Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012
Mile High Jazz Band Presents "Cool Jazz in January"

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 10, 2012, 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 perform hot jazz on a cold night, featuring music in the spirit of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Woody Herman, and more contemporary jazz styles selected from their repertoire of more than 100 charts. 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.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Ninth Annual Mile High-Carson High
Jazz Extravaganza
at the Carson City Community Center

It's "big-band jazz times two" when the Mile High Jazz Band presents the ninth annual Mile High-Carson High Jazz Extravaganza, on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 7:30 p.m., at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., Carson City. The concert, sponsored by the Carson High Jazz Band and the Mile High Jazz Band Association, is a benefit for the Carson High Jazz Band programs.

Tickets prices are $12.00 general admission, $10.00 students and seniors, and $5.00 for youth age 12 and under. Tickets are available from Carson High School music students. Tickets are also available at Play Your Own Music in the Carson Mall. Call 775-883-4154 for up-to-date ticket information. Tickets can be ordered online via Activity Tickets at http://carsoncity.activitytickets.com/activity/108. A service charge applies for online sales.

The Extravaganza will include two big bands, a combo performance, and a grand finale combining the forces of both big bands. "I am pleased that the Mile High Jazz Band has been asked to support the high school jazz band again," said David Bugli, Mile High Jazz Band 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. With support from the Jazz Extravaganza and other fundraisers, the Carson High Jazz Band plans to attend the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho, towards the end of February. The band has played for the 2009 Carson City Chamber of Commerce holiday party at the Railroad Museum, 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.

The Mile High Jazz Band, 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. Mile High Jazz Band 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.

(Photo of "intergenerational combo" performing on the 2010 Jazz Extravaganza.)

Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
"Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts" on Valentines Day

Treat your Valentine to a Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts, an evening of sweet and hot big-band music at Comma Coffee on Valentine's Day, Tuesday, February 14, 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 with vocalist Sheryl Adams, presenting jazzy versions of favorite love songs for Valentine's Day, and other swinging, big-band selections. Highlights of the evening include guest soloist Gerry Wright, soprano sax, playing "When I Fall in Love" and "My Funny Valentine," and guest vocalist Michael Coleman singing "What a Wonderful World" and "Beyond the Sea." 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 live music at Comma Coffee, call June Joplin at 775-883-2662 or see www.commacoffee.com. For information about the Mile High Jazz Band, call 775-883-4154 or see milehighjazz.com.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Mile High Jazz Band presents
"Potluck: A Smorgasbord of Poems and Big-Band Jazz"

The Mile High Jazz Band and vocalist Sheryl Adams will be joined by several poets and readers and guest vocalist June Joplin for a lively evening of big-band jazz music and poetry with a new twist. For "Potluck: A Smorgasbord of Poems and Big-Band Jazz," poets names will be drawn from a hat for each reading, followed by a big band tune. The event will be on Tuesday, March 13, 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. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

The program will feature award-winning poets and readers Krista Lukas, Tracy McQuay, Wayne Carlson, Lee Warner, Terri Breeden, and Joe Crowley. For more information, call the Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154, or visit the web site: MileHighJazz.com.

Shown above left is former UNR President and poet Joe Crowley.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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 Michael Coleman on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 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 eleven-year collaboration between the band and the coffee house, anniversary cake will be served to patrons at the April 10 performance. 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.

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: MileHighJazz.com. For information about other live music at Comma Coffee, call June Joplin at 775-883-2662.

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 presents Jazz & Poetry
Big Band Jazz and a Menagerie of Poems About Animals

The Mile High Jazz Band and guest vocalist Pat Esters (pictured at left) will be joined by several poets and readers for a lively evening of big-band music and poetry with an animal theme. Poets names will be drawn from a hat for each reading, followed by a big band tune. The event will be on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., at Comma Coffee, outdoors in the courtyard, weather permitting. 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, 6:00-7:15 p.m., is $5 additional.

