Peter Sommer Quintet: Blue Note B-Sides

LOCATION: Nocturne - 1330 27th St

CATEGORY: Music

PAST DATE AND TIME:

• Sunday, Nov 28, 2021  6:30pm - 10pm

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Going way deeper than Maiden Voyage and The Sidewinder, Peter Sommer and his quintet present lesser known gems from the classic Blue Note label catalog of the 1950s and 1960s.

Peter Sommer: saxophone, Steve Kovalcheck: guitar, Eric Gunnison: piano, Patrick McDevitt: bass, Alejandro Castano: drums

BIO:
Peter Sommer has contributed his energetic tenor playing and creative spirit to a wide variety of musical projects ranging from mainstream bebop to avant garde and beyond at venues across the nation and around the world. Although rooted in the great jazz tradition of his heroes Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman, he continues to search for the mystery in music making and takes great joy in sharing the present moment with the listener. Peter Sommer is Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Saxophone at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins. At CSU, Mr. Sommer directs Jazz Ensemble I and coordinates the Jazz Studies area. Peter is a D'Addario endorsed Woodwinds Artist.