CALENDAR
DAN'S SCHEDULE FOR 2025
2025
JANUARY 2025
FEBRUARY 2025
21 - 23: 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 north 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. This year, the party presents Denny Ilett, a very special guest from England. On Friday evening, Denny will present a tribute to Frank Sinatra. Additionally, vocalist Liz Shapiro will return to sing with her band, The Triggermen. Please join the fun, and join the SDJP family. Please consider sponsoring a musician's performance. Your donations are appreciated. For details, please visit: www.sdjp.org
MARCH 2025
6 - 9: Dan returns to the Jazz Bash by the Bay in beautiful Monterey, CA. He'll perform all weekend on both trombone and trumpet as a guest artist with various friends. This oh-so-fun event is made-to-order for traditional jazz fans! www.jazzbashmonterey.com
29: Dan will perform with his long-time friend, Jeff Hamilton, at San Francisco's hippest book emporium: Bird & Beckett Bookstore. Like Dan, Jeff was a "charter member" of the legendary Sunset Music Company. Jeff played drums for that band. At the B & B, Jeff's talent at the piano will be on display. His unique, personal style draws upon pianists from an earlier era, including Jelly Roll Morton and Earl "Fatha"" Hines. Jeff's piano work can also remind one of the living legend, Ray Skjelbred--one of Jeff's and Dan's heroes--who was originally booked for this performance. (Ray hopes to perform at the Bird & Beckett in the near future).
Cornetist Marc Caperone and bassist Mikiya Matsuda will round out the group called the UNNAMEABLE QUARTET. This is a rare opportunity to see Dan in the Bay area, surrounded by swinging sympaticos!
The hot jazz starts at 7:30pm, until 9:30pm.
Bird & Beckett Bookstore
653 Chenery St
San Francisco, CA 94131
Tel: 415.586.3733.
email: birdbeckett@yahoo.com
APRIL 2025
10 - 13: Dan returns to Switzerland, where he will perform with several close friends (who are truly world-class jazz artists) at the "Hotel Ascona Swing Festival." Ascona is on the Swiss-Italian border. This affluent resort town is nestled right alongside beautiful Lake Maggiore, surrounded by the Alps. It's a breathtaking place, and the Hotel Ascona provides the perfect setting for the ten-day jazz event. (Dan is booked to perform for the final four days). 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
14 - 20: Dan is currently AVAILABLE during this time for bookings in Europe. Please contact him directly at: Dan@DanBarrettMusic.com
22 - 26: Dan travels to Vienna, Austria where he'll return to perform at Vienna's legendary club, JazzLand. Dan will be in the company of stellar local players for another exciting, fun week of swinging jazz in a club steeped in jazz history.
APRIL 28 - MAY 6: Dan will again serve as Musical Director for a special series of recording sessions in Pinkafeld, Austria (near Vienna). The project's producer, Dani Gugolz, is a fine bassist, and one of Dan's closest friends. In 2022,Dani invited Dan and more than a dozen other like-minded American and European musicians to record at The Mushroom Studio for a full week.
This year, the same gang returns for "Pinkafeld 2." augmented by trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso, and vocalist Denise Gordon, from England. The recorded results of the 2022 recordings will be available soon. Stay tuned for word about this new series of soulful offerings!
MAY 2025
9 -10: Dan and his longtime buddy Jon-Erik Kellso will travel to the area of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, for what will be an exciting first-time event: the new SWING SUMMIT (subtitled, "Jazz & Gastronomy Festival.") They'll join several French colleagues at Cazaudehore, a hotel-restaurant known for its astonishing menu and great service. Should you be in France at this time, please plan to join us for a special weekend of great jazz and great food and drink! Now, THAT'S a combo that's hard to beat!
CAZAUDEHORE
1 Avenue Kennedy
78100 Saint Germain en Laye
Paris, France
Tel. +33(0)1 30 61 64 64 Fax: +33(0)1 39 73 73 88
Email: reservation@cazaudehore.fr
14-16: Dan will return to the region of Stuttgart, Germany for a series of concerts with his good friend (and fun, swinging drummer) Iris Oettinger. Iris brings all-star jazz to Stuttgart and the surrounding areas, and Dan is always happy when he can join her and her swinging friends. For details, please visit Iris's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/iris.oettinger
17: Dan takes the train to Essen, Germany for a couple of gigs with another longtime friend, the German bassist Nico Gastreich. Nico has assembled a great band for the occasions. One is a concert at the Kunstwerden in Essen. Please visit www.kunstwerden.de for details.
