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It’s the easiest and most fun gift you can give this year: a gift card to Dazzle.

New Year’s Eve at Dazzle

Retro, Reimagined

7PM

Live Music, One Set

Dance Floor

Costume Contest (optional) with Prizes

10PM

Live Music, Two Sets

Dance Floor

Costume Contest

Complimentary Champagne Toast at Midnight

It's a nostalgic video game extravaganza! Come party with us as we cap off 2023 with some classic video game music (and maybe some TV and film music too) with your friendly neighborhood cover band, Nostal-jazz! Level up your NYE night with an early dinner show, or hang with us late night as we ring in the New Year.

The dinner menu features many of the Dazzle favorites you've come to love like the Charcuterie Board and Beer Cheese Fondue, and adds some special New Year's Eve dishes based on seasonally available ingredients.

Wear your best costume and win prizes. That's right, we're having a costume contest too! We might even play co-op with some special guests... stay tuned!

Costume Contest Prizes Include:

Tickets to DCPA Spring Theater Company

Tickets to Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra concert at the Arvada Center

Tickets to selected Northglenn Arts

Clyfford Still Museum prize packages

Novo Coffee wooden nickles for a complimentary drink

And more!

Nostal-Jazz (nuh-STAHL-jazz) is a unique Denver-based cover band performing the soundtracks of retro video games, TV theme songs, and blockbuster films of the past few decades. An all-star group of sorts, Nostal-jazz debuted in July 2022 and is comprised of local Jazz professionals who are well versed in not only Jazz but Rock, Funk, and Electronic styles. Come get nostalgic with us!

Their first record, aptly titled "1st Edition" is now available on your favorite streaming platforms!

Dazzle 2023 Gift Guide

Give the gift of live music to everyone on your list… including yourself.

Brunch with Adam Bodine

Sunday, December 17 - 10:30AM

Join us every Sunday for brunch with local pianist and brunch spirit guide extraordinaire Adam Bodine. Enjoy a variety of tasty treats while he tickles the ivories and your funny bone with his always fresh and fun musical explorations and amusing stage banter.

In addition to Dazzle's regular menu, special brunch items include:
$19 Mimosa (Bottle & OJ)
Huevos Rancheros
Biscuits & Gravy
Charcuterie Breakfast Board

Purnell Steen and the Five Points Ambassadors Celebrate a Cool Yule

Sunday, December 17 - 6:00PM & 8:30PM

For over 30 years, Purnell Steen and the Five Points Ambassadors has been dedicated to preserving and playing the Jazz and Blues music of Denver's legendary Five Points neighborhood and is a regular at Dazzle.

Purnell Steen - Piano

Myra Warren - Vocals

Ed Stephen - Acoustic Guitar

Vohn Regensburger - Brazilian Guitar

Derek Banach - Trumpet/Flugelhorn

Max Wagner - Saxophone

Ron Bland - Bass

Bill Larson - Drums

Additional guest artists t/b/a

Charlie Brown Christmas w/ Annie Booth Trio & Friends

Monday - Sunday, December 18-24

Monday, December 18 - 5:30PM & 8:00PM feat. Jenna McLean

Tuesday, December 19 - 5:30PM & 8:00PM feat. Bailey Hinkley Grogan

Wednesday, December 20 - 5:30PM & 8:00PM feat. Marion Powers

Thursday, December 21 - 5:30PM & 8:00PM feat. Marion Powers, Jenna McLean, Bailey Hinkley Grogan

Friday, December 22 - 2:00PM, 5:30PM, & 8:00PM feat. Marion Powers

Saturday, December 23 - 2:00PM, 5:30PM, & 8:00PM feat. Jenna McLean

Sunday, December 24 - 1:00PM, 4:30PM, & 7:00PM feat. Bailey Hinkley

El Chapultepec Piano Lounge: Jack Dunlevie

Thursday, December 21 - 10:00PM

A solo piano set featuring Jack Dunlevie

*No Cover

El Chapultepec Piano Lounge: David Mesquitic

Friday, December 22 - 10:00PM

David Mesquitic is a pianist, composer, and educator committed to the intergenerational transfer of the knowledge, history, and traditions of jazz. Mesquitic currently teaches at the University of Wyoming as Lecturer in Jazz Piano where he also maintains a schedule performing with his trio, adjudicating, and commissioning music throughout the globe.

*No Cover

El Chapultepec Piano Lounge: Sonya Walker

Saturday, December 23 - 10:00PM

Boulder-born, Denver-based multi-instrumentalist composer Sonya Walker began her relationship with the piano when she was 5. Originally classically trained, she discovered her love of Black American improvised music by teaching herself trumpet, and eventually transitioned to exploring that tradition on the piano.

*No Cover

Adam Bodine Trio

Wednesday, December 27 - 5:00PM

Adam Bodine’s expressive authenticity and refreshingly open musical sensibilities especially come to life through his original music. Although generally classified under the umbrella of jazz, his repertoire flourishes beyond the confines of categorization, intermingling a hybrid of genres and eclectic synergy of styles. From epic cinematic journeys to whimsical little theme songs, Bodine’s compositions weave eccentric musical narratives that can warm the heart and tickle the imagination.

