Musical Style: Jazz

Matt Smiley Quintet performing a tribute to the music of Eric Dolphy, featuring compositions from his iconic album Out To Lunch! It will be an adventurous night of swinging hard bop music with an incredible Colorado based band.

Eric Dolphy played with all the greats, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Ron Carter, and Herbie Hancock to name a few. In 1964, Dolphy signed with Blue Note Records and recorded Out to Lunch! with Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Richard Davis and Tony Williams. This album features Dolphy’s fully developed avant-garde yet structured compositional style rooted in tradition. It is considered by critics as one of the finest albums issued on Blue Note and one of the high points of 1960’s avant-garde jazz.

John Gunther - woodwinds

Briana Harris - saxophones

Alex Nauman - guitar

Matt Smiley - bass

Dru Heller - drums

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