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Weekend of Jazz 2011

 

What a wonderful time we always have and now it's time

for another great weekend at Earl Klugh's "Weekend of Jazz"!

 

Colorado Springs, here we come!

 
 

 

This year we're doing something different ...

we'll be posting a number of photos of the event here
but are going to give the members exclusive access

to view photos in the "PROOF" gallery! 
At the "Checkin" at the Broadmoor

you'll receive a "Password" card in your welcome packet.

The galleries break the "Weekend of Jazz" event into three galleries. 
 
This card will have on it (3) passwords
which will give you access to each of those galleries posted at www.studiodelappe.com. 

You can simply view and relive the weekend, or order your favorite prints from there. 

Check it out ... enjoy!

 

WOJ...more photos! Mostly show shots...such a great time!

WHEW!!!  Finally photos are ready to load.  There's a glitch on the Feature gallery on the site so I was unable to load a nice site there but, well, here are some moments at the shows that made for such a wonderful time!The whole weekend is filled with all these wonderful events...Pilates, cooking, Q&A's and meet n greets.

On our way to Friday rehearsal we ran into Ken Miller...he was so kind as to point out the water on the ground...we may not have seen it...or the yellow marking cone...Thanks Ken!  Now that I look at the photo and see those rows of ice cycles...the water doesn't look so threatening!

Click here to check out Ken's interviews with some of the artists from this year, and previous years, at his "Interview Cafe" .

Some shots at rehearsal before Friday's show...Bob James, Lenny Price, Earl Klugh. 

All Turner tunes his guitar before the show on Friday...

I love these moments!

Bob's amazing...I don't think he ever even misses a note!  Lenny Price doing his magic on the Saxophone.

See Scott way over there on the right?  Hi Scott!

 

 

Nelson Rangell was great!  He played in several songs, including "TAXI", the theme song from the TV show "TAXI".

Al Turner ...  He's also got a great CD out called "It's Good To Have Friends".  We have this one...it's actually one I think we've just about worn out (it that's possible to do)!

The show night then took a little break...another great time with Rick Braun!

Rick Braun doing his thing!

We've seen Richard Elliot several times but, he was at his best here...the altitudes didn't slow these guys down at all!

 

 

Jessie J just hangin' out!

This band..were wonderful...they played in the bar after the shows on Saturday. 

"Weekend of Jazz" at the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Co 2009!

Oh, the Beautiful Broadmoor Hotel...are there words to describe the time there at WOJ?

(I hope to have the rest of the photos posted in the "Feature" Galleries soon...)

We had an amazing time, once more.  It really is a magnificent place..and even more wonderful is the time with the people, shows, the beautiful scenery everywhere you look! 

I decided to post just a batch of favorite of my photos...there are SO MANY that I wonder if I'm even going to get through them all. 

If you have any requests for any in particular that you remember me taking of you, please email me and I will get them to you!

It was so great seeing Jack Forrest again...he's such a wonderful person!  It was like a homecoming being welcomed so enthusiastically by him.  The Broadmoor employees are top notch!  They really don't walk around with lattes in their hands...he's carrying mine so I could snap this photo.

Most of the people who were planning on making it to the hotel this year on Thursday did...they did make it...others got stuck at closed airports and between the port and the hotel. 

These are the "First Ladies".  They've been coming to "WOJ" for 6 years now!

We saw this employee shuttling by as we sat in the bar...what a hoot!

Thursday night we had the show at the very cozy Cheyanne Lodge!  It's up the mountain from the hotel...so far we've only seen it in the snow...this year it was in a blizzard!  We headed up the mountain in a shuttle, complete with a band playing all the way!

The show was great!  Jessie J  played with Earl Klugh's band...what a wonderful show!

I'll get some images posted here...

Pilates...This is Jerry...this is his ABSOLUTELY AMAZING before and after photo after just 2 days of Pilates!  It must be the high altitudes!!!  

 

 

Just a couple cheaters...Gerry and Ester...yeah, cheaters!

