Week of Jan 15

Jazz musicians around Bozeman area, please join jazz jam hosted by Alex Platt at Red Tractor Pizza this evening! It is a good opportunity to meet local musicians and make sounds together. Don’t be shy! And tonight in Billings, at Walkers Grill, Erik Olson Quartet will be playing 7-10PM. Please don’t miss it!!Tuesday Django jazz […]

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Week of Jan 9

A new year’s message from Bob Bowman (which I forgot to add last week. Sorry!!)“Wishing the best year to date for everyone. Help promote live music of any genre (although I loathe categorization of music) in 2023 by attending performances. What we give as musicians and receive from the listeners is reciprocal in the heartfelt […]

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Week of Jan 2
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Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you had wonderful time on New Year’s Eve and Day! Ours were pretty laid back. If you are around Bozeman this Wednesday, Adam Platt, Alex Platt, and Bob Bowman will be playing at Tune Up Bar. This will be very special!! To Django Jazz Jam fans, the event will be […]

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Week of Dec 26

This is this year’s last jazz newsletter. I can’t believe 2022 is almost over! There are some regular jazz happenings this week plus special NYE events. A very special house concerts at The Cikan House in Bozeman actually are going on for two days, Dec 28 & 29! Bob Squared: Bob Bowman & Bob Nell […]

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Week of Dec 18

It seems more subscribers check my jazz newsletter on Sundays so I decided to sacrifice my lazy Sunday morning for weekly jazz happenings! lol Musician friends, please let me know your upcoming jazz gigs by Saturday night/Sunday morning. And if you would like to support BigSKyJazz.net by small donations, I really appreciate it!! Happy Holidays!!!* […]

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Week of Dec 12

We had a long power outage yesterday so we kept our fireplace going good all day. So I worked on this week’s newsletter in the bed last night and this morning with many cups of coffee!As I’ve mentioned, I made 2023 calendar with photos I took in/around Montana. Please check 2023 calendar page if you are interested. […]

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Week of Dec 5

Bob, our dog Budsie, and I will be headed back to Montana on Monday from Portland, OR. Hope the weather and road conditions will be ok!As I’ve mentioned, I made 2023 calendar with photos I took in/around Montana. Please check 2023 calendar page if you are interested. Your contribution will support Big Sky Jazz!!* To musician friends, […]

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Week of Nov 28

Bob, our dog Budsie, and I are in Portland, OR area. Bob played at a house concert in near Sealrock, OR last night with singer Annie Averre, pianist Steve Christofferson, drummer Todd Strait and it was fantastic! It seemed the host and audience very much appreciated the music and musicians. The Big Band Jazz Holidays […]

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Week of Nov 21

Bob, our dog Budsie, Bob’s big bass, and I will be headed to Oregon tomorrow, on Monday and I won’t have time to work on this week’s newsletter… So here it is! Regular live jazz events on Thursday are off because it’s Thanksgiving. To Django Jazz Jam at Valhalla Meadery, you can find about this […]

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Week of Nov 14

Some of you kindly ordered my 2022 calendar last year. I appreciate your support!! I made 2023 calendar as well! Please check 2023 calendar page here if you are interested. Jazz bassist/my wonderful husband Bob Bowman’s latest project with amazing pianist Josh Nelson “Tomorrow is Not Promised” received a very nice review on Kansas City […]

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