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Upcoming events:

December 5, 2008
"December" CD Release Concert
Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, 111 S. Grand Ave., Bozeman, MT
6:30 pm cocktails
7:30 pm concert
Tickets at Cactus Records (406-587-0245) or at the door.

December 6, 2008
"December" CD Release Concert
Cisel Recital Hall - MSU Billings
7:30 pm concert
Tickets at Hansen Music (406-245-4544), Ernie November (406-248-5821) and online @ www.indietickets.com

December 12, 2008
"December" CD Release Concert
UGF Theater, Great Falls, MT
1301 20th Street South
7:30 pm concert
Tickets $15/ea. at The Mansfield Ticket Box Office (406-455-8514) or online at: www.ticketing.greatfallsmt.net

December 13, 2008
"December" CD Release Concert
University Theater, U of M Campus, Missoula, MT
7:30 pm concert
Tickets $15/each at Rockin\' Rudy\'s (406-542-0077).

December 16, 2008
"December" CD Release Concert
UMW Beier Auditorium, Dillon, MT
7:00 pm concert
Tickets $15/each at Bert's CD's (406-683-9202)
For more information contact the SW Montana Arts Council (406-683-7772)

December 21, 2008
"December" CD Release Concert
The Big Sky Chapel, Big Sky, MT
510 Little Coyote Road, Big Sky, MT 59716
7:00 pm concert
For tickets and more information contact The Big Sky Chapel 406-995-3336.

December 31, 2008
"Home for the Holidays" HMDSS New Year's Eve Ball
The Holiday Inn, Bozeman, MT
The 2nd Annual "Home for the Holidays" is an HMDSS sponsored event featuring the Glen Johnston 12-piece All-Star Swing Band featuring vocalist, Jeni Fleming. Tickets are $40/each and include a champagne toast at midnight. Call Cactus Records (406-587-0245).
*All proceeds from this event go to HMDSS for the benefit of its charitable mission.

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December 2008

It's been a while...
Can an entire year pass by that quickly? I guess so. I apologize for not keeping in better touch, what with everything that's been going on we're just trying to keep up. Last we spoke we had just finished recording a couple of albums with young Montana musicians, which is always an inspiring project.

After a 2-year recording hiatus we decided it was finally time to finish what we had started, so we've been hard at work creating the new album December and we're proud to finally present it to you. The band consists of Brad Edwards on drums, Emma Dayhuff and Craig Hall on bass, Craig Hall on guitars, and my husband and partner Jake Fleming on tenor sax and acoustic guitars. I was so disappointed that my dear friend Ralph Sappington and I never had a chance to record together, but his spirit is most definitely present on this album. There wasn't a day of recording that he didn't cross my mind and I was so happy to be able to dedicate a tune to him, "A Child Is Born," which incidentally is the first tune I ever heard Ralph perform (17 years ago!)

We'll be performing this album on a 6-date Montana tour starting December 5th, visiting Bozeman, Billings, Great Falls, Missoula, Dillon and Big Sky.

We'll hope to see you at one of those shows.

And pass it on to your friends and family. Just be sure to tell them where you got it!

You may pre-order the new album online www.jenifleming.com, your purchase will ship by the second week of December.

The Trio has officially become a 6-piece ensemble and we've spent most of the last year performing and working up new material (another new album in the making). What a pleasure it is to work with some of the finest musicians and people I know;

Craig Hall, guitar
Kelly Roberti, bass
Adam Greenberg, drums
Chris Cundy, piano
Jake Fleming, acoustic guitar & saxophone

Our focus has changed a bit as we prepare to include more jazz festivals and clubs in our tours. Our music continues to be well received which we are very grateful for, and we've been given a lot of great opportunities in recent months, most notably we opened for famed jazz pianist Dave Brubeck at The JazzFest International in Victoria, BC. Talk about fun!

I hope to see you soon at a show, please come by and introduce yourself if you can. Take care and we'll look forward to seeing you!

Best,
Jeni Fleming

November 2nd, 2007

Hello from the Trio!

Since we last spoke there have been so many changes, its hard to know where to start. The biggest change is that our friend and bass player Chad Langford has relocated to The Netherlands to begin his Master's Degree in Composition at The Royal Conservatory in The Hague. We hear from him often that he is immensely enjoying his new "digs" and loving the academic atmosphere, we couldn't be more thrilled for him. We miss him dearly.

We've added friend, mentor, and musician extraordinaire Craig Hall to the Trio. Craig plays bass and guitar and has truly made this musical transition easy. Since August we've performed in WA, WY, MT and OK and next month we'll be in WA, OR, and CA followed by a 6-date MT tour in December. We can't wait to meet you at these performances and share some of our new arrangements.

As well, we've joined forces with friend and manager Karen Marsolek who has very capably taken over all of the Trio's booking and tour managing. What a relief to hand off some of the administrative work to someone who quite obviously can do this job better than us, and refocus our energies on the music. Karen also monitors our stress levels with frequent phone calls to the effect of "did you sleep enough, have you been eating your vegetables, do you have directions to your next gig?" Everyone should have such a person in their lives.

After the heartbreaking loss of our friend and mentor Mr. Ralph Sappington we reluctantly decided to forego this year's Trio album (which was to include Ralph's amazing trumpet playing) and instead decided to honor Ralph by helping young musicians realize their own music, much like he has done for us and so many others.