The program will feature award-winning poets and readers Krista Lukas, Rita Geil, Susan Sara Priest, Amy Roby, Joe Crowley, and Teresa Breeden. Guest vocalist guest vocalist Pat Esters will perform with the Mile High Jazz Band for the first time. For more information, call the Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154, or visit the web site: MileHighJazz.com.

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.

Sunday, June 24, 2012
MJHB Association Annual Meeting

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. Mile High Jazz Band musicians, MHJB Association members, and guests are invited. Please bring a side dish, salad, or dessert to share (and an instrument if you want to jam). For information, reservation, and directions, please e-mail ehbugli@aol.com, or call MHJB at 775-883-4154 or Betty Young at 775-885-6830.

Saturday, June 30, 2012
Colin Ross in Concert at Carson City Library

Mile High Jazz Band Association presents composer and multi-instrumentalist Colin Ross with his band on Saturday, June 30, 2012, 4:00 p.m., at the Carson City Library, 900 N. Roop Street, Carson City, Nev. They will play from their vast repertoire of original and traditional jazz, boogie-woogie, blues, swing, rockabilly, and Americana. Instruments include keyboards, guitars, folk instruments, percussion, and more. Colin is joined by Bryan Jenkins on drums and Jerry Spikula on bass.

Ross, an American Masterpiece Grant recipient, performs and presents educational programs throughout the west. He has released five CDs on his label Oharaross Productions. In 2009, Mile High Jazz Band Association sponsored Ross in assemblies and workshops for about 1,000 elementary- and middle-school students in Carson City. He has been a favorite performer at the annual August Carson City music festivals, now called Jazz & Beyond, since the first one in 2004.

This concert is appropriate for all ages. Tickets are $10 general admission; free for age 18 and under. Tickets are available at Play Your Own Music in the Carson Mall, online at ActivityTickets.com (see "BUY NOW" button, below), and at the door. For information, call the Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154, or see MileHighJazz.com.

Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sample of Soul at Carson Mall

The Mile High Jazz Band and Carson Mall present Sample of Soul - B-Honee (Barbara Woodard on vocals) and Tall Paul (Paul Unruh on keyboard and trombone), with Joe Shelley, on sax. It's a little jazz and a little blues. Sunday, July 8, 2012, noon to 2:00 p.m., inside the Carson Mall. Admission is free.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The Mile High Jazz Band with guest vocalist Pat Esters present an evening of "Big-band Jazz Under the Stars" at Comma Courtyard on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. The courtyard is adjacent to Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, which is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. Admission is $5 general, free for age 18 and under. Salsa dance instruction from 6:00 to 7:15 p.m., inside Comma Coffee is $5 additional.

"Come hear the music and dance under the stars!" said David Bugli, leader and pianist for the Mile High Jazz Band. "We'll play a great mix of your old favorites and some newer tunes. If it rains, we'll move the show indoors." For information call the Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154, or visit their web site: MileHighJazz.com.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

The Mile High Jazz Band plays for the opening ceremonies (2:00-5:00 p.m.) for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life event in Carson City at Carson High School.

Friday, July 20, 2012
Millennium Bugs play for private gathering

On Friday, July 20, 2012, the Millennium Bugs play for a private gathering in Gardnerville from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Millennium Bugs at Lazy 5 Regional Park

The Millennium Bugs will play on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Lazy 5 Regional Park, 7100 Pyramid Way, Sparks. This is a free event, open to the public. It is part of the 8-week long 7th Annual Summer Music Series presented by the Washoe County Department of Regional Parks and Open Space. The concerts are outside in the lovely outdoor setting of the park. The concerts are family oriented and free to the public. Last year the parks department averaged 800 audience members per concert.

The 2012 "Jazz & Beyond: Carson City Music Festival" (formerly called "Jazz! Carson City" Music Festival) runs from Aug. 3 to Aug. 19, 2012.

