Founded in 2016 by Chad Bartell and Josh Pultorak, Panchromatic Steel hopes to honor the history of the steel pan by featuring standards of the idiom as well as creative and improvised music. In its first year, Panchromatic performed at The Edgewater Hotel, Art Fair On the Square, Capital Brewery, High Noon Saloon, The Nomad, Tyranena Brewing Company, Robinia Courtyard, The Harmony Bar, Alchemy, and Great Taste of the Midwest.

Based on what the entertainment calls for, the band can present itself in duo, combo, or full ensemble form. Contact: Chad Bartell, cgbartell@gmail.com

While traditional jazz provides the primary foundation, the band plays a variety of styles. Audiences are likely to hear songs from the Big Band era, Blues, Dixieland and ’50s Rock and Roll, performed by good ensemble work and fine soloists. Middleton Jazz is available for local events in and around the Middleton community such as private parties, holiday parties, corporate events, picnics, birthdays, anniversaries, retirements and the like.

For more information, please visit our Web page at http://middletonjazz.com.

Over 15 years ago, LMS became Ladies Must Swing which came from Linda Marty Schmitz, President of the Madison Jazz Society! Thank you to Madison Jazz Society for giving us our very first performance opportunity!The presence of women playing jazz has gotten a lot of attention over the last decade and we are grateful for that. We intend to keep the musical momentum going and invite you to come see us, hear us, dance to us, celebrate with us, and re-live history!

We currently feature five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones, piano, bass, drums, congas, guitar and vocalist and play for dances, concerts, parties, outdoor events, and celebrations (any gig is a celebration!). 2014 was a terrific year – we look forward to many more fun gigs in 2015!

So there you have it, a true love story – Ladies Must Swing – together for over 17 years!

For more information please visit:

ladiesmustswing.com

The Ben Ferris Quintet plays new, creative music based in the instrumentation of a standard post-bop quintet (tenor, trumpet, piano, bass, drums).

Ben Ferris Octet:

The Ben Ferris Octet is a 8-piece, 5 horn ensemble that sounds as large as a big band and swings as tight as a trio. We specialize in a diverse musical repertoire, featuring early 1930’s style jazz through modern compositions. The ensemble also regularly features vocalists. A perfect band for dances!

All That Jazz now features two more groups for smaller venues and smaller budgets. All That Jazz Classic Big Band is a 9-10 piece group with vocalist– all the swing with ½ the calories! All That Jazz Combo features 4-5 of our top players in a less formal setting.

Any of the All That Jazz groups can provide a unique mix of jazz literature. At a typical All That Jazz concert or dance, you will hear old standards as well as modern interpretations of jazz classics. We also throw in plenty of Latin tunes and ballads, even polkas, waltzes and rock to keep people of all ages tapping their toes or out on the dance floor!

All That Jazz Big Band is a regular feature at the Madison Art Fair on the Square and Tunes at the Monona Terrace, plays for the Badger Catholic Swing Dances, has opened a show for Rockapella, performed with singer and actor Tom Wopat, and has presented concerts at the Stoughton Opera House, Al Ringling Theatre, and the Monroe Performing Arts Center. All That Jazz gained national exposure on the CBS Early Show in a remote broadcast from the Monona Terrace. They have also performed for many festivals, concerts in the park series, weddings, conventions, anniversaries, and other area celebrations over the past 25 years.

Under current director Paul Heinecke, All That Jazz is also dedicated to an outreach program for the “next generation” of Jazz musicians, and has performed with and for high school and middle school students in Baraboo, Evansville, Madison, Mazomanie, McFarland, Mount Horeb, Reedsburg, Spring Green, Verona, Waunakee, and WI Dells, WI.