CALENDAR

FEBRUARY 2021
   

• 19-21 Feb: POSTPONED: THE SAN DIEGO JAZZ PARTY HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY 2022. We mourn the loss of two former producers of the event: both Dave Cooper and  Dan Reid passed away in mid-2020.  We offer our sincere condolences to their families and friends. Dave and Dan were both great men who did a great deal to support the SDJP, and the music we all love. Please consider attending this fun, classy event in 2022, when it will pick up where it left off! For details: www.sdjp.org

•  25 Feb - 15 Mar:  POSTPONED: Dan's trip to Spain has been postponed until later this year. For details: www.enricpeidro.com or https://enricpeidro.bandcamp.coEnric Peidro and Enric's terrific band. For details: www.enricpeidro.com or https://enricpeidro.bandcamp.com/music 

MARCH 2021

• Dan is at home all this month, working on musical arrangements, and enjoying his time with Laura and their talented son, Andrew.

APRIL 2021

• 16-22: After discussion with his friend Frank Roberscheuten, Dan WILL NOT be performing at the Hotel Ascona Swing Festival this year in Ascona, Switzerland, At this writing (mid-April), there is some doubt as to whether the event will take place.  For the latest information, please contact producer Frank Roberscheuten http://asconaswingfestival.com/ or https://frankroberscheuten.com/contact

MAY 2021

• 13-16 May: The Breda Jazz Festival in the Netherlands will probably be an online event this year, presenting terrific local Dutch musicians.  Dan encourages you to "attend" online, and donate what you can to support both the festival and the musicians. This festival has been an important part of Dan's life since his first performance there forty-four years ago(!)--during his very first trip to Europe--with the old Sunset Music Company. Dan hopes to attend next year. It will be the Festival's 50th Anniversary!  (www.bredajazzfestival.nl)

• 22: POSTPONED: Dan was scheduled to lead a musical American-French "alliance" he calls the Lafayette Escadrille for a special concert in Dax, France. The group is an all-star band comprised of several very swinging French friends of Dan's. This concert has been postponed until sometime next year, due to Covid restrictions. (Please contact Mr. Pierre Ubico for details): lejazzfaitsonboeuf@gmail.com)

• 23: Dan will be in Pismo Beach, California, with Lizzy and The Triggermen. Liz and her gang of swing-minded musicians will perform for the Basin Street Regulars,at that jazz society's monthly session. For details: http://www.pismojazz.com/

JUNE 2021

• 3-5: Dan performs at the West Texas Jazz Party in Odessa, TX.
• This long-running event was one of the first jazz parties at which Dan performed. It is now the longest-running jazz party in the United States!  As always, this fun-filled event will present many of Dan's friends and colleagues--who are among the greatest names in jazz of the "swinging" variety--in informal, "jam session"-styled sets. On Thursday and Saturday nights, you'll find the musicians swinging out in the Devonian Ballroom in Odessa. On Friday night, Odessa Arts will present them in concert at the newly-renovated Ector Theater, adjacent to  the beautiful Odessa Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. For details: https://www.wtjs.org/  and/or: https://www.facebook.com/westtexas.jazzsociety/

• 25-27:  Dan recently received word that the Bülach Jazz Festival has been CANCELLED. (Bülach is very near Zürich, Switzerland). If the Fates allow it, Dan will perform at the festival next year--in June 2022--with his friend Engelbert "Angel" Wrobel and the International Hot Jazz Quartet Plus Two. For details: https://buelacherjazztage.ch/ 

• 28-30: TENTATIVE: Dan has gigs around Düsseldorf, Germany with his friend Chris Hopkins. Please contact Chris for locations and other details:  chris@hopkins.de

JULY 2021

• 1-4: More gigs in Germany with pianist/saxophonist Chris Hopkins.  Please contact Chris for locations and other details:  chris@hopkins.de
   
• 5-10: Dan returns as an instructor for the Jazzin' July Workshop, a week-long clinic focused on--but not limited to--traditional jazz, and swing-styled performance techniques.  The JJW takes place at the Fletcher Hotel Jagershorst Hotel in Leende--near Eindhoven--in the Netherlands.  This annual event has been a highlight for Dan for many years now. The week culminates in a fun couple of  nights, when the Workshop presents a "Jazz Dinner" at the hotel, open to the public. For details, please contact Dan's longtime friend Frank Roberscheuten at: frank.roberscheuten@planet.nl   Because of Covid-19, the 2020 JJW was cancelled.  Frank is currently working on JJW 2021. In the meantime, here's a link to the 2020 brochure, which contains pertinent information:  http://frankroberscheuten.com/uploads/Flyer-Jazzin-July-2020.pdf 

• 13 July - 3 August "or so": Dan returns to Spain to perform with his friend Enric Peidro and Enric's great band. For locations and other details, please see Enric's websites: https://enricpeidro.bandcamp.com/music  or www.enricpeidro.com

AUGUST 2021

• 13 July - 3 Aug (or so): end of Dan's tour in Spain (see above).

