Denver Jazz Quartet

DENVER JAZZ QUARTET PERFORMS AT A VARIETY OF VENUES FROM SMALL TO LARGE, FROM LIVE CORPORATE ENTERTAINMENT TO CLUB DATES TO JAZZ FESTIVALS.
The DJQ performs primarily as an instrumental jazz quartet or as a jazz trio and even a jazz duo. The Denver Jazz Quartet can also be augmented by adding another instrument or a vocalist. The DJQ has performed with some of the finest jazz singers both locally and nationally.
The DJQ performs hundreds of songs from the American Song Book. We refer to these songs as standards in the music industry. They are your favorites and familiar to all who listen to and love music. We also can perform most any song, whatever the genre as long as there is a recording and/or sheet music available. We are professionals among the best of the best available in Denver and Colorado.

Charlie Z has played professionally for over 40 years, playing classical music to jazz. As a clarinetist, he started studying privately with the woodwind professor in residence at Kansas State College of Pittsburg, Kansas at the age of 12. During high school, Charlie started playing gigs with local rhythm sections developing his ability to improvise on standards. After high school, Charlie received his degree in music from the Conservatory of Music in Kansas City, Missouri. During his college years, Charlie began to also include the Alto and Tenor Saxophones and began playing in some of the night clubs in K.C.

Next, Charlie joined the Air Force Concert Band in Washington D.C. For the next four years, he performed for U.S. Presidents and dignitaries both nationally and internationally. Later, Charlie made his home in Denver, Colorado and has lived there since.

Over the years, Charlie has performed with such jazz notables as Roseanna Vitro, Dick Hindman, Richy Cole, Dave Zoller, Eric Gunnison, Bruce Forman, Paul Warburton, and many others. He has toured with Doc Severinson and Red Skelton and has performed at many jazz festivals including Telluride, CO. The DJQ was one of the featured groups at the Queenstown, New Zealand Jazz Festival in 2004.

As a producer, "Z" and his company Zanichelli Productions brought some of the finest names in Jazz to Denver and presented them in concert with their recording and touring groups. Such notables included Milt Jackson, Herb Ellis, Stanley Turrentine, Phil Woods, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Farrell, Ray Brown, Monte Alexander, Gene Harris, Tito Puente, Buddy Rich Orchestra and the Woody Herman Orchestra among many others. The Woody Herman concert at Mammath Event Center also was declared "Woody Herman Day" by Mayor Frederico Pena. It was Woody's 50th anniversary tour.

We are self-contained in that we come prepared for the event requirements. If we determine that extra equipment is needed, we will discuss these technical requirements with the professionals involved with the event.