Since CCJA is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, it is governed by a board of directors. This group of dedicated and generous people share their expertise, experience, and passion, and we are so grateful. If you wish to contact any of them regarding CCJA, please call 720-201-6885 and we will put you in touch with them.
Malcolm Lynn Baker - President
Malcolm Lynn Baker is Associate Professor and Director of the Jazz Studies and Commercial Music Program at DU’s Lamont School of Music. Mr. Baker has taught at Indiana University and Carleton College and is co-author of MiBAC Jazz Improvisation Software for Macintosh computers. Baker is the Artistic Director of the Creative Music Works Orchestra, a professional repertoire jazz ensemble, and has an active career as solo artist, composer, and clinician. He recently won a Co-Visions Grant from the Colorado Council on the Arts for his compositions combining improvisation with computer technology. Mr. Baker holds a bachelor's degree from Western Oregon State College and a master's degree in saxophone performance from the University of Oregon.
Jim Powers - Vice President
Mr. Powers is a founding principal of Harris, Karstaedt, Jamison & Powers, P.C. He is a Denver native and has practiced in the Denver metropolitan area his entire career. He has practiced in the areas of litigation, including multi-district complex civil litigation involving commercial aircraft disasters, premises liability for insureds and self-insureds, commercial contract and real estate litigation and leasing negotiations, and defense of professional liability litigation including doctors, lawyers, accountants and construction design professionals. Since 1992, he has practiced in the area of construction litigation and has focused his practice primarily on the defense interests of developers, general contractors and subcontractors in complex litigation regarding alleged construction defects in commercial properties, single family residence and large multi-family condominium/town home development projects. Mr. Powers represents large commercial insurance carriers in the defense of fraud and suspicious claims as well as bad faith matters. Mr. Powers also has an extensive commercial practice including commercial paper negotiation and transaction of monies, instruments and real property and attendant commercial litigation.
R. David Fielder - Treasurer
David Fielder is a local Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Fielder assists businesses and individuals with tax preparation, accounting, and financial planning. Non profits are a significant part of his practice. He is also a supporter of the arts and live music, and is happy to be involved with the jazz community.
Lelah Simon - Secretary
Lelah is a Bassist/Composer from one of the first CCJA classes! She received her BFA from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in 2007 and is happy to be living back in Denver. She has worked for New York City Opera and The New School and brings organization and a young voice to the business side of CCJA.
Jerry Barnett
CEO of Jerry Barnett Productions / Moments Notice Entertainment, Inc. Mr. Barnett is a trombonist, arranger and educator, is a native of Detroit and holds both a Bachelor's and Master's Degree from the University of Michigan School of Music. His credits include studio recording, orchestral performances and concert performances Natalie Cole, Nelson Riddle, Bob Hope, Lou Rawls and many of the great Motown artists, including, the Four Tops and the Temptations. In 1981, after 12 years as a music educator, Jerry founded MST Entertainment, Inc. and what would become known as Moments Notice Entertainment, Inc. Today Jerry not only manages a thriving production company and booking agency, but leads and performs all over the US, Canada and parts of Europe with The Jerry Barnett Orchestra, Hit Club and Club Tropicale.
John Davis
John Davis is Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Colorado. The program has been recognized by Down Beat magazine for excellence, having received 14 Student Music Awards during the past six years. He holds a BA in Music Education and Performance from Metropolitan State College (Denver), a MA in Trumpet Performance from the University of Denver, and a DA in Trumpet Performance/Pedagogy with a secondary emphasis in Jazz Studies from the University of Northern Colorado. Having joined the CU faculty in 1999, he has taught courses in jazz history, jazz band, combo, vocal jazz, jazz pedagogy and administration, and jazz techniques for the music educator. He is active as a clinician, performer, and guest conductor throughout the United States and Canada, and served as the Mountain Region Unit Coordinator for IAJE from 2003-06. Dr. Davis has conducted all-state jazz bands and choirs in Colorado, Wyoming, Indiana, and Oklahoma, and Toronto, Canada. He has authored a book; “Jazz Nuances for Trumpet,” an instructional text with CD, as is currently working on the jazz volume for the “Historical Dictionary of Literature and the Arts” for Scarecrow Press, Inc. Since 1991 he has served on the summer faculty of the Birch Creek Music Academy in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, and as a member of the faculty for the Texas All-Star Jazz Camp. He served from 2000-2004 as the Director of the Mile High Jazz Camp held on the CU campus. Professor Davis also served for five years as Assistant Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Northern Colorado, where he also was coordinator of the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival from 1993-1999. He is past-president of the Colorado Unit of the International Association of Jazz Education (IAJE), and was coordinator for the Colorado All State Jazz Bands from 2000-03. John was named a fellow in the CU Excellence in Leadership Program.