21-23: Dan returns to Stuttgart for more gigs with Iris Oettinger. Please see Iris's facebook page for details: https://www.facebook.com/iris.oettinger
24: Dan will host a trombone workshop at the home of Iris Oettinger. Iris has a beautiful Steinway grand piano! Iris and Dan hope to attract local trombonists who would like to hone their improvising skills at this special one-day "master class" with Dan. Please contact Dan for pricing, location, and other details: Info@DanBarrettMusic.com
MAY 29 - JUNE 1: Dan returns to the place where his jazz career in Europe started: Breda, the Netherlands. It was for the Breda Oude Stijl Jazz Festival (now the Breda Jazz Festival) that Dan made his first trip overseas--in 1977--with the legendary Sunset Music Company. Drummer Jeff Hamilton and their close friend, the late John "Butch" Smith, were important participants in those early years of the Festival. They have both been guests at the event many times over the years.
Now, a full forty-seven years later, Jeff and Dan will return (with several other American and Dutch musicians) to present a tribute set to their friend Butch Smith, who passed away in October 2024. Of course, they also look forward to reuniting with their Dutch friends (all of whom loved Butch), and playing some swinging jazz in Butch's honor. If you can attend, you'll be a part of one of the most memorable festivals yet!
ghttps://www.bredajazzfestival.nl
JUNE 2025
6 - 8: Dan returns to Odessa, Texas, for the 59th (!) Annual West Texas Jazz Party. The WTJP is produced by the West Texas Jazz Society (WTJS), and is the longest-running jazz party of its kind in the world. Dan was first invited in the mid-1980s, and is proud to have been included nearly every year since then. Please consider attending this important, historical and FUN event! For info: www.wtjs.org
26 - 29: Dan returns to Bülach, Switzerland, for the Bülacher JazzTage ("Bülach Jazz Days") Festival. This long-running event takes place in one of the most charming Swiss towns, and brings together all-star players from several countries to converse in their common language: jazz. Please try to be a part of this festival. You won't regret it!
JULY 2025
AUGUST 2025
6 - 16: Dan returns to the Pacific Northwest--specifically Eugene, Oregon--to once again perform at The John G. Shedd Institute for the Performing Arts (a.k.a."The Shedd") . The occasion is the Oregon Festival of Music ("OFAM").
The virtuoso jazz vibraphonist Chuck Redd is the Musical Director for this two-week event, produced by Jim Ralph.
OFAM presents big bands and small jazz combos, but that isn't all. The world-class musicians (personally selected by Chuck and Jim) are joined by terrific singers and dancers, all of whom present the greatest songs by great American composers. At OFAM, each evening is a glowing tribute to producer Jim Ralph's lifetime love affair with the Great American Songbook.
AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 1: Dan will be one of the special guests at the Hot Jazz Jubilee, in Sacramento, CA. Dan played this event in 2017 with his friend, drummer Vince Bartels. Dan is happy to have been invited to return. He'll perform as a guest with various groups over the fun weekend.
DAN IS NOW ACCEPTING ENGAGEMENTS FOR 2025 and 2026. YOU MIGHT CONSIDER INVITING DAN TO SERVE AS:
- A SOLOIST WITH YOUR BAND;
- A BANDLEADER OF A SMALL GROUP OR FULL BIG BAND;
- A CLINICIAN FOR YOUR STUDENT JAZZ ENSEMBLE;
- A MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR A SPECIAL RECORDING PROJECT YOU MAY HAVE IN MIND;
AND/OR,
- A COMPOSER-ARRANGER FOR YOUR BAND (SMALL GROUPS & BIG BANDS, INCLUDING BACKGROUND ARRANGEMENTS FOR VOCALISTS)
Please feel free to contact Dan personally at: info@DanBarrettMusic.com
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