Sam Williams & Art Lande Portals Album Release at Dazzle Jazz Club

Lande/Williams DuoPortals Album Release ConcertArt Lande (piano), Sam Williams (saxophone, flute)The Duo's wonderful new album Portals was released this summer and this concert will celebrate the making and recording of this music together. We will feature music from Portals, newer Duo compositions, and imaginings of known but less-heard music by other favorite composers.Please join us at the new Dazzle for a festive evening of intimate musical offerings from Art Lande and Sam Williams.ART LANDE BIOGrammy-nominated Art Lande is an internationally known pianist, composer, improviser, drummer and educator who has performed with a long list of the Who's Who in jazz, including Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Steve Swallow, Charlie Haden, Kenny Wheeler, Sheila Jordan, Mark Isham, Paul McCandless, Jan Garbarek and many others.His band, Rubisa Patrol, was formed in the mid 70's and worked through 1983, traveling to Europe often and recording with ECM Records...

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Lande/Williams DuoPortals Album Release ConcertArt Lande (piano), Sam Williams (saxophone, flute)The Duo's wonderful new album Portals was released this summer and this concert will celebrate the making and recording of this music together. We will feature music from Portals, newer Duo compositions, and imaginings of known but less-heard music by other favorite composers.Please join us at the new Dazzle for a festive evening of intimate musical offerings from Art Lande and Sam Williams.ART LANDE BIOGrammy-nominated Art Lande is an internationally known pianist, composer, improviser, drummer and educator who has performed with a long list of the Who's Who in jazz, including Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Steve Swallow, Charlie Haden, Kenny Wheeler, Sheila Jordan, Mark Isham, Paul McCandless, Jan Garbarek and many others.His band, Rubisa Patrol, was formed in the mid 70's and worked through 1983, traveling to Europe often and recording with ECM Records. After teaching for three years in Switzerland, Lande moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he played a weekly performance for 15 years! Each week had different music and drew from a large list of different bands, members and seasonal special guests from nearly everywhere. Live performances are not to be missed, an occasion full of musical adventure and inspiration, spontaneity, warmth and soul.SAM WILLIAMS BIOSam Williams is a saxophonist and music educator, currently residing in Boulder, CO. Experienced in a variety of music styles, Sam performs regularly in jazz venues and concert halls throughout northern Colorado and beyond.Sam earned Master of Music degrees in saxophone performance and jazz studies from the University of Northern Colorado in 2011, where he studied with Dr. Andrew Dahlke. In 2013 and 2014, Sam was awarded the Saxophone Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival, where he appeared with various orchestras and chamber ensembles, presented a solo recital, and performed several U.S. and world premieres. In 2015, Sam was a member of the Hemispheres Saxophone Quartet, a chamber ensemble well-versed in both jazz and classical repertoire. Hemispheres traveled throughout China as cultural ambassadors of the U.S. State Department, with performances and masterclasses in Beijing, Tianjin, and Wuhan.

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