              5 - 8 Aug: Dan has been invited to return with his "Swing Four" to  Arosa, Switzerland for the Arosa "Jazz Tage" Summer Jazz & Blues Festival; c/o Dani Gugolz  http://www.kiwanis-arosa.ch/jazz/index.php

The "Swing Four" performed at various venues around the breath-taking town of Arosa--surrounded by the Swiss Alps--to enthusiastic audiences. Along with Dan's trombone. the Swing Four features the always-astonishing Rossano Sportiello on piano; the swinging, big-toned bass work of Nicki Parrott, along with Nicki's wonderful vocals; and the solid, "swing-era" drumming of Guillaume Nouaux. It's a unique quartet comprised of good friends who are also simply remarkable musicians. Please join us in Arosa if you can!

SEPTEMBER 2021

• Dan is currently AVAILABLE until the end of this month. Please contact Dan personally at: Dan@DanBarrettMusic.com or info@DanBarrettMusic.com 
• 30 Sept - 3 October: Dan will perform with Hal Smith's "Jazzologists" and Dave Stuckey's Hot House Gang, at the Redwood Coast Music Festival. For details: www.rcmfest.org

OCTOBER 2021
 

• 14-17: Dan will return to the Roswell jazz Festival as a performer, but also as a clinician for the RJF's "Jazz Outreach" program, which brings the joy of jazz to  Roswell junior high schools, high schools, and colleges. For details:  www.roswelljazz.org
• 21-24: Dan will meet his friend, trumpeter Colin Dawson, and alto Saxophonist Jesse Jones, Jr. in Frankfurt, Germany. Colin, Jesse, and Dan  have been invited to be "special guests" for four gigs with the legendary BarrelHouse Jazz Band of Frankfurt, Germany. For details, please contact the BHJB's longtime manager, Mr. Dieter Nentwig, at: nentwigjazz@t-online.de
• 29 - 30: Dan joins his friend, drummer Iris Oettinger, for gigs in Bavaria. For details, please contact Iris at: irisoettinger@aol.com

EARLY NOVEMBER 2021: Dan returns to  Dénia,  Spain, for more gigs-- and more good times--with his friend, tenor saxophonist and bandleader Enric Peidro. Come join us in this beautiful area of Spain!

Please contact Enric for dates and locations: enric.peidro@gmail.com

                                                  *****COMING UP IN 2022***** 

FEBRUARY 2022:

• 25-27: San Diego Jazz Party! This ultra-fun, ultra-classy event actually takes place in Del Mar, California, at the Hilton Hotel; just across from the famous Del Mar carriage racetrack. The SDJP began perhaps forty years ago in San Diego, and migrated to nearby Del Mar. It features about twenty-five world-class players from all over the USA, who share a common love for swinging and good humor. Dan has been a part of the party since its early days, and always looks forward to the annual reunion with his musical colleagues and friends from all over. Please join the fun, and join the SDJP family: www.sdjp.org

MARCH 2022:

              24-30: Dan is proud to be a guest with the Three Wise Men. This hip, exciting, and entertaining trio is the creation of Dan's friend Frank Roberscheuten. Frank is one of the Netherlands' leading saxophonists, and produces the "Jazzin' July Workshop," for which Dan has been a longtime instructor. 

The other two "Wise Men" are: Martin Breinschmid, a supremely talented drummer and vibraphonist from Vienna, and the great pianist Rossano Sportiello. Originally from Milan, Rossano now lives in New York City.

Please contact Frank for more details about the tour: frank.roberscheuten@planet.nl

APRIL 2022:

             1-9: Dan performs with several of his close friends at the "Hotel Ascona Swing Festival." Ascona, Switzerland is on the Swiss-Italian border. This affluent resort town is nestled right alongside the beautiful Lake Maggiore, surrounded by the Alps. It's a breath-taking place, and the Hotel Ascona provides the perfect setting for the ten-day jazz event. (You can reserve tickets and lodging at the Hotel for half of the event, or the whole ten days). 

For the latest information, please contact producer Frank Roberscheuten, at:  http://asconaswingfestival.com/ or https://frankroberscheuten.com/contact 

MAY 2022:

7-9: Dan joins his friend Frank Roberscheuten again, for a few very special engagements in Switzerland.  For the locations, and more specific information, please contact Frank Roberscheuten, at:  https://frankroberscheuten.com/contact  

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