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Jazz Band entertains small crowd

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Alto Saxaphone Drew Kasch, left, junior of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and tenor saxaphone Brianna Utley, sophomore of Loveland, Colorado, play Friday during the Jazz Band concert. —Photo by Teri Robinson
Alto Saxaphone Drew Kasch, left, junior of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and tenor saxaphone Brianna Utley, sophomore of Loveland, Colorado, play Friday during the Jazz Band concert. —Photo by Teri Robinson

The soulful music of the CSC Jazz Band flowed through the Student Center at 7:30 p.m., Friday. Dr. Michael Stephens, director, and music associate professor, told the audience how happy he was to see how many people came to the event. Three semesters prior to that he mentioned there was only a presence of five people, and that night the Jazz Band played for 60 people.

Hearing the music almost made you think of those old black and white movies filmed in New York City, in the little bars, where everyone was dressed to the nines. Their musical selections were picked from the classics of the swing era ranging from Frank Foster, “Shiny Stockings,” to Alfred James Ellis, “The Chicken.”

Drew Kasch, 21,  junior of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, has been a part of the Jazz Band for three years playing the alto sax, and also has been in the “Jazz Birds” for two and half years playing the tenor.

“I have liked jazz music since I was a little kid and have been playing it since middle school,” Kasch said. “Throughout my school years, jazz band has been the one constant and I wanted to continue at CSC.”

The next upcoming event for the music department will be at 7:30 p.m.,Tuesday, Dec. 2 in Memorial Hall Auditorium.