Cool January Jazz with vocalist Jakki Ford at Gina's Good Life Music & Lounge in Carson City
Mile High Jazz Band will present “Cool January Jazz” on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Gina's Good Life Music & Lounge, 507 N. Carson Street inside the Carson Nugget. The music is free, donations welcome.
The 17-member band will play favorite big-band jazz tunes from its extensive repertoire and feature the vocal stylings of Jakki Ford. Pianist and band leader David Bugli said, "This is the band's first performance of the new year.
Besides some great instrumental pieces with soloists from within the band, we will feature Jakki Ford on several songs. She is an outstanding vocalist, professional dancer, and actor who has appeared in several films, television shows, commercials, theater, operas, cabaret, and Las Vegas and Reno showroom spectaculars, and has recorded three albums."
The band will play "The Cool One," "Cold Duck Time," "The Heat's On," and more. Jakki Ford will sing “That Old Black Magic,” “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “Pick Yourself Up,” and other great songs.
After January 16, Mile High Jazz Band's performances at Gina's will be on the second Tuesday of each month, beginning February 13. For information about the band performances and activities, see milehighjazz.com.
Mile High Jazz Band performances and educational activities are supported in part by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, and by memberships and donations.