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Chuck Denison: Big Sky Entertainer of the Year !!
Chuck was just voted the best apres ski entertainer/band in Big Sky for 2008 by the Big Sky Weekly Newspaper poll !!!
As a musician Chuck Denison specializes in beautiful solo jazz guitar.
With the Sam Gibson Trio he played the Indy Jazz Fest and numerous
other venues. He plays restaurants, clubs and other functions and
enjoys playing cocktail jazz piano styled interpretations of jazz
standards. He also sings and plays country/folk/popular classics in a
variety of settings. His voice has been compared to Pavrotti's garbage disposal, Kris
Kristofferson using a chain saw, or even Tom Waits trying to sing, but he bravely sings Elvis or
Johnny Cash, the Beatles and Jazz Classics. And his guitar, of course, really is good!
His Music
Romantic Jazz GuitarSamples: My RomanceGeorgia On My Mind
Singer/SongwriterSamples: WayfarinTwo Blue Cowboys
Tidings of Comfort and JoySamples: It Came Upon the Midgnight ClearWhite ChristmasJingle Bells
The Great American Songbook: Stories of the Standards
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK: The Stories Behind the Standards tells the stories of our most popular
songs with humor, drama and insight. This is timeless music written in unique ways that is constantly
being reinterpreted by each generation. Isaac Stern made this distinction between talent and genius:
"A person possesses talent; genius possesses the person." This is a book about singers, musicians,
lyricists and composers taking their talent into the atmosphere of immortality. They are fascinating,
and they set the standards by which popular music is measured. They may not have lived easy lives,
but their creativity drove them to new heights and they changed the face of American music forever.
This book can be purchased from the Resources page.
In Performance
As a musician Chuck Denison specializes in beautiful solo jazz guitar. With the Sam Gibson Trio he played the Indy
Jazz Fest and numerous other venues. He plays restaurants, clubs and other functions and enjoys playing cocktail
jazz piano styled interpretations of jazz standards. He also sings and plays country/folk/popular classics in a variety
of settings. His rough bass voice is reminiscent of Kris Kristofferson or Bruce Springsteen, but can smooth out to
sing Elvis or Johnny Cash. And his guitar, of course, is breathtaking.
Romantic Jazz Guitar Samples:
Romantic Jazz GuitarSamples: My RomanceGeorgia On My Mind
Singer/SongwriterSamples: WayfarinTwo Blue Cowboys
Tidings of Comfort and JoySamples: It Came Upon the Midgnight ClearWhite ChristmasJingle Bells
Fingerstyle Guitar Samples:
Romantic Jazz GuitarSamples: My RomanceGeorgia On My Mind
Singer/SongwriterSamples: WayfarinTwo Blue Cowboys
Tidings of Comfort and JoySamples: It Came Upon the Midgnight ClearWhite ChristmasJingle Bells
Teaching
Chuck maintains an active teaching program through his studio in Big Sky. Weekly lesson begin at $20.00 for a half hour. Visiting players may want an intensive 1 ½ hour lesson for $50.00. For more information Contact Chuck
Schedule and booking
Chuck can be seen every Tuesday evening at the Carabiner Lounge in the Big Sky Summit Resort. For more information Contact Chuck
Coming Soon
Soon you will be able to order Chuck’s new Fingerstyle
Guitar CD: Faith, Hope and Love Fingerstyle.
Thanks to Lauren Brown Photography for the pictures -- www.laurenbrownphoto.com
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