Date:	April 8, 2008
	Subject:	CMU Public Radio’s Our Front Porch Presents “The John Jorgenson Quintet” at the Dennos Museum Center
	Contact:	Eugene A. Jenneman, Director, (231) 995-1572 Sarah Adams, WCMU 989-774-1539 adams1sr@cmich.edu

CMU Public Radio’s Our Front Porch Presents
“The John Jorgenson Quintet” at the Dennos Museum Center

Traverse City: Experience 'gypsy jazz' as you've never heard it before! CMU Public Radio's Our Front Porch and the Dennos Museum Center present "The John Jorgenson Quintet" in concert Saturday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m. at the Dennos Museum Center's Milliken Auditorium on the campus of Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City. Tickets are $25 in advance and $28 at the door ($22 for museum members). Tickets can be purchased on line at www.dennosmuseum.org or by calling 231-995-1553. This concert is co-sponsored by Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn.

"When you come to see the John Jorgenson Quintet, please fit your lower jaw with some type of halter," says John Sheffler, Host and Producer of Our Front Porch. "When John and the Quintet played here in Mt. Pleasant, I saw more jaws hitting the floor than any other group that I've ever worked with."

Born to an orchestra conductor and piano instructor, Jorgenson was surrounded by music from birth. At five, he learned to play piano, clarinet by age eight and began his mastery of guitar at age 12 - this is when his true love affair with music started.

Jorgenson has been coined 'The Master of Gypsy Jazz Guitar' in style of Django Reinhart. Reinhart is one of the first prominent jazz musicians born in Europe and one of the most renowned jazz guitarists of all time.

John Jorgenson brings his own flair to the stage with exciting new compositions, amazing fretwork and searing clarinet playing supported by some of the best musicians in the world.

"John is an amazing guitarist and he has surrounded himself with some incredible musicians," Sheffler adds. "The gasps that you'll hear as a member of the audience aren't gasps of pain - but sheer amazement and surprise at the speed and accuracy with which they play."

John Jorgenson brings all of his musical creativity and experience to bear in the John Jorgenson Quintet, and the result is astounding audiences everywhere! The quintet includes Gonzalo Bergara, an Argentinean who has studied both blues and gypsy jazz, on rhythm guitar. Stephan Dudash provides guitar, congas, mandolin and the 5-string viola for the group. Charlie Chadwick, one of Nashville's most prominent musicians and producers, plays bass in the band. Cesare Valbusa, hailing from Italy, is the group's percussionist.

Don't miss your opportunity for a truly world class gypsy jazz experience. The high energy "John Jorgenson Quintet" will perform at The Dennos Museum Center's Milliken Auditorium in Traverse City on Saturday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m. - presented by CMU Public Radio's Our Front Porch and the Dennos Museum Center and co-sponsored by Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn. Tickets are $25 in advance and $28 at the door ($22 for museum members). Tickets can be purchased on line at www.dennosmuseum.org or by calling 231-995-1553.

CMU Public Radio serves central and northern lower Michigan and the Tri Cities on WCMU-FM 89.5 Mt. Pleasant, WUCX-FM 90.1 Bay City, WCML-FM 91.7 Alpena, WCMB-FM 95.7 Oscoda, WWCM-FM 96.9 FM Standish, WCMZ-FM 98.3 Sault St. Marie MI, and WCMW-FM 103.9 Harbor Springs.

The Dennos Museum Center concert season is supported in part by a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, the Osterlin Performance Endowment, and the Robert T. Hughes Family Trust. WNMC 90.7 fm and TV 29&8 provide media support. The Grand Traverse Resort and Tamarack Lodge provide housing for the performers.

The Dennos Museum Center is open daily 10 AM to 5 PM and Sundays 1-5 PM. Admission is $4.00 adults, $2.00 for children and free to museum members. For more information on the Museum and its programming, go to www.dennosmuseum.org or call 231-995-1055. The Dennos Museum Center is located at 1701 East Front Street, Traverse City, MI 49686, at the entrance to the campus of Northwestern Michigan College.