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Jazz in Your Face

This 18-piece jazz band was founded by Michael Bodolosky in 1999. Comprised of some of the best jazz musicians and educators from western Pennsylvania, the band has been entertaining audiences through regular appearances in the Greater Johnstown area and western Pennsylvania. The band recreates sounds of the Big Band era, sometimes with a modern twist. Other musical styles performed include bebop, cool jazz and numerous jazz and Latin standards. Jazz in Your Face is celebrating its eighteenth year of performances. Its primary mission is to keep the sounds of the big band alive!

Jazz in Your Face Big Band will feature vocalist Denise Canby. Denise started singing professionally in her teens, and has enjoyed a rewarding career in music performing in many venues. She has toured the East and West Coasts, and was a featured vocalist at the Biltmore Hotel in Santa Barbara, CA. She has performed in Las Vegas and Reno. Since 2002, Denise and her husband, guitarist/ arranger Joe Tirpak, have traveled the world entertaining on Royal Caribbean and Princess Cruise Lines. The beautiful Allegheny Mountains and family priorities have brought Denise and Joe home, where fans often remember them from past local bands including “Fifth Avenue”, “The Terry Myers Band”, and “Roll Patrol”. Joe attended Berklee School of Music in Boston, and Denise studied Speech and Theatre at UPJ, and voice and acting in Los Angeles.

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