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Life is good and I have much to be grateful for. I created a short video to share with you what I am giving thanks for.

May you be blessed this holiday season with health, love and happiness!

Joseph “FluteDaddy” Liberti

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FluteDaddy fans tell me our music keeps getting better and more fun. Thank you for all your feedback and support!  And thanks to our sponsors who have helped us develop, promote and present FluteDaddy music.

Here’s an  introduction to two of our sponsors, and… a gift:

Biosyntrx has employed nutritional technology to create extraordinary products for healthy eyes and body. in addition to providing funding for our music projects, Ellen Troyer, Biosyntrx CEO has also provided her personal support, drawing on her business experience and years as a jazz aficionado and supporter of the arts. There are many products you can learn about at Biosyntrx.com but one I want to make sure you know about is BioTears. If you are one of the Many Coloradans who suffer from dry eyes, relief is at hand.  Also at their website you can help yourself to cutting edge nutritional information, or get it delivered to your email inbox.

Many of you may already be KRCC members. Maybe because you appreciate their radio programming like NPR News or All Things Considered or Click And Clack. Or maybe you are already a listener of their jazz programs like Classic Jazz Excursion or Jazz After Hours. Or maybe you like the Blue Plate Special blues show. KRCC is a big supporter of the arts and helps bring great concerts to Colorado Springs, including the  popular, Blues Under The Bridge.  If you are not already a member you can go to krcc.org to join or make a contribution online… or meet and join KRCC at our BlueNote concert at Smokebrush on 10/28.

The Gift

Thanks to our sponsor support, FluteDaddy’s News Members can receive a $5.00 discount on our FluteDaddy BlueNote Jazz concert on Sunday October 28 at 7:30 PM. The $5 discount applies only to online ticket purchases made by 10/26/12. Use the coupon code: “SPONSOR28″ to see the discount.

If you are not a member receiving our news and jazz updates via email, be sure to sign up first to validate your discount. Just click the “GET NEWS” tab above.

Click here to get Blue Note Jazz Oct 28 tickets now! Don’t forget to use your coupon code to save $5.

It’s going to be a great show! We look forward to seeing you  there.

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I am an eternal optimist. I leap excitedly into each new day welcoming the opportunity and the challenge of painting on a fresh canvas. Today on my birthday I am extra excited by a special creative opportunity in the new music of FluteDaddy.

Recently I have been experimenting with new ways of expression with our freestyle jazz group – Freebird. Loyal FluteDaddy fans, who enjoyed our bossa nova and traditional jazz groups, came to several Freebird performances and have generously offered me some feedback.

Fans say they they loved the creativity of the freestyle music, and would enjoy it more with some changes – Make the songs shorter, play more of the pop tunes and emphasize the exciting rhythm grooves we have been creating.

Thank you! We hear you! We are on the same page, and on October 28th we will present our Blue Note Jazz concert with shorter tunes and our new, blue recipe: Take a familiar tune, cook it in bluesy harmonies and jazzy rhythms and add a dash of funk. Serve it with soulful flute over a bed of groovy keyboards bass and drums for delicious fun!

And for y’all who want to hear more of our collective, freestyle improv, we will add a little of that on a couple of featured tunes, and you will contribute to the creative process.

So yes, faithful fans and newcomers, do come join us on October 28 at 7:30 PM  at Smokebrush for the new Blue Note Jazz featuring Ken Janzen on Keyboard and synthesizer, Marc Neihof on bass and Dennis Bueno on drums and percussion.  And if you haven’t heard FluteDaddy in a while you are overdue to be tickled.

Joseph

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“The origin of the term “the blues” was most likely derived from mysticism involving blue indigo, which was used by many West African cultures in death and mourning ceremonies where all the mourner’s garments would have been dyed blue to indicate suffering.” Wikipedia

You don’t have to be in mourning to enjoy the seven styles of blues we’ll be playing at Smokebrush on Sunday night Sept 23 starting at 7:30 PM. But, it would be fun to have you show up in something blue – a shirt, a hat, a scarf, jewelry or whatever.

Ken Janzen the fine jazz pianist, Marc Neihof premier bassist , Dick Cunico the drummer for all seasons and yours truly will play bebop, cool, funky, island, N’arlins, latin, and true blues. W’ll also do some of our unique collective improvisation to create new blue art in the moment. It’s definitely engaging and fun!

Tickets are $7 at  the door or you can reserve online and walk right in. come on down and have fun with us and… wear your blue.

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If you attended Blues Under The Bridge, have been to The Famous, been around the local jazz scene or attended a jazzy Sunday service in Colorado Springs you have heard Ken Janzen. If you have not, let me tell you he plays a mean keyboard.

