Two sets by the Sweet and Hot Quartet: Jeff Barnhart, Bob Leary, Anne Barnhart, and Steve Pikal (Friday) and Hal Smith (Sunday). There will be a jam session set by the “EJF All-Stars”: Marc Caparone, cornet Eric Staffeldt, trombone Roger Campbell, clarinet Rory Thomas, banjo Jeff Barnhart, piano Ryan Gould, string bass Kevin Dorn, drums. Pianists Brian Holland, Carl Sonny Leyland, and Jeff Barnhart will perform three trio sets on two pianos in the wonderful Evergreen church: beware of flying black and white ivories! Multi-instrumentalist Dennis Lichtman’s Brain Cloud(yes, the name is strange - from a Bob Wills song - but the music is intoxicating) featuring Dennis on clarinet, fiddle, mandolin, and more, also with the phenomenal vocalist Tamar Korn and our man in swing Kevin Dorn, drums. The names alone will tell you that hot music is assured. The frolicsome Rock Island Roustabouts- co-led by Hal Smith, drums, and Jeff Barnhart, with Dave Kosmyna, cornet Doug Finke, trombone Jonathan Doyle, reeds Bob Leary, banjo/guitar Ryan Gould, string bass. World-travelers Ivory&Gold- that’s Jeff Barnhart, piano and vocals Anne Barnhart, flute and vocals - who offer musical world tours that always surprise. They are Brian Holland, piano Danny Coots, drums Marc Caparone, cornet and vocal Evan Arntzen, reeds and vocal Steve Pikal, string bass. The Holland-Coots Jazz Quintet- a band I succumbed to instantly last year in Nashville, where they recorded their debut CD, a tribute to Fats Waller that brought happiness and swing. Since I am an out-of-towner, I have no problem putting my fellow o-o-t women and men first - a kind of upside-down local pride.Ĭarl Sonny Leyland will be rocking the house once again (even the elk were doing splendid rhythmic gyrations in the parking lot). You can sleep on Monday, or on the plane.Ī few words about the bands (you can read full descriptions on the EJF site). Hereis the schedule: eleven hours on Friday, twelve hours on Saturday, seven hours on Sunday. The Evergreen Jazz Festival offers ten bands, which means that the main problem most guests will have can be expressed by “I can’t decide between seeing X, Y, or Z,” rather than by “There’s nothing to do.” The music and the dancers were truly memorable. My videos cannot convey the great warm welcome that Dorothy and friends extend to anyone walking through the barn doors. More about the 2018 band lineup below.īut since Carl’s Trio is more or less intact with the splendid Jeff Hamilton on drums (I believe Marty Eggers is playing string bass instead of our friend Clint Baker) I have no qualms about sharing this 2016 post with you. However, by typing EVERGREEN into this blog’s search engine, you can enjoy the evidence for many hours. The EJF rotates its out-of-state attractions, so although I have twenty posts (with video evidence!) from my trips there in 20, I don’t feel it’s right to use videos from bands that won’t be there in 2018 to promote the current festival. Such opportunities for musical joy and fulfillment still exist, and one of them is the double boon of the Evergreen Jazz Festival in Colorado, and the barn dance concert that Dorothy Bradford Vernon and friends put on in Longmont, in the same state - they coincide most happily.įor those who want to go directly to the source(s), hereyou can learn all about the barn dance - featuring the Carl Sonny Leyland Trio - and hereis the official site for the Evergreen Jazz Festival, a long weekend of beautiful music. Double rainbow, Evergreen, Colorado, 2014.
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