Middleton Jazz was honored to play in the historic Stoughton Opera House as part of their Music Appreciation Series. The high-energy performance was graciously received by an audience of about 75 enthusiastic listeners.

On July 14, 2016, we were delighted to play a concert at the Dean House on Monona Drive as part of their Back Porch Concert series. The weather was nice and the audience was terrific! Below is a recording of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” from that performance. You can find snapshots of the performance in the Photo Gallery.

We were delighted to play at the Fitchburg Senior Center on December 18, 2015. Thanks to Debbie Trexel for the photo.

Dick Trexel’s wife, Debbie, shared her photos from the April 28th performance in the Oakwood Village Auditorium. One is posted below. To see the rest, just go to the Photo Gallery page.

Middleton Jazz at Oakwood Village

Middleton Jazz was grateful for the opportunity to play in Oakwood Village’s lovely auditorium for Oakwood residents, the PLATO Jazz class, and members of the public. We played a variety of traditional jazz pieces to illustrate the early development of jazz. The audience was terrific and we all had a great time. Attached is a short video of Muskrat Ramble from that performance.

On Saturday, June 21, we played in the Old Sugar Distillery, 931 East Main Street, as part of the Make Music Madison celebration.  The music was hot, like the weather, and the audience was enthusiastic!  In the video capture below band members are, left-to-right, Nancy Boyle (trumpet),  Bruce Severson (piano), Al Hough (guitar), Ken Niemeyer (trumpet), Dick Murray (trumpet), Dick Trexel (clarinet), Nicky Sund (drums, behind Dick), Carol Livingston (tenor sax), Jim Willet (bass, behind Carol), Les Hoffman (tenor, alto sax), Bill Scott (banjo), Mike Clipson (trombone), and Carroll Sigler (guitar, behind Mike).

Charlie Walter is following his heart to California.  We are very happy for him, but we will miss his friendship, humor, and fine musicianship!

We were delighted to see Patricia Stone at our June 20th rehearsal, and we managed to get a photo of the whole band!

After the rehearsal, Susan and Les Hoffman hosted a noon party for the group and Les treated us to a preview of two songs that he later performed for Make Music Madison on the 21st.

We had a great time playing in the atrium of The Jefferson again on a Saturday afternoon.  Their event coordinator Trish was kind enough to snap a few photos for us and they can be found in the Photo Gallery.

Middleton Jazz at The Jefferson