Gavin Worland Big Band Ft. Austin Skeffington & Sarah Mount at Dazzle Jazz Club

Founded in 2022, the Gavin Worland Big Band is a 19-piece jazz ensemble comprised of the most talented young musicians in the Denver metro area. This band is on the cutting edge of the large jazz ensemble genre pushing boundaries while highlighting the talent of the ensemble's writing and performing skills. The GWBB has performed with regular sell-out shows at Dazzle, for over a year as well as the Roots Music Project.The Gavin Worland Big Band was created and run by Gavin Worland, a Denver-based trumpeter, composer, arranger, orchestrator, producer, copyist, and educator currently finishing his Master's in Music at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver...

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Founded in 2022, the Gavin Worland Big Band is a 19-piece jazz ensemble comprised of the most talented young musicians in the Denver metro area. This band is on the cutting edge of the large jazz ensemble genre pushing boundaries while highlighting the talent of the ensemble's writing and performing skills. The GWBB has performed with regular sell-out shows at Dazzle, for over a year as well as the Roots Music Project.The Gavin Worland Big Band was created and run by Gavin Worland, a Denver-based trumpeter, composer, arranger, orchestrator, producer, copyist, and educator currently finishing his Master's in Music at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver. Heavily inspired by Steven Feifke, Remy LeBouef, and Quincy Jones, Gavin writes inspiring, fun, progressive music for the ensemble while keeping the traditions and qualities of big bands from before alive.The GWBB is proud its personnel is comprised of the finest students from colleges and universities such as the Metropolitan State University of Denver, the University of Colorado, the University of Northern Colorado, Colorado State University, and the University of Denver.Sarah Mount's sax has found its way into more bands than you can shake a reed at for the last twelve years, and counting. She's known across the entire music scene for her tireless work ethic and ability to play any style and at any position in the lineup - whether that's pure ensemble work, like she does with the Mannequin the Band or the Denver Jazz Orchestra; or fronting a powerhouse group like her own Sarah Mount and the Rushmores. The Denver-bred saxophonist is a consummate artist who also paints and teaches music and art, and is one of the founders of the Colorado Musicians Union demonstrating her deep commitment to not only performing at a high level but advocating for other artists and musicians every day.Saxophones:TBDNathan RadichSarah Mount*Ike SpivakKyle CervantesTrumpets:Sean ApplebeeHudson AdamsAnnabella BrotherstonIsaac Rey-PedersonGavin EschholzTrombones:Johnny TorresGrayson StewartMason CookeJordan CrimmingerRhythm Section:Tiana Thakur (Vocals)Tucker Smidt (Guitar)Austin Skeffington* (Piano)Dani Garcia (Bass)Joe Westerfield (Drums)

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