7 & 9pm :: Dave Corbus & Wycliffe Gordon :: $20 / $12 students (9pm shows only)
Featuring:
Wycliffe Gordon - trombone
Dave Corbus - guitar
Paul Romaine - drums
Ken Walker - bass
Dave Corbus came to the Denver area from NYC in 1993 and has since played with a variety of well known national jazz musicians such as Red Holloway, Dr. Lonnie Smith, David Fathead Newman, Plas Johnson, Lewis Nash, Javon Jackson, Joey DeFrancesco, and many others. Corbus has also been a mainstay in the local scene with groups such as the Billy Tolles band, the organ trio 3osity with Pat Bianchi & Todd Reid, as well as his continuing spot with the Ken Walker Sextet. In addition he also maintains his own trio and quartet which plays clubs and festivals.
Wycliffe Gordon enjoys an extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger, and educator, receiving high praise from audiences and critics alike. Gordon tours the world performing hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz for audiences ranging from heads of state to elementary school students. Gordon received the Jazz Journalists Association 2008, 2007, 2006, 2002 and 2001 Award for Trombonist of the Year, and the Jazz Journalists Association 2000 Critics’ Choice Award for Best Trombone.
In addition to a thriving solo career, he tours regularly leading the Wycliffe Gordon Quartet, headlining at legendary jazz venues throughout the world. Gordon is a former veteran member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and has been a featured guest artist on Billy Taylor's "Jazz at the Kennedy Center" Series. Gordon’s extensive performance experience includes work with many of the most renowned jazz performers of the past and present.