Benefit concert for the Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts at Camp Verde Jazz Festival at Phillip England Center For The Performing Arts

This is a benefit concert for upgrades to the Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts. Come and enjoy a Labor Day weekend of great Jazz. The first annual Camp Verde Jazz Festival of world-class jazz musicians from a classic jazz quartet to big band jazz. The "intimate" 430-seat venue ensures excellent viewing and sound.

The Festival features two well-known Phoenix-based jazz groups. The opening performance will be by the Dom Moio Quartet. Drummer Dom Moio is currently a performing artist in various groups and is an instructor at Arizona State University (ASU). Starting his career in 1975, Dom has had the opportunity to play with jazz greats Don Doane, Clark Terry, Herb Pomeroy, Dave McKenna, and many others. Nick Manson is a talented jazz pianist and two time Emmy Award winner for his composing and arranging. Dwight Kilian on bass moved to Phoenix in 1998 and offers jazz bass instruction at Mesa Community College, Glendale Community College, Southwestern Christian College, and Arizona State University. He has performed with an impressive list of prominent jazz artists. Tenor saxophonist Andrew Gross had been in bands since 1995. He continued his jazz studies at the prestigious William-Paterson University in New Jersey and at the New School University in Manhattan where he earned a bachelor of fine arts degree. He then moved to Arizona to earn a master’s degree at ASU while actively working as a professional jazz musician....

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This is a benefit concert for upgrades to the Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts. Come and enjoy a Labor Day weekend of great Jazz. The first annual Camp Verde Jazz Festival of world-class jazz musicians from a classic jazz quartet to big band jazz. The "intimate" 430-seat venue ensures excellent viewing and sound.

The Festival features two well-known Phoenix-based jazz groups. The opening performance will be by the Dom Moio Quartet. Drummer Dom Moio is currently a performing artist in various groups and is an instructor at Arizona State University (ASU). Starting his career in 1975, Dom has had the opportunity to play with jazz greats Don Doane, Clark Terry, Herb Pomeroy, Dave McKenna, and many others. Nick Manson is a talented jazz pianist and two time Emmy Award winner for his composing and arranging. Dwight Kilian on bass moved to Phoenix in 1998 and offers jazz bass instruction at Mesa Community College, Glendale Community College, Southwestern Christian College, and Arizona State University. He has performed with an impressive list of prominent jazz artists. Tenor saxophonist Andrew Gross had been in bands since 1995. He continued his jazz studies at the prestigious William-Paterson University in New Jersey and at the New School University in Manhattan where he earned a bachelor of fine arts degree. He then moved to Arizona to earn a master’s degree at ASU while actively working as a professional jazz musician.

The Uptown Big Band is a 13-piece vintage jazz orchestra playing standards from the WWII Era, swing music from around the world, music from the Roaring 20s, the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s to the present, and Rock. Talented vocalists have stage presence, and the band lights up the event with rhythm and pizzazz. Music Influenced by: Michael Buble, Pink Martini, Ella Fitzgerald, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Harry Connick, Jr., Sinatra, Rat Pack, and Norah Jones. Venues played: The Wrigley Mansion, the Arizona Biltmore, the Scottsdale Fairmont Princess, the Phoenix Ritz Carlton, Phoenix and Scottsdale Hyatt Regency, Tucson's La Paloma and the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort.

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