Pilates...I'm glad we're the ones with the camera...Pilates is a lot of work!

After Pilates on Friday we had time to snap some rehearsal shots of Earl and the band...

Bob James and Earl celebrated their 30th year since their first album together! 

They always put on a great show, but to have an opportunity to see them together...it really was a great treat!

Bob James, Lenny Price, and Earl...

 

The Master's Hands...Bob James...

Friday night started with Rick Braun

He is always SO GOOD...

 
Richard Elliot...

I'm always amazed at all the energy they generate...they always are an ultimate kick!

Nelson Rangell joined Lenny with Earl for the second show...

 

Then

Earl Klugh... 

 

Okay, now I'm skipping ahead to the Saturday show...Patti Austin (on the left) opened...  She gets the crowd ROLLING!  She has such a great natural wit about her...a wonderful voice, and is such a great person!  Denise is on the right...She is the engine that gets this whole event moving!  She's truly amazing! 

After Patti came Spyro Gyra...We've seen them play before but...they really turned it on here!  They were great!  I'll post more photos here tomorrow...check back in...

Saturday before the show there were classes...Pilates at 10:00, The Cooking at noon, a Q&A time for the first time to WOJ fans, and a Meet and Greet for the veterans.  There is so much to write about, post images about...I hope to get all of them posted in the "Feature Gallery" on the site soon...

Hi WOJ Friends! Hey everyone! Happy Spring and April Fools!!!

     Hey there everyone!  I took a while break from blogging...had some big projects in the making, school yearbook, school activities, and other photography related things, to mention Earl Klugh's "Weekend of Jazz" that we, Scott and I, just returned from in Colorado, We're so excited to be back!  I am excited about all the new things coming up this spring...(to be blogged about a bit later).  I am so excited to be back!  Stay tuned for new images, new events, and very colorful images from Gabe's baseball season!  Okay, I'd better drop a few images just to prime for what's to come!

     To those we met again, and just met, at the WOJ,  'Weekend of Jazz" in Colorado...we have so many wonderful memories, and images to share capturing the time with you!  We'll get them posted soon!  We had so much fun with all of you!  You truly are like family to us and as always, leave "Paw prints on our hearts!"  Thank you for all the wonderful memories!  There is no time like this time with you!  You are all such a blessing to us and we truly hope you all had the marvelous times we did there in Colorado Springs!  Hope to see each and everyone of you next year in April!!!  Denise, Earl, and all the rest, we truly love you!  You have blessed thousands with a bright spot throughout the years and in the years to come...Thank you SO much!!! 

Earl Klugh's NEW CD "Spice of Life"

We are so excited about this and haven't said anything about it yet...
Earl Klugh used one of our images in the inside of his wonderful highly rated new CD, "Spice of Life"!

As Earl describes the arrangement of pieces as "...one piece that's kind of classical in nature that I wrote, and another's just solo guitar, and another piece that's more jazz in nature...one is in e-minor and othe other is in e-flat major...These kind of inter-stretch between the band and other things...  there's no rhyme or reason, it just kind of hits me."
  

One of the songs is called "Lucy's World" written and named for/after Earl's beloved little "Lucy".  Our son said just two days ago that "..my favorite song...Lucy's World."

It may interest you moms out there there that our kids get really quiet when we play this CD!!!

This is Lucy!  This is one of the shots taken at the time the chosen one was.  She's adorable!!! 
Earl speaks extremely fondly of her...she's a cherished member of his family!

 

This little girl's a mover...snap, snap...and she was gone!!!

David Lee, Earl's keyboardist, also chose an image we had take of him for the cover of his new CD.  I plan on posting the image when his CD comes out...soon!

WOJ!!! GREAT PEOPLE MUSIC FOOD YOU NAME IT!

We're getting there...stay tuned!   Meanwhile, check out some highlights on Earl's site at:

www.earlklugh.com

It was an INCREDIBLE event!!!

Whew!  We finally got through all the photos we took, amazing times!  How the weekend comes back!!! I'm posting the many images "Musicians Galleries" on our site

www.studiodelappe.com  in "WOJ 2008".

