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Dave's Jazz Bistro
Evening entertainment just got tastier and more fun, since the Santa Fe School of Cooking just cooked up something out of the ordinary! On select evenings throughout the year, the Santa Fe School of Cooking will transform itself into Dave’s Jazz Bistro, featuring performances by world-class jazz musicians paired with a fine dining experience that only the School can deliver!
Dave’s Jazz Bistro was inspired by the passionate life led by the late David Ballantyne Curtis, husband of the School of Cooking’s Founder/Owner, Susan Curtis. Dave was an avid student of the clarinet and a lover of fine dining and great jazz. Dave passed away in 2017, but his spirit and his love of music lives on through his children and grandchildren, three of whom are aspiring jazz musicians!
Dave’s youngest daughter, Kristen Krell, developed the idea of Dave’s Jazz Bistro as a fun way to expand the family business while sharing Dave’s love for combining jazz and fine dining. As a part time endeavor, Kristen will be managing Dave’s Jazz Bistro and will be working with John Rangel who will be the curator for the music performances. John is a multi-facetted musician, composer, and producer, originally from New York City who is now based in Santa Fe. John has won multiple music awards and has performed with many jazz greats including Nat Adderley and Dave Grusin. www.johnrangel.com
Photo by Paul Gitelson
Eddie Daniels Jazz Quartet
The debut event at Dave’s Jazz Bistro will feature the Eddie Daniels Jazz Quartet. Mr. Daniels, a native New Yorker and current Santa Fean, was a good friend and an inspiration to Dave for many decades. Jazz critic Leonard Feather, said of Eddie, “It is a rare event in Jazz where one man can all but reinvent an instrument bringing it to a new stage of revolution.” (eddiedanielsclarinet.net) The quartet will include John Rangel on keyboard and the talented John Trentacosta from the Santa Fe Music Collective (santafemusiccollective.org) on drums. It is a rare treat indeed to enjoy a local performance by this Grammy award-winning clarinetist!
The Eddie Daniels Jazz Quartet will inaugurate the Jazz Bistro with an August 31 2019 performance at 6:30 p.m. as a part of the City of Santa Fe’s exciting Music Week. The three course meal menu will be prix fixe. An early sell-out is predicted, and reservations must be made in advance using the Register button below or by calling 800-982-4688.
The Eddie Daniels Jazz Quartet will inaugurate the Jazz Bistro with an August 31 2019 performance at 6:30 p.m. as a part of the City of Santa Fe’s exciting Music Week. The three course meal menu will be prix fixe. An early sell-out is predicted, and reservations must be made in advance using the Register button below or by calling 800-982-4688.
