Electric Blue Sun plays original music with a contemporary jazz sound that mixes the styles and elements of the more popular keyboard oriented cool jazz bands like David Benoit, the Yellow Jackets, The Crusaders, and Pat Metheny Group with a more electric guitar edge similar to bands like Chick Corea's Electric Band, Spyro Gyra, George Benson, and The Jeff Beck Group, but also keep their feet grounded with such jazz greats as Vince Guaraldi of Charlie Brown Christmas fame and Ramsey Lewis. And they also cover some of the timeless tunes from the above selection of jazz musicians that are always crowd pleasers.
The collaboration of musicians Buzz Rogowski on keyboards, Jeff Wittekind on guitar, and Bob Dickey on drums creates a chemistry condusive to this type of music, each adding their own unique chromosomes to the genetic fusion of this three-headed dragon.
BOB DICKEY ON DRUMS JEFF WITTEKIND ON GUITAR BUZZ ROGOWSKI ON KEYBOARDS
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COMING SOON TO A VENUE NEAR YOU!
Electric Blue Sun
will be performing in the upcoming weeks and
months at a few different venues and festivals in the Seattle area.
Composer Buzz Rogowski
has been performing his unique solo piano compositions at
some incredible venues lately. And there are more coming, and some shows are free, though you may have to buy
some tasty cuisine if you attend the Manresa Castle or Ajax Cafe' shows.
This year I am grateful that some doors have opened for me musically, at least as far as having venues and their patrons enjoy my music and want to keep on enjoying it on a consistent basis. The person who I owe the most thanks to is Kristan at the Ajax Café in Port Hadlock, who has graciously let me play my original piano compositions every Thursday during dinner from 6pm to 9pm.
So I will be there every Thursday in May and hopefully in June also. Come and listen to me conjure up what particular variation the muse of the Ajax wants to cast on my piano meanderings that particular Thursday evening. Even if you think you may know my songs by heart by now (ha ha) every night is genuinely unique, especially at the Ajax Café
http://www.ajaxcafe.com/
And if you would rather hear me play a larger piano in a more contemplative setting, but just as rich in history and delicious food, then please visit the Manresa Castle this Friday night
(that's Tonight!!) where I will be playing a solo piano performance at the Castle Key Restaurant from 7pm to 10pm
http://www.manresacastle.com/jazzevents.html
If you want to participate in "le adventure tres
grande dans la musique jazz" (a grand adventure in jazz music) then be sure to stop by
the Castle Key Restaurant
http://www.manresacastle.com/jazzevents.html
next Saturday May 16th from 7pm to 10pm where my
friend Jeff Wittekind will join me
on guitar and Bob Dickey on drums as we play some of my original music arranged
for jazz trio. There is a certain "magic" that happens when we collaborate
musically, ever since our first jam session about 18 years ago at
a friend's Christmas Party. And due to the spontaneous improvisational nature of
the music we play, every perfromance has its own unique moments. As Mile Davis
once said, "There are no mistakes in jazz improvisation." Though i would add
that some mistakes sound better then others. I hope Miles still has a sense of
humor wherever he is these days.
Buzz Rogowski and the Electric Blue Sun Band
Saturday May16th — Castle Key Dining Room
Manresa Castle, Port Townsend
7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Cover charge $5.00
The complete Electric Blue Sun
Concert Calender is kept up to date on the
EBS myspace page.
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