Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

The Mile High Jazz Band, with vocalist Cindee LeVal, performs an evening of big-band jazz, "Cool Jazz in January," on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., at Comma Coffee. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under.

Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City.

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.

Millennium Bugs perform for Nevada Legislature's
2015 New Legislator Reception
at the Plaza Conference Center
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

The Millennium Bugs will perform for the 2015 New Legislator Reception at the Plaza Conference Center, Ninth St., Carson City, on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Millennium Bugs Play for Newcomers Club Luncheon
Thursday, January 22, 2015

The Millennium Bugs will play for the Reno-Sparks Newcomers Club Luncheon on Thursday, January 22, 2015, at the Atlantis Casino in Reno. For information on the event go to the Club's website at www.newcomersclubofreno-sparks.org.

Jazz Workshop for students
Saturday, January 24, 2015

On Saturday, January 24, 2015, the Mile High Jazz Band will present a jazz workshop for middle school and high school students. The workshop will be at Carson Middle School from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This event is not open to the public, but middle school and high school age musicians from Carson City may participate. There is no cost to participate.

Clinicians for the various sessions are Lee Warner (rhythm), Jef Derderian (improvisation), and Nat Kline (scales and chords). Warner is a veteran drummer and has performed with numerous bands, including the Mile High Jazz Band. Derderian and Kline are graduate students at UNR. Assisting them in instruction will be members of the Mile High Jazz Band.

For information, contact David Bugli at 775-883-4154. This event is funded in part by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council.

The workshop is being done in conjunction with the Jazz Extravaganza on the following Tuesday, January 27, 2015.

Mile High-Carson High Jazz Extravaganza
at the Carson City Community Center
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015

It's "big-band jazz times three" when the Mile High Jazz Band, Carson High Jazz Band, and Carson Middle School Jazz Band present the 12th annual combined concert, the Mile High-Carson High Jazz Extravaganza, on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 7:00 p.m., in the Bob Boldrick Theater at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street, Carson City. The Extravaganza is sponsored by the Mile High Jazz Band Association and the Carson City Band Association as a benefit for Carson High instrumental music programs.

Tickets prices are $12 general admission, $10 students and seniors (62+), and $5 for youth age 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased in advance from Carson High Band members, online at MileHighJazz.com, or at the door. For information, call the Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154.

The Extravaganza will feature three big bands, vocalist Cindee LeVal, combo performances, and the traditional grand finale combining the forces of all the musicians. Refreshments and raffle prizes will be on sale in the lobby. "We're pleased to perform with the high school and middle school jazz bands again," said David Bugli, Mile High Jazz Band leader and pianist. "The student music ensembles are great, and they deserve community support."

The Carson High Jazz Band (pictured at right) attends and competes at jazz festivals each year and has performed at community events throughout Carson City. Directed by Bill Zabelsky, the band is a zero-hour class at Carson High School designed to teach students about jazz - the music that began in America and has spread throughout the world. The Carson Middle School Jazz Band is directed by Nick Jacques, who also plays tenor sax in Mile High Jazz Band.

The Mile High Jazz Band, a professional big-band, plays regularly in northern Nevada, including monthly performances and quarterly Jazz and Poetry events at Comma Coffee. They sponsor the annual Jazz & Beyond: Carson City Music Festival 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.

For more information, call Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154 or see MileHighjazz.com.