Adam Bodine - piano, keyboards
Gonzalo Teppa - bass
Dru Heller - drums

Max Bessesen

Wednesday, 27 - 7:30PM

Max Bessesen is a multi-woodwind instrumentalist and composer in NYC. His “saxophone virtuosity” (Downbeat) has made him an in-demand sideman alongside musicians like Frank Lacy, Joe Farnsworth, and Mimi Jones. He has performed across the US, the Netherlands and Jordan as well as NYC venues like Dizzy’s, Ornithology, and Birdland. His acclaimed 2020 album Trouble (Ropeadope) features Ron Miles and the single “Bakkam” won an ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award. Support for this and other projects came from Luminarts, Pathways to Jazz, and The Beebe Fund. As a Beebe Fellow, Max spent a year studying music in India, Ghana and Cuba. He will be joined by a rhythm section of some of Colorado's finest musicians to perform an evening of original compositions and arrangements.

Max Bessesen - saxophone
Tom Amend - piano
Gonzalo Teppa - bass
Dru Heller - drums

Otis Taylor

Thursday, December 28 - 6:30PM & 9:00PM

Otis Taylor grew up in Denver, but like the old blues song said, he was born in Chicago in 1948. According to Taylor his parents were both jazz fans. My dad worked for the railroad and knew a lot of jazz people. He was a socialist and real bebopper. His mother loved everything from Etta James to Pat Boone. The first instrument Taylor learned to play was the banjo, but he soon rejected the banjo for its association with the racist American South. Taylor would eventually return to the banjo upon discovering its African roots.

El Chapultepec Piano Lounge: Jack Hadley

Thursday, December 28 - 11:00PM

“...left-of-center/eclectic blues...a monster blues guitarist/singer with an amazing sum of influences: North Mississippi drone blues-meets Jimi/ BB/Albert/Curtis Mayfield/Marley filtered-through-Haight Ashbury...”
- Bob Lohr, Producer, San Telmo Media

*No Cover

Ken Walker

Friday, December 29 - 6:30PM

The Ken Walker Sextet is an iconic and beloved jazz group which has played together for more than two decades. The music is always swinging, often funky, and sometimes even profound. The repertoire ranges from jazz standards, to post bop tunes, original compositions, and always, always inspired by Eddie Harris!
Hearing the band is always an experience to remember!

Ken Walker - Bass
Paul Romaine - Drums
Dave Corbus - Guitar
Jeff Jenkins - Piano
Brad Goode - Trumpet
Peter Sommer - Sax

Sarah Mount and the Rushmores

Friday, December 29 - 9:00PM

Lead by local saxophonist who hails from the Mile High City, Sarah Mount and the Rushmores has been delivering improv driven hard funk and indie soul to the Denver area for the last five years. Featuring the core line-up, and accompanying guest artists every show with an array of both original music and cover songs.

El Chapultepec Piano Lounge: Sonya Walker

Friday, December 29 - 11:00PM

Boulder-born, Denver-based multi-instrumentalist composer Sonya Walker began her relationship with the piano when she was 5. Originally classically trained, she discovered her love of Black American improvised music by teaching herself trumpet, and eventually transitioned to exploring that tradition on the piano. You can find her all around the Denver area and occasionally beyond, playing both by herself and in various bands; mixed up in an eclectic set of projects.

*No Cover

Same Cloth

Saturday, December 30 - 6:00PM & 9:00PM

Same Cloth is a genre-bending, Denver-based, Black woman-led band that uses their peculiarities to share meaningful art. Same Cloth performs original music and creative cover arrangements that, along with JoFoKe's charisma and vocal stylings, are brought to life by Solomon Chapman on keyboards, Will Gaines on bass, Callum Bair & James Tré on guitar and Matt Campbell on drums. Same Cloth combines the diverse traditions of Black American Music to create an energetically eclectic and emotionally elevating live music experience.

JoFoKe - Vocals

Solomon Chapman - Keyboards

Will Gaines - Bass

Callum Bair - Guitar/Bass

James Tré - Guitar

Matt Campbell - Drums

El Chapultepec Piano Lounge: Tenia Nelson

Saturday, December 30 - 11:00PM

As a Jazz Journalists Association 2023 Jazz Hero, an award winning pianist, percussionist, composer and arranger, LifeForce Jazz Records artist and educator, Tenia has 20+ years teaching experience in all levels of education.At the present time, Tenia teaches privately in her music studio, teachers classes at Neighborhood Music at Stanley Marketplace in Aurora, Colorado and also mentors future musicians through GRAMMY U.

*No Cover

NYE with Nostal-Jazz

Sunday, December 31 - 7PM & 10PM

Complete show description at the top of this newsletter.

Splifftet

Friday, January 5 - 9:00PM

Brad Goode feat. Dawn Clement, Seth Lewis, & Harold Summey

Wednesday, January 10 - 6:30PM

Gabe and Giz

Thursday, February 15 - 6:30PM