440 U.S. Highway 395 North,
in Gardnerville, on Sunday, February 14, 2010, from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. The Roaring
'20s Valentine's Celebration includes favorites for dancing, from the 1920s to today.
Admission is $5 per person, and all proceeds benefit the Family Support
Council of Douglas County. Special Valentine's Day Dinner before the dance,
including Duet of Filet Mignon Oscar, complete with Crème Brûlée or Frangelico
Chocolate Mousse, is $25 per couple.
Lucky Diamond and The Gents o' Jive has been performing since the
grand opening of the Silver Legacy Resort Casino in 1995. Hired by Circus
Circus, initially for three days, the act stayed for 18 months. Since then,
they have appeared for private parties and corporate events in the Reno-Tahoe
area, including the Cadillac Ball in Truckee, and New Year's Eve at Sharkey's.
The Gents are Dan Lancaster on sax, clarinet, and flute; John Dykstra
on trumpet and flugelhorn; Jimmy Vermillion on keyboard; Joe La Chew on guitar;
and Mark Ashworth, also known as Lucky Diamond, on drums. Band leader Mark Ashworth
said "from Fats Waller's 'Ain't Misbehavin'' to Billy Austin's 'Is You Is Or Is You
Ain't My Baby,' Lucky Diamond and the Gents o' Jive deliver…and how!"
For more information, see the Mile High Jazz Band web site
milehighjazz.com, or call Sharkey's Casino at 775-782-3133.
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March 2010
Tues., March 9, 2010 - Mile High Jazz Band Presents "Jazz &
Poetry: Coming and Going"
The Mile High Jazz Band and vocalist Sheryl Adams will be joined by
Rita Geil and other award-winning poets for "Coming and Going," a lively
evening of big-band jazz music and poetry at Comma Coffee on
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Readers include
Fox Carlton Hughes, Susan Sara Priest,
Amy Roby, Amanda Thiebaud, and Lee Warner.
Comma
Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from
the state legislature building in Carson City. Admission is $5,
and free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction from
6:00 to 7:15 p.m. is $5 additional. For more information,
call the Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154, or visit the
web site: MileHighJazz.com.
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Sat., March 27, 2010 - Mile High Jazz Band Presents
Colin Ross with Mig O'Hara in Carson City
Mile High Jazz Band Assoc. presents composer and multi-instrumentalist
Colin Ross, with Mig O'Hara on vocals and guitar, playing from their
huge repertoire of original and traditional jazz, boogie-woogie, blues,
swing, rockabilly and Americana on Saturday, March 27, 7:30 p.m., at
Sarah Winnemucca Hall in the Aspen Building at Western Nevada
College, 2201 W. College Parkway, Carson City, Nev. Instruments
include an astounding array of keyboards, guitars, folk instruments, and more!
Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 seniors, students, and MHJB
Assoc. members, and $5 for age 18 and under. Tickets are available at
Play Your Own Music in the Carson Mall, online at
ActivityTickets.com,
and at the door. For more information, call the MHJB at 775-883-4154,
or see MileHighJazz.com. For information about Colin Ross, see his website
at http://colinrossmusic.com.
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April 2010
Sat., April 10, 2010 - The Millennium Bugs perform for
the "Family Fun Night of Music," presented by Carson Sertoma. The event
runs from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the Carson Senior Center. The Millennium Bugs
will perform at 7:15 p.m. Also on the program are Large Bills Accepted (ragtime),
Chorus of the Comstock (barbershop ensemble), and Bob Carroll (host of
KUNR's "Music of America" show). Event involves tri-tip dinner, drinks,
auction, finger food,
dancing, door prizes, raffle prizes, desserts, and fun for the whole
family. Tickets are $25 (general
admission) and $20 (students and seniors). For tickets or information call
John at 841-6565, Frank at 885-7579, or stop by Q's Barbeque. All proceeds
benefit children of Carson City with speech, hearing, cancer, or
diabetes health issues.