Here is a letter printed in the Feb. 1, 2015, Nevada Appeal Students able to showcase musical talents thanks to community On Jan. 27, the Mile High-Carson High Jazz Extravaganza XII performed at the Carson City Community Center, and for the second year in a row, the Royal Blue Jazz Band of Carson Middle School participated in this fundraiser for the Carson High and Carson Middle School band and orchestra programs. For those two hours, you get to see a new generation of student musicians performing with high-caliber, experienced musicians. These kids, from preteen and up, are being rewarded with the opportunity to showcase their efforts, and everyone there can experience how much their musical educations matter, and how the community can continue to drive them forward. Some of the jazz pieces show advanced, mature skills for such young musicians. Rather than just providing a venue or a time slated for children to perform, the Jazz Extravaganza showcases exceptional talent. The entire music community is essentially harnessed to get our future musicians pushed forward to the next level. Although the combined benefit has been around for more than 12 years for the benefit of Carson High School, from 2013 until 2015, for two years, CMS has been able to participate. Due to the decision by Ellie and David Bugli as well as Bill Zabelsky, faculty of Carson High School, Carson Middle School now has two years behind its belt of joining in. Not only is it a fundraising exercise, but it's really a night of music and jazz, where the ability and talents of the directors of these two incredible bands essentially take on compositions and music well over their expectations of a High School and Middle School student concert. Nick Jacques of Carson Middle School Jazz Band selected, among others, "All Blues" by Miles Davis, "Go Tell It on the Mountain," arranged for jazz and a Latin jazz piece, written by Dizzy Gillespie. Bill Zabelsky of Carson High School selected for his group exciting pieces with solos of many of his students, including "Blue Train" by John Coltrane. The evening rounded off with Mile High Jazz Band, and following, a grand finale of all the bands on stage, about 60 musicians total, grouping for "Blues in Hoss Flat," featuring solos from the pros and the students alike. You get the impression, when you see all the players working together, that the music community is positively and successfully investing their tine and efforts with the kids to really show what we can accomplish as a group. It is astonishing to see middle school students playing some pretty hard selections, which they had only had been practicing for three weeks. I asked Nick Jacques how he selected the right songs for the kids, and he stated he looks at the band's individual members, and picks something that challenges them, pushes them forward, and also fits their special abilities. The selection must be fun, educational, not too easy or hard, and not too long. The kids know what good music sounds like, because they listen to a lot of songs and performances in their jazz band class. The additional part of CMS's Jazz Band program is that it is an extracurricular activity, meeting before school starts, so the children are volunteering their time. Jacques is also to be taking the Royal Jazz Band to competition this year for the Reno Jazz Festival in April. In addition, some excellent opportunities for the students have been around for about two academic years now. This year, a Jazz Workshop was held at Carson Middle School this weekend, by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council written by David and Ellie Bugli. Three professional musicians offered workshops last Saturday, Jan. 24, at Carson Middle School to about 21 students, and received personal, hands on practice in scales and chords, improvisation, and rhythm. We owe a lot in the community to these kids, their parents, and the talent of these amazing band directors, as well as a huge thanks to the Mile High Jazz Band. Kelly Anne Figueroa Carson City Published in the Nevada Appeal, 2/1/2015

Mile High Jazz Band performs "Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts" at Comma Coffee
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Treat your Valentine to a Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts, an evening of sweet and hot big-band music with singers Cindee LaVal, pictured at left, and June Joplin at Comma Coffee on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 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; free for age 18 and under.

Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts features the 19-member Mile High Jazz Band 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 live music at Comma Coffee, call June Joplin at 775-883-2662 or see CommaCoffee.com. For information about the Mile High Jazz Band, call 775-883-4154 or see milehighjazz.com.

Jazz & Poetry: "Open Windows"
Mile High Jazz Band Performs at Comma Coffee
March 10, 2015

The Mile High Jazz Band performs "Jazz & Poetry" at Comma Coffee on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The theme for the night is "Open Windows."

We will be joined by poet/readers Rita Geil, Terri Breeden, Roy Chavez, Joe Crowley, Tracy McQuay, Susan Sara Priest, Timothy Rhodes, Sheila Steele, and Lee Warner.

Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

Mile High Jazz Band Performs at Comma Coffee
April 14, 2015

For 14 years, Mile High Jazz Band has been playing at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, on the second Tuesday of every month, thanks to the cooperation of Comma Coffee owner, June Joplin (pictured at right with David Bugli at last year's anniversary gig). Come celebrate this milestone with us on April 14, 2015! Hear sensational big-band music with vocalists Cindee LeVal and June Joplin, and enjoy anniversary cake at intermission. General admission is $5 at the door, and it's free for age 18 and under.

The Mile High Jazz Band includes trumpets, trombones, saxophones, keyboard, guitar, bass, drums, and singers. 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 supported, in part, with public funding through 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.

"Jazz & Beyond" Volunteers Planning
for 2015 Music Festival

The "Jazz and Beyond: Carson City Music Festival" held a kick-off meeting for organizers and potential volunteers on October 7, 2014, at the Carson City Chamber of Commerce Conference Room, 1200 S. Carson St., Carson City. This year's festival is scheduled to run from Aug. 7 to 23 at multiple locations in Carson City.

"Jazz & Beyond is a homegrown event that celebrates the talent of our region and relies on many local citizens who donate their time and effort," said committee co-chair David Bugli, president of the Mile High Jazz Band Association. "Your participation on the organizing committee can help make this, our eleventh year, a great success. Volunteers, sponsors, and advertisers help us make the event one of the best in the area, and keep most performances admission free."

The festival, which began in 2004, is presented by Mile High Jazz Band Association, Carson City, local businesses, and music lovers. Most festival events will be downtown. Last year, the Jazz & Beyond Festival featured 60 performances and over 100 performers. Beyond jazz, it included bluegrass, blues, rock, and more. Free events, including Sunday afternoon concerts on the grounds of the Legislature, attracted large crowds. Information about last year's festival can be found at http://milehighjazz.com/jazzcarsoncity.htm.