Tom Burns
Thomas Burns is president and owner of Capri Records, Ltd, Colorado’s oldest jazz record label (28 years). He has also operated Jazz Record Revival since 1978, Isle of Capri Music Publishing since 1985 and has brought many major jazz groups to Denver to perform since the late 70’s. Burns’ photography has graced the covers of many CDs and been featured in all major jazz publications including Downbeat, JazzTimes and Cadence Magazine. As a recording engineer he has engineered over 150 recordings for Capri and several other labels and done live sound for jazz parties, festivals and clubs since the mid-80’s.
Dana Landry
Dana Landry is Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Music at the University of Northern Colorado, where he directs UNC Jazz Lab Band I and the Northern Colorado Voices, and teaches graduate courses and studio jazz piano. In addition to directing the Jazz Studies Program, he is the Artistic Director of the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival and the Director of UNC Jazz Press. Under Landry’s direction, UNC Jazz Lab Band I has received two Down Beat Student Music Awards as “Best College Big Band” and performed at IAJE conferences in Long Beach and New York. The Northern Colorado Voices was named a regional finalist in the Harmony Sweepstakes.
Landry has performed with jazz artists including Milt Jackson, Bela Fleck, Dick Oatts, Ingrid Jensen, Ricky Woodard, Jeff Coffin, Eddie Daniels, Rufus Reid, Clay Jenkins, Bill Watrous, Billy Pierce, Lew Tabackin, Alan Dawson, Tony Reedus, Ricky Woodard, David Liebman, Marvin Stamm, Slide Hampton, and others. He has performed throughout the U.S. and in Europe and Australia, and can be heard frequently in a trio with his UNC colleagues Erik Applegate (bass) and Jim White (drums). Dana also co-leads the Colorado Jazz Orchestra.
His first release as a leader, Journey Home, was nominated for a Grammy Award. The CD, which features vibist Gary Burton, received critical acclaim and reached #20 on the Jazz Week radio airplay chart. Landry can also be heard on Don Aliquo’s Another Reply and Jazz Folk (which features bassist Rufus Reid). Forthcoming releases include Memphis Skyline with bassist Erik Applegate and drummer Jim White, and a quartet project with Aliquo, Applegate, and White.
Landry is also an active classical pianist and appears regularly with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the Nashville Symphony, the Tennessee Philharmonic, and the Stones River Chamber Players.
Landry has directed All-State, district, and honors jazz bands in Colorado, Wyoming, and Tennessee, and conducted the Washington All-State Jazz Choir. He has presented workshops and master classes at colleges and universities throughout the country and has adjudicated high school and college jazz ensembles at festivals in Montana, Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Virginia, Alabama, and Tennessee. He serves as the director of the Britt Institute Jazz Workshop in Oregon and the UNC Jazz Camp, and has served on the faculties of the Yellowstone Jazz Camp in Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain Vocal Jazz Camp in Colorado.
Landry holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music and a Master of Music Degree from the University of Northern Colorado.
Megan McDevitt - Student Member
From Megan herself: I am 16 years old and a junior at the Denver School of the Arts. I participate in DSA’s orchestra and jazz band and am a member of the National Honor Society. Additionally, I have participated in All State Orchestra, CEC Jazz Band, and play viola in the Denver Young Artists Orchestra.
This is my third year in CCJA as a keyboardist. CCJA has helped me grow tremendously as a person and a musician. Through CCJA I have strengthened my communication skills, learned about the commitment and discipline of hard work, and built incredible friendships. I am thrilled to be a student board member this year so I can play a role in enabling other kids to experience and grow the way I have.
We're glad to have her!
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