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Tues., April 13, 2010 - Mile High Jazz Band Presents
April Jazz Anniversary Concert
at Comma
Coffee
Mile High Jazz Band Presents April Jazz Anniversary Concert
Come hear the sensational big-band sound of the Mile High Jazz
Band with vocalist Sheryl Adams and guest vocalist June Joplin
on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Comma Coffee
in Carson City. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across
the street from the state legislature building.
Mile High Jazz Band, which formed in 1997, has been playing
monthly at Comma Coffee since April 2001. To celebrate the
nine-year collaboration between the band and the coffee house,
anniversary cake will be served to patrons at the April 13
performance. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for
age 18 and under. Swing-dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.
The Mile High Jazz Band includes four trumpets, four trombones,
five saxophones, keyboard, guitar, bass, drums, and vocalist.
They will play about twenty tunes from their ever-expanding
repertoire of selections in the style of Basie, Ellington, and
more contemporary composers and arrangers. The performance is
funded, in part, by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council, a state
agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
For information about the Mile High Jazz Band, call 775-883-4154,
or visit their web site: www.MileHighJazz.com. For information
about other live music at Comma Coffee, call June Joplin (shown at
right) at 775-883-2662.
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May 2010
Tues., May 11, 2010 - MHJB performs
at Comma
Coffee - 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., Admission: $5 admission,
FREE age 18 and under
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Thurs., May 27, 2010 - Veterans Reunion Farewell
Dinner - Mile High
Jazz Band perform at Circus Circus in Reno for the 55th annual reunion of World
War II veterans ("China Burma India Veterans All West 2010 Reunion").
Performance from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. For information on this veterans' group, see
http://cbi-theater.home.comcast.net/~cbi-theater/menu/cbi_home.html. There
is a Wikipedia article about the China-Burma-India theater at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Burma_India_Theater_of_World_War_II. For
an even deeper view into this part of history, read Barbara Tuchman's
"Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-1945" (almost 800 pages,
including appendix, bibliography, notes, and index), an interesting book, especially
in light of the growing influence of China today.
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June 2010
Tues., June 8, 2010 - MHJB Presents "Winging It" -
Big-Band Jazz & Poetry in Carson City
at Comma
Coffee - 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Mile High Jazz Band Presents "Winging It," an evening of
Big-Band Jazz & Poetry in Carson City,
with vocalist Sheryl Adams and
award-winning poets/readers
Rita Geil, Krista Benjamin, Amy Roby, Amanda Thiebaud,
Lee Warner, Ross Cooper, and Daniel Gersten.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 8:00-10:00 p.m.
at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson St.
Admission: $5 general; free for age 18 and under.
Dance instruction from 6:00 to 7:15 p.m. is $5 additional. For
information: 775-883-4154 or MileHighJazz.com
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Tues., July 13, 2010
MHJB and Comma Coffee Present the Jazz Guys
While the Mile High Jazz Band takes a little break in July, the
"second Tuesday of the month" tradition continues at Comma Coffee with
The Jazz Guys presenting entertainment from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. in
Comma Courtyard. The Jazz Guys is made up of MHJB members Gil Linsley (trumpet
and flugelhorn, see picture), Dan Lancaster (saxes, clarinet, flute), and
George Worth (bass). They are joined by Mark Ashworth (drums), and Kenn Pettiford
(keyboard).
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August 2010
Tues., August 10, 2010 - MHJB performs
at Comma
Coffee - 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., Admission: $5 admission,
FREE age 18 and under
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Jazz! Carson City Music Festival
August 2010 is Jazz Month in Carson City
The summer of 2010 sizzles as Mile High Jazz Band Association, Carson City,
local businesses, and jazz lovers proudly continue the annual August
jazz festival started in 2004. This year, performances will be held
at multiple venues in Carson City, and will feature more than 100
musicians in over 20 bands. Main events are scheduled for August 20-22,
with lead-in performances starting August 8. All events are free,
except for a ticketed Jazz Brunch.
Outstanding regional and international jazz artists will play for
you at Third Street, the Farmers Market, Comma Courtyard, Firkin & Fox,
B'Sghetti's, the Brewery Arts Center, the Legislative Plaza and
Capitol Amphitheater, Glen Eagles, and other venues in Carson City.