For information about volunteer positions, sponsorships, ad rates, and festival details, see JazzCarsonCity.com or call the Mile High Jazz Band Association at 775-883-4154.

Drummer Lee Warner Dead at Ago 60

I have the sad duty to report that Lee Warner, long time drummer with the Mile High Jazz Band and the Millennium Bugs, died Monday morning, May 11, 2015. Lee, one could say, was a driving force in the Mile High Jazz Band. I had the privilege to work with him since 2005 in various capacities: drummer, teacher, narrator, poetry reader, etc. Three or so years ago, when he knew he had the brain cancer and had his operation, he exhibited an inspiring recovery, but he knew it was likely the cancer would come back. Undiminished in his energies, he took on many projects and kept up his skills and positive outlook. If others did not take inspiration from him these last few years, it's probably because you did not know him as deeply as others.

-- David Bugli

"Jazz & Beyond" Carson City Music Festival
for 2015 Music Festival

The 2015 "Jazz and Beyond: Carson City Music Festival" is scheduled to run from Aug. 7 to 23 at multiple locations in Carson City.

Jazz & Beyond is a homegrown event that celebrates the talent of our region and relies on many local citizens who donate their time and effort. Volunteers, sponsors, and advertisers help us make the event one of the best in the area, and keep most performances admission free.

The festival, which began in 2004, is presented by Mile High Jazz Band Association, Carson City, local businesses, and music lovers. Most festival events will be downtown. Last year, the Jazz & Beyond Festival featured 60 performances and over 100 performers. Beyond jazz, it included bluegrass, blues, rock, and more. Free events, including Sunday afternoon concerts on the grounds of the Legislature, attracted large crowds. Information about the festival can be found at http://milehighjazz.com/jazzcarsoncity.htm.

For information about volunteer positions, sponsorships, ad rates, and festival details, see JazzCarsonCity.com or call the Mile High Jazz Band Association at 775-883-4154.

Mile High Jazz Band Performs at Comma Coffee
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

The Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

(Note: This performance was dedicated to the memory of Lee Warner, drummer with the Mile High Jazz Band and the Millennium Bugs.)

Mile High Summer Jazz Camp
June 1-5, 2015

Mile High Jazz Band Association, in cooperation with Carson Middle School, is starting a new, one-week Jazz Camp, with sessions for middle- and high-school musicians, June 1-5, 2015, in the band room at Carson Middle School, 1140 W. King St. in Carson City. Both sessions are open to students from Carson City and surrounding areas in northern Nevada and California.

The introductory Jazz Explorers Camp, from 9:00 to 10:15 a.m. each day, is for middle-school students who want a sample of what playing jazz music is all about. It includes learning improvisation skills, rock, Latin, and swing styles. The registration fee of $25 includes music, instruction, and snacks.

The Jazz Ensemble Camp, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. each day, is for experienced middle-school musicians and any high-school musicians including graduated seniors. Students will prepare pieces that cover rock, Latin, and swing styles. Registration fee of $40 includes music, instruction, snacks, t-shirt, and a performance with the Mile High Jazz Band on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. at Comma Coffee.

Organizer-director is Nick Jacques, instrumental music director at Carson Middle School, with guest instructors from the Mile High Jazz Band. Advance registration is required. Students can register online at www.cmsbands.org. Payment by cash or check payable to "MHJB" is due the first day of camp. Some scholarships will be available. For more information, contact Nick Jacques at 775-283-2867 or njacques@carson.k12.nv.us.

Mile High Jazz Band Presents
"Now Cut That Out!"
Jazz & Poetry at Comma Coffee
Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Mile High Jazz Band with vocalists Cindee LeVal and June Joplin will be joined by seven poets and readers for "Now Cut That Out," a lively evening of big-band jazz music and poetry. The event will be on Tuesday, June 9, 7:00-9:30 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 open with the Mile High Summer Jazz Camp Ensemble, a youth jazz band led by Nick Jacques. The poetry, beginning at 7:30 p.m., will be read by Rita Geil, Terri Breeden, Joe Crowley, Tracy McQuay, Amy Roby, Sophia Whately, and the Nevada winner of the 2015 Poetry Out Loud competition, Dominique Groffman. Some of the poems are originals by the readers. Each will be followed by a big-band tune that relates to the poem.

This event is supported in part by public funding through a grant from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, call the Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154, or visit the web site: MileHighJazz.com.