These are a batch of our very favorites!

Earl Klugh (below)...what an incredibly talented man and a wonderful person!  We've had the wonderful treat to be able to get to know him and the "Earl Klugh" camp throughout the past 3 years or so...it's so great to know the fiddler and the band are as great as the music!  We feel so blessed to be able to experience, let alone, contribute, such an unbelievable event! Thank you Earl and Denise, Audrey, etc, for everything! 

The hotel grounds (no pun...) are so beautiful...right down to the smaller details...

 

 

This is Craig (Smooth Jazz News), _______, and Dave Wilkes (right)from Koch Records.

www.kochentertainment.com

Last year we did all three nights of shows...the first was at the Cheyenne Lodge.  There are wild animal heads mounted on the wall (part of the amazing history of the place), one of which is the FAMOUS TALKING MOOSE.  At the lodge  we sat with Dave...it wasn't long before Dave leaned over and told me "I think that moose just moved".  I then leaned over to Scott and told him that I thought this man needed some water.  I was the one who didn't see the moose, though.  We still laugh over that one! 

Chuck Bigger...he a photographer who covers the music events...what a nice guy!!!  I just couldn't resist the opportunity to cover him covering the Saturday night show! 

We met Deidra and Robert again there (Boney James in the middle)...we met last year and hung out with them at the "Meet and Greet".  This year it was somewhat like homecoming...like meeting family again!  Robert has a tough time following "right and left" in pilates!  What a kick!!!

This guy completely cracked us up!  I saw him...he saw me...and off he went!  Every crowd has one!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

OOOOHHH!  And then there was Boney James...he put on a GREAT show, as usual, at the end.  What an ending to a dreamy week and weekend!

www.boneyjames.com

 

Our trip to "WOJ" (Weekend of Jazz) at the Broadmoor!!!

WOW!!!  What a wonderful time there...can't believe it's already past and we've been home e days!  I'll be posting lots of photos of our time there and the people we met soon...just getting our "Land Legs" back so please be patient with us.  Have no worries, it was the best trip there we've had yet, busier than ever, but the best!

Okay, where do we begin?!!!  What a wonderful trip to Colorado this year.  We had just the best time.  Everything about it was GREAT!  The Hotel, the shows, the people,the weather!  I'll just post some photos we took to give a quick idea of what there was!  We got there a day earlier this year, rented a car and headed out to "The Garden of the Gods".  The rock formations there are stunning!

 

 

 

What an amazingly beautiful place!  After checking out the "Balance Rock" we headed to town, stopping in Manitou Springs at the Chamber of Commerce to ask where a good breakfast stop would be.  We were directed to a little place called "Spice of Life".  We found that ironic because, being at the WOJ with Earl Klugh, his CD to be released on the 29th of this month is titled exactly that..."Spice of Life"! 

Owners Doug and Michael    www.geocities.com/spice_of_life_colorado

 

 

 

As we were eating, this fellow came in.  He was drawing images in which later he scaled down for comic strips!  His drawings were amazing!  We didn't get his name but it was a great visit with him. 

 

We met up with another couple of people from town...Rick and Stella.  They had just hiked up to Pike's Peak right out of town and back.  He's working on a movie about the effect food has on your health and she Stella teaches Hoola Hoop lessons!  Check out her famous (at least in Manitou) "Hoola-Hoop Car"!

On our way out of "Spice of Life" the owners gave us a packed of their "Grama Lela's Salsa" mix.  Tonight we had it for dinner with chicken and rice.  It's GREAT!  I'm not sure if Scott mixed the right portions though...it was HOT!  The mix says it makes 3 quarts...we had about 3 pints as Scott mixed!  I could imagine "Gramdma  Lela" laughing at us )  Oh, well, we all mess up...sometimes we all don't follow the recipe...instructions.  I once popped on of those tasty looking "Airborne" wafers right into my mouth...I decided to read the directions as I was taking on the appearance of a rabid dog!

     Please someone...let me know you've done the same thing!!!