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

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

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." Vocal soloists are Jakki Ford, Sheryl Adams, and Pat Esters.

Friday, September 7, 2012
Millennium Bugs Perform at Silver Oak Golf Club

The Millennium Bugs, a five-piece combo affiliated with the Mile High Jazz Band, will perform on Friday, September 7, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., at Silver Oak Golf Club and Event Center, 1251 Country Club Drive, Carson City. Admission is free.

The musicians are Gil Linsley, trumpet; Dan Lancaster, sax, flute, clarinet; David Bugli, keyboard and trombone; Charles DiLaura, bass (sitting in for George Worth); and Neil Strocchio, drums. The group plays a variety of jazz styles for listening and dancing.

"You are likely to hear hard-hitting Dixieland, mellow Ellington tunes, a touch of Latin jazz, and other tunes from the 'great American Songbook'," said Bugli. "Each member is an accomplished improviser, so each show is refreshingly spontaneous. Don't be surprised if you feel like dancing."

The Millennium Bugs performed recently at Lazy 5 Regional Park in Sparks for Washoe County's annual Summer Music Series and at the Coleman-Roberts House Park and Comma Coffee Courtyard for the Jazz & Beyond: Carson City Music Festival.

Silver Oak Golf Club is located at 1251 Country Club Drive, Carson City, NV 89703 (phone 775-841-7000). To get to the clubhouse, from Carson Street, turn west on College Parkway (towards the Western Nevada College campus). Take the first right, onto GS Richards Blvd. Go around the traffic circle three quarters of the way and take a right onto County Club Drive to the clubhouse.

Shown in picture: pianist David Bugli with guest artist Chuck DiLaura.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Mile High Jazz Band presents "Tried and True"
Big Band Jazz and Poetry

The Mile High Jazz Band with vocalist Sheryl Adams will be joined by several poets and readers for an evening of big-band music and poetry on the theme "Tried and True." Each poem read will be followed by a related big-band tune. The event will be on Tuesday, September 12, 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. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

The program will feature award-winning poets and readers Rita Geil, Susan Sara Priest, Amy Roby, and others. For more information, call the Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154, or visit the web site: MileHighJazz.com.

(Photo: Poet Amy Roby will read at Mile High Jazz Band's Jazz & Poetry September 11.)

Saturday, September 29, 2012

The Millennium Bugs play for a wedding reception at The Grove at South Creek in Reno from 3:45 to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Mile High Jazz Band presents "Autumn Jazz"

Mile High Jazz Band presents Autumn Jazz, a program of big-band music with vocalist Sheryl Adams on Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 7:30-9:30 p.m. (new, earlier time) at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street. Comma Coffee 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.

This performance is part of World Music Days, an annual global event affirming the ideals of tolerance, friendship, and shared humanity, inspired by the life and work of journalist and musician Daniel Pearl.

Mile High Jazz Band is funded, in part, by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and Carson City.

For information about Autumn Jazz and the Mile High Jazz Band Band, call 775-883-4154, or see the website MileHighJazz.com. For information on other events at Comma Coffee, call June Joplin at 775-883-2662 or see the website CommaCoffee.com.

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

Mile High Jazz Band will perform for the Battle Born Days USO Dance Friday, Oct 26, 2012, at the Carson Nugget, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee from 7:30 to 9:30 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.

"Just Desserts" - Holiday Jazz and Poetry event at Comma Coffee
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012

The Mile High Jazz Band and vocalists Sheryl Adams & Liz Eubanks will be joined by Rita Geil and other award-winning poets for an evening of big-band jazz and poetry on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., at Comma Coffee. The theme of the evening, "Just Desserts," relates to the holidays and to life. Poems will be read by poets Rita Geil, Amy Roby, Susan Sara Priest, Krista Lukas, and by drummer 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.

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.

Pictured at right: Rita Geil dressed as Mrs. Claus, at a previous Holiday Jazz & Poetry event at Comma Coffee.