Mile High Jazz Band Assoc. Annual Meeting
for Members, Musicians, and Guests
Thursday, June 25, 2015

The Mile High Jazz Band Association will be holding its Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 25, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. at a private home in Carson City. Mile High Jazz Band musicians, MHJB Association members, and guests are invited. For information, reservation, and directions, please e-mail ehbugli@aol.com or call 775-883-4154,

The meal is a potluck - please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Main dish and beverages will be provided. Musicians are invited to bring instruments for possible jam session.

The potluck and annual membership meeting will be preceded by a brief meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Mile High Jazz Band Performs
July Jazz Under the Stars at Comma Coffee
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

The Mile High Jazz Band performs at Comma Coffee on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. It's Bastille Day, so we hope that folks will be knocking down the doors to get in! (Actually, if the weather is good, it will be outside in Comma Courtyard.) Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

Pictured at left: MHJB vocal soloist Cindee LeVal, who brings taste, humor, and dedication to her interpretations of songs.

Jazz & Beyond Wins Best Annual Event Award
from Carson City Chamber of Commerce
Monday, June 29, 2015

At the Carson City Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting, held in the old Nevada State Prison on June 29, the Chamber awarded the "Best Annual Event" award for 2015 to the Jazz & Beyond Music Festival. The festival was selected by the Chamber's Executive Committee. The event was on the 70th anniversary of the Chamber of Commerce's founding and was held in the old prison to familiarize the public with the goal of turning the prison, which is older than the state itself, into a museum and tourist attraction.

For more information about the festival, go to JazzCarsonCity.com. For more information about the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society, go to http://www.nspps.org.

Millennium Bugs Perform at St. James Infirmary
in Reno for Artown
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

The Millennium Bugs perform at St. James Infirmary, 445 California Ave., Reno as part of Artown on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The event is presented by the Mile High Jazz Band Association.

"Jazz & Beyond" Carson City Music Festival
August 7 to 23, 2015

(Dateline: June 9, 2015) Mile High Jazz Band Association and Carson City present the 12th Annual Jazz & Beyond Festival. It features 17 days of Music and Art at multiple venues in Carson City, August 7-23, 2015.

"Jazz & Beyond is a homegrown event celebrating the talent of our region and relying on many local music fans who donate their time and effort," said committee co-chair David Bugli, President of the Mile High Jazz Band Assoc. "Volunteers, sponsors, and advertisers help us make the event one of the best in the area, and keep most performances admission free."

Festival organizers are seeking additional business and private sponsors, program advertisers, and volunteers. For invitation to a preliminary event for volunteers and information on rates for sponsorships and program ads, call Mile High Jazz Band at 775-883-4154.

The festival opens on August 7 at the historic Bliss mansion. An art show on the porch begins at 3:00 p.m., tours of the mansion at 4:00 and 5:00, and a performance by Cherie and John Shipley with Take This on the lawn at 6:30 p.m.

Three Sunday afternoon concerts on the grounds of the Legislature - August 9, 16, and 23 - always attract large crowds. Bands include Leslie Alice & Bill Hecht, Carolyn Dolan Band, The Red Tango, RVGS Bigger Band, CeCe Gable Band, and the Reno Jazz Orchestra.

Free concerts also will be held at Carson Mall, Comma Coffee Courtyard, the Brewery Arts Center, and other downtown Carson City venues. Special events are a Motown music lecture and concert, Speakeasy Swing Dance, a Drum Summit, and a Count Basie 111th Birthday concert. A full schedule of events (subject to change) is available on the website JazzCarsonCity.com.

Millennium Bugs play at Comma Coffee
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015

As part of the "Jazz & Beyond Music Festival," the Millennium Bugs will play at Comma Coffee on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The second Tuesday of the month is the usual night for the Mile High Jazz Band to perform at Comma Coffee, but the MHJB will be performing on Third Street on Aug. 21.

Millennium Bugs play for Ice Cream Social
Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015

As part of the "Jazz & Beyond Music Festival," the Millennium Bugs will play from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Foreman-Roberts House Museum on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, for the Carson City Historical Society Ice Cream Social. The event is free. Ice cream may be purchased at the event.

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The annual Carson City Historical Society Ice Cream Social is Saturday, August 15, 2015, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Foreman-Roberts House Museum, 2107 N. Carson St., Carson City. Free entertainment will be provided by the Millennium Bugs. The Carson City Historical Society sponsors this event. The event is presented in conjunction with the "Jazz & Beyond - Carson City Music Festival," which runs through August 23.

Enjoy ice cream and other refreshments for only $3. Enjoy Native American artistry and project, and learn about history. Exhibitors will be at the event to discuss and demonstrate beading, "kid craft" (wood building projects for kids with Jim De Magistris), pegboard weaving, pine needle baskets, rug braiding, and long rifle manufacturing (with C.J. Birch).