Performers include Delta Wires, Reno Jazz Orchestra, Mile High
Jazz Band, New World Jazz Project, Colin Ross, Ken Davidson Trio,
Blues Assault, The Champagne Singers, Warren Walker Group, Jazz Guys,
Ake-Roth-Laurain Trio, Two Plus quintet, George Hanepen & Dallas Smith,
First Take, Dave Fritz, the Johnny Hamlin Trio, JB Gravity, Carson
High Jazz Band, and more!
A different youth group will be featured each week of the festival.
Strazz jazz and fiddle string ensemble will play on Sunday, August 8,
at the Legislative Plaza, the Carson High Jazz Band on Sunday, August
15, at the Capitol Amphitheater, and the BAC to Broadway Kids on
Saturday, August 21, at the Curry Street Pop-Up Park next to the
Farmers Market.
The Jazz Brunch on Sunday, August 15, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
at B'Sghetti's and Plan b, presents the incomparable vocal stylings
of Latisha Lewis and her quartet, with Rocky Tatarelli on sax, Dave
Kubin on keyboard, Mick Valentino on guitar, and Bill Heise on drums.
The brunch buffet includes specialty breakfast and lunch items,
mimosas, coffee, desserts, and gratuity. Buffet in the dining room,
drinks in the lounge, music throughout! Tickets, $22.50 in advance
and $25 at the door, are available at Play Your Own Music in the
Carson Mall, and online at ActivityTickets.com. For information,
call 775-461-0520.
Sponsors include Carson City, For the Love of Jazz, Nevada
Arts Council, and private donors. For more information,
see http://jazzcarsoncity.com.
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MHJB Performs at "Jazz! Carson City"
Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010
The Mile High Jazz Band will be performing at the "Jazz! Carson City"
music festival on Satuday, Aug. 21, 2010 (Count Basie's 106th birthday!),
on Third Street from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. The event is free! See
see http://jazzcarsoncity.com for other events.
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Millenium Bugs' first performance
at Mark Twain Cultural Center
Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010
Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 - doors open 6:00 p.m. Show starts 7:00 p.m.
Millennium Bugs Jazz Combo from the Mile High Jazz Band features
Dan Lancaster, sax, clarinet, & flute; Gil Linsley, trumpet & flugelhorn;
David Bugli, keyboard; George Worth, bass; and Mark Ashworth, drums
(note: Lee Warner is pictured with the group). They will
entertain you with Dixie, Ellington, Latin, & tunes from the "great American songbook
at the Mark Twain Cultural Center,
760 Mays Blvd., Suite 10, Incline Village - in the Village Center.
Bring your own picnic - chairs and tables provided.
Tickets: $19.99 general; $9.99 students,
available at www.ghostoftwain.com or 775-831-2820
Click here to
hear "The Days of Wine and Roses," as performed by the Millennium Bugs on 9/11/2010
at the Mark Twain Cultural Center, Incline Village, Nev.
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Mile High Jazz Band Presents "Blown Away"
A Jazz & Poetry Event in Carson City. September 14, 2010
The Mile High Jazz Band and vocalist Sheryl Adams will be joined
by several poets for a lively evening of big-band jazz music and
poetry on the topic "Blown Away," on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 8:00 to
10:00 p.m. The event will be at Comma Coffee on Comma Coffee, 312 S.
Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building
in Carson City. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.
Dance instruction from 6:00 to 7:15 p.m. is $5 additional.
David Bugli, leader and pianist for the Mile High Jazz Band, said
"We will explore many aspects of the expression 'blown away' in the poems
read and the musical selections played after each poem." The program will
feature award-winning poet/readers Rita Geil (pictured), Susan Sara Priest, Amy Roby,
Lee Warner, Ross Cooper, and Becca Ewert. For more information, call
the Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154, or visit the web site: MileHighJazz.com.
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Millenium Bugs' second performance
at Mark Twain Cultural Center
Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010
Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010 - doors open 6:00 p.m. Show starts 7:00 p.m.