Ken is joining me, Lee Gardner and Dick Cunico for the September show at Smokebrush. We are sooooo pumped up about this show. We are gonna do some hot home cookin’ in seven different styles of blues from around the world. Whether you are a blues lover, a jazz lover or just a music lover who enjoys an engaging performance, you will be right at home. This is going to be FUN! Join us.

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This is exciting. FluteDaddy & Freebird will perform our first themed program on September 23 at 7:30 PM at Marmalade at Smokebrush. Titled  7 Shades Of Blue, the program features 7 styles and hues of blues as canvas for our collective improvisation: Be Bop Blue, Funky Blue, Island Blue, Latin Blue, Cool Blue, N’arlins Blue and True Blue.

Because of our sponsors and primarily, Biosyntrx.com (Yes, please do go to the website and check out these quality health care products) we are able to offer a low concert ticket price of $7.00.

Marmalade is a wonderful listening space – intimate  and attractive, with great acoustics – and food, beer and wine are available for purchase.

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Normally 4 F is  a Selective Service System Rating which designates not acceptable for military service under the established physical, mental, or moral standards.  In this case 4F is a reminder of what is waiting for you next Sunday evening August 26 at 7:30 PM – a totally engaging musical experience.

Fourth Sunday Of The Month at Marmalade at Smokebrush: FluteDaddy & Freebird in Sunday evening concert.

Freebird: A musical group that paints in collective improvisation on the canvas of familiar songs to create new musical art in the moment. Through free flowing dialogue the musicians become joined in heart and mind and the result is spontaneous songs of the soul.

Fusion: A musical style expressed by Freebird which melds blues, rock, funk. pop and jazz.

Fun: What audiences have as they become engaged in the creative conversation and enjoy the art.

Our first concert with the new quartet, which added Jana Lee Ross’s keyboard to Lee Garner’s bass, Dick Cunico’s drums and FluteDaddy’s tootin’ was one month ago.  People really enjoyed it and when we asked how they would describe it the word they responded with most was “engaging.”  They warned us that we had set the bar really high and the we’d have to be at least as great next time.  No pressure eh?

When I came up with the idea for this group I sort of heard what it might sound like, in my head, but what was stronger was how  it would feel.  I’m thrilled to say it felt exactly as I imagined and I was thrilled with the music we created…and  a part of me was even a little surprised. The group is now even more confident that our approach to creativity is working and even more excited to engage our audience again.  This month as we did last month, we use some iconic songs, with unique rhythmic treatments as launch pads.

Marmalade at Smokebrush is a delightful music venue. I played improvised alto flute there once for a Yoga class that Kat Tudor was teaching, was delighted with the acoustics and knew it was the perfect space for our creative art. The space allows us to play with very little amplification and sometimes none at all. The warmth of the space helps create an intimate connection between musicians and with the audience.

Do come join us on Sunday August 26. This concert we will change the format slightly to play to sets with a break between. Smokebrush will have food and drink available including wines and beers.

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Or call Smokebrush at: 444-1012

210 w. Colorado Ave In The Historic Trestle Building

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If you were one of the great audience at Marmalade At Smokebrush for the First FluteDaddy & Freebird quartet concert July 22,  you know what I am talking about. Thank you for coming out to listen and support us. Your engaged listening stimulated us to stretch out and do the creative things we love. And your feedback was great. One of my favorite comments came from a  died-in-the-wool jazz enthusiast who told me,” The only reason I came tonight was to support you, because this is really not my kind of jazz. But, I had a really great time and totally enjoyed the music!”

It has been difficult to describe our music to people. To some jazz buffs it is “freestyle jazz” while newer and younger listeners liken us to a “jam band” and still others call it jazz fusion. When I asked some people at the concert how they would describe the music to others, several said, “engaging.”  That is what we hope to create – an engaging musical dialogue that the audience is a part of.  And I think our tagline describes the product of that dialogue well, “Spontaneous songs from the soul.”

The audience also loved Marmalade and called it a great venue for great listening.

The Fourth Is Now Freebird Sunday

We have some great news – we’ll be back on the 4th Sunday of each month with another concert, Starting on Sunday August 26 at 7:30 PM. We will continue the same musical format of using familiar jazz or pop tunes as canvases for creating original art in the moment. And as some
of you know, we color outside the lines and that is when the music gets really exciting.

Plan to join us August 24 when we will be jammin and bopin, rolling in the deep, pulling some new rabbits out of the hat and evoking the Wonder of Stevie.

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