Original paintings donated by Carson City artists will be raffled off. The winning tickets will be announced at 7:30 p.m.

If you have questions, contact Gary Cain at 775-885-7643.

Mile High Jazz Bands plays
Count Basie 111th Birthday Party
Friday, Aug. 21, 2015

Come hear a free concert by the Mile High Jazz Band on Aug. 21, 2015, celebrating the 111th birthday of Count Basie. This free event is on Third Street from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. and is part of the Jazz & Beyond Music Festival.

Jazz & Beyond 2015 was a big success

Aug. 27, 2015 - Thank you, Carson City, for making Jazz & Beyond a big success. This was the twelfth year of presenting a music festival in August. Our performances were well attended and, judging from the comments we've received, the entertainment was well received.

Mark your calendars for the 2016 version of Jazz & Beyond, currently scheduled to run August 5-21, 2016. For information about the festival, see JazzCarsonCity.com.

Mile High Jazz Band Performs "True Lies & Lullabies"
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015

The Mile High Jazz Band presents a "Jazz & Poetry" event called "True Lies and Lullabies" at CommaCoffee.com on Tuesday, Date, 2015, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The event will feature poets/readers Rita Geil, Wayne Carlson, Joe Crowley, Krista Lukas, and Susan Sara Priest. Comma Coffee is at 312 S. Carson Street, Carson City.

Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under. For further information, call 775-883-4154.

RIP - Saxophonist Gerry Wright

Gerry Wright died in California on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at 9:30 p.m. after a brief illness. There will be a memorial service at the Lifepoint Church, 1095 Stephanie Way, Minden, Nev., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. Family requests that you please bring any photos you have of Gerry playing his sax.

Gerry was a member of the Mile High Jazz Band from 2000 to 2009 and mostly played baritone sax in that group. After his retirement from playing that big instrument with the band, he continued to play in the area. He fronted a number of shows with some top-rank northern Nevada talent at the old plan:b microlounge and contributed performances to the Jazz & Beyond festival with singer Latisha Lewis. He frequented the local jazz jams at plan:B, Sassafras, and other locations playing fluid solos on the soprano saxophone.

Gerry Wright came to Carson City in late 2000 from Oxnard, CA. His experience in Oxnard was as a member of a big band, The Swing Shift, in which he played lead tenor for almost 20 years. During those years he fronted two small groups of six to seven men and vocalist, back when there was a lot of work. Being so close to Los Angeles, he got chances to play with some "heavy people." He learned a lot, despite no formal training. He once remarked, "I just love to play. I have often said that when I go, I want it to be with a horn in my hands." Many of us got to enjoy his playing, within the last year or two.

Mile High Jazz Band Performs at Comma Coffee
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015

As the days grow short, the Mile High Jazz Band is preparing "Autumn Jazz," a program of big-band music with vocalists Jakki Ford and June Joplin, on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street. General admission is $5 at the door; free for age 18 and under.

Among the tunes planned for the program are "Early Autumn," as a nod to the fall season; "Sweet Georgia Brown," long associated with basketball's Harlem Globetrotters; "The Heat's On"; and "Whodunnit?," the band's tribute to Halloween.

Autumn Jazz 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. The performance also commemorates National Arts and Humanities month, a coast-to-coast recognition of the importance of culture in America.

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.

Pictured: Jakki Ford will perform with Mile High Jazz Band at Comma Coffee on October 13.

Mile High Jazz Band Performs at Comma Coffee
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015

The Mile High Jazz Band performs at CommaCoffee.com on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Singer Cindee LeVal (pictured) will be featured in several tunes. Come out and enjoy tunes such as "Good Bye, Pork Pie Hat," "Cute," "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," and "The Glory of Love." This will be a short-format performance, with no intermission.

Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

Mile High Jazz Band Presents "Jazz & Poetry"
"You Better Watch Out"
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015

The Mile High Jazz Band and vocalists Cindee LeVal and June Joplin will be joined by Rita Geil and other award-winning poets and readers for an evening of big-band jazz and poetry on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., at CommaCoffee.com. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under.

Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City.

The theme of the evening, "You Better Watch Out" relates to the holidays and to life situations. Poets and readers are Rita Geil, Wayne Carlson, Krista Lukas, Tracy McQuay, Tim Rhodes, and Sheila Steele. Jazz tunes relating to the poetry will follow each reading.

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.

Photo: Poet Rita Geil (pictured) will perform in Mile High Jazz Band's "You Better Watch Out" Holiday Jazz and Poetry event on December 8.