Millennium Bugs Jazz Combo from the Mile High Jazz Band features
Dan Lancaster, sax, clarinet, & flute; Gil Linsley, trumpet & flugelhorn;
David Bugli, keyboard; George Worth, bass; and Mark Ashworth, drums
(note: Lee Warner is pictured with the group). They will
entertain you with Dixie, Ellington, Latin, & tunes from the "great American songbook
at the Mark Twain Cultural Center,
760 Mays Blvd., Suite 10, Incline Village - in the Village Center.
Bring your own picnic - chairs and tables provided.
Tickets: $19.99 general; $9.99 students,
available at www.ghostoftwain.com or 775-831-2820
Click here to
hear "The Days of Wine and Roses," as performed by the Millennium Bugs on 9/11/2010
at the Mark Twain Cultural Center, Incline Village, Nev.
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October 2010
Tues., October 12, 2010 - MHJB performs "Autumn Jazz"
at Comma
Coffee - 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., Admission: $5 admission,
FREE age 18 and under. 312 S. Carson Street, Carson City, NV. Dance instruction
6:00-7:15 p.m. is $5 additional.
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Mile High Jazz Band Presents "November Jazz" in Carson City
Nov. 9, 2010
The Mile High Jazz Band will perform "November Jazz," a program of
big-band jazz on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Comma
Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, across the street from the state
legislature building in Carson City. General admission is $5 at
the door; free for age 18 and under. Dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m.
is $5 additional.
The program, two days before Veterans Day, will include "American Patrol"
as a tribute to veterans. The band will play tunes in the style of
Basie, Ellington, and more contemporary composers. Mile High Jazz Band
features four trumpets, four trombones, five saxophones, keyboard,
guitar, bass, drums, and vocalist. The performance is funded, in part,
by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency, and the
National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
For information about November Jazz with the Mile High Jazz Band
and other live music at Comma Coffee, call June Joplin at 775-883-2662.
For information about the Mile High Jazz Band, call 775-883-4154,
or visit their web site: MileHighJazz.com.
Photo: Mile High Jazz Band musicians Dan Lancaster, Gil Linsley,
and George Worth in performance recently at the Mark Twain Cultural Center,
Incline Village, NV.
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Millennium Bugs perform Nov. 20, 2010,
with Ruby Mountain Symphony in Elko Nevada
The Millennium Bugs will perform on the Ruby Mountain
Symphony concert on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. at the Elko
Convention Center on a program called "It's About Time." David Bugli has
written a 15-minute work, also called "It's About Time," that will be premiered by
the Millennium Bugs with the Symphony, under the direction of the Symphony's conductor,
Henrik Jul Hansen, on the first half of the program. The new work is a
composition
which, in a non-rigorous way, covers some of the evolution of
jazz and pop music in the twentieth century and make reference to "time."
On the second half of the
program, the Millennium Bugs will perform a couple of tunes in a standard
combo format. Performing in the combo are Howard "Speedy" Garfin, on alto
sax, soprano sax, clarinet, and flute; Tom Styker on harmonica; David Bugli
on piano; Nathaniel Hamer on bass; and Lee Warner on drums.
For information about the Ruby Mountain Symphony, call 775-738-4187 or 775-738-4252.
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"Stocking Up"
Holiday Jazz and Poetry December 14, 2010, in Carson City
The Mile High Jazz Band and vocalist Sheryl Adams will be joined by
Rita Geil and other award-winning poets for an evening of big-band
jazz and poetry on Tuesday, December 14, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., at Comma
Coffee. The theme of the evening, "Stocking Up," relates to the
holidays and to life.
Poets/readers include Rita Geil, Terri Breeden, Krista Lukas,
Susan Sara Priest, Tracy McQuay, and Lee Warner. 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.
Swing dance instruction, 6:00-7:15 p.m. is $5 additional.
The Mile High Jazz Band plays at Comma Coffee on the second
Tuesday of each month, and poets join them every third month.
For more information, call 775-883-4154, or visit MileHighJazz.com.
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