So...
In June we recorded 2 albums. The first is entitled "Chaos" with the young jazz combo Blueshoes, watch for their CD Release in conjunction with the annual Jazz MT Festival on Nov. 3rd at The Emerson, Bozeman. The second is the result of the HMDSS Young Songwriters Competition entitled "Footnotes" whose release will be Feb. 2nd at Reynold's Recital Hall, MSU. (for more about HMDSS check out the website: www.HandMeDownSomeSilver.org)

We hope this finds you well and we look forward to seeing you out on the road. Until then...

The Jeni Fleming Trio

Jeni Fleming
Jake Fleming
Craig Hall

June 2nd, 2007

Summer

It's official: summer has finally come to Montana. We've got some exciting repeat concerts on the schedule for the next couple of months, with concerts in Lead, South Dakota, Victoria BC, and (of course) Banditos in Virginia City! Check out the tour page for all the latest...

May 12th, 2007

Ralph.

We've had some terrible news this week. Our dear friend and mentor, trumpeter Ralph Sappington, suffered a massive stroke on Monday, May 7th. I am taking the liberty of posting the latest news here, from an email from Ralph's family:

At 11:29 am May 12 beloved husband, father, brother, and son Ralph Sappington went home to be with our Lord. A memorial service has been set for Wednesday, May 16th, at 1:17pm at First United Methodist Church Billings, MT. Thank you for your prayers.
The Sappington Family - Rhonda, Will, Becky, Jody, and Kathy

"…takes over and rides
the bass like a nightingale
on a barbed wire fence."

SCOTT McMillion,
THE BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE

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"Windy City"



	: official myspace : : hmdss : Upcoming events: December 5, 2008 "December" CD Release Concert Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, 111 S. Grand Ave., Bozeman, MT 6:30 pm cocktails 7:30 pm concert Tickets at Cactus Records (406-587-0245) or at the door. December 6, 2008 "December" CD Release Concert Cisel Recital Hall - MSU Billings 7:30 pm concert Tickets at Hansen Music (406-245-4544), Ernie November (406-248-5821) and online @ www.indietickets.com December 12, 2008 "December" CD Release Concert UGF Theater, Great Falls, MT 1301 20th Street South 7:30 pm concert Tickets $15/ea. at The Mansfield Ticket Box Office (406-455-8514) or online at: www.ticketing.greatfallsmt.net December 13, 2008 "December" CD Release Concert University Theater, U of M Campus, Missoula, MT 7:30 pm concert Tickets $15/each at Rockin\' Rudy\'s (406-542-0077). December 16, 2008 "December" CD Release Concert UMW Beier Auditorium, Dillon, MT 7:00 pm concert Tickets $15/each at Bert's CD's (406-683-9202) For more information contact the SW Montana Arts Council (406-683-7772) December 21, 2008 "December" CD Release Concert The Big Sky Chapel, Big Sky, MT 510 Little Coyote Road, Big Sky, MT 59716 7:00 pm concert For tickets and more information contact The Big Sky Chapel 406-995-3336. December 31, 2008 "Home for the Holidays" HMDSS New Year's Eve Ball The Holiday Inn, Bozeman, MT The 2nd Annual "Home for the Holidays" is an HMDSS sponsored event featuring the Glen Johnston 12-piece All-Star Swing Band featuring vocalist, Jeni Fleming. Tickets are $40/each and include a champagne toast at midnight. Call Cactus Records (406-587-0245). All proceeds from this event go to HMDSS for the benefit of its charitable mission. for more event info please click here Listen to and purchase music Read Reviews! Join our list to receive "Every Single Day," our monthly email newsletter!	The New Album is Here December 2008 It's been a while... Can an entire year pass by that quickly? I guess so. I apologize for not keeping in better touch, what with everything that's been going on we're just trying to keep up. Last we spoke we had just finished recording a couple of albums with young Montana musicians, which is always an inspiring project. After a 2-year recording hiatus we decided it was finally time to finish what we had started, so we've been hard at work creating the new album December and we're proud to finally present it to you. The band consists of Brad Edwards on drums, Emma Dayhuff and Craig Hall on bass, Craig Hall on guitars, and my husband and partner Jake Fleming on tenor sax and acoustic guitars. I was so disappointed that my dear friend Ralph Sappington and I never had a chance to record together, but his spirit is most definitely present on this album. There wasn't a day of recording that he didn't cross my mind and I was so happy to be able to dedicate a tune to him, "A Child Is Born," which incidentally is the first tune I ever heard Ralph perform (17 years ago!) We'll be performing this album on a 6-date Montana tour starting December 5th, visiting Bozeman, Billings, Great Falls, Missoula, Dillon and Big Sky. We'll hope to see you at one of those shows. And pass it on to your friends and family. Just be sure to tell them where you got it! You may pre-order the new album online www.jenifleming.com, your purchase will ship by the second week of December. The Trio has officially become a 6-piece ensemble and we've spent most of the last year performing and working up new material (another new album in the making). What a pleasure it is to work with some of the finest musicians and people I know; Craig Hall, guitar Kelly Roberti, bass Adam Greenberg, drums Chris Cundy, piano Jake Fleming, acoustic guitar & saxophone Our focus has changed a bit as we prepare to include more jazz festivals and clubs in our tours. Our music continues to be well received which we are very grateful for, and we've been given a lot of great opportunities in recent months, most notably we opened for famed jazz pianist Dave Brubeck at The JazzFest International in Victoria, BC. Talk about fun! I hope to see you soon at a show, please come by and introduce yourself if you can. Take care and we'll look forward to seeing you! Best, Jeni Fleming November 2nd, 2007 Hello from the Trio! Since we last spoke there have been so many changes, its hard to know where to start. The biggest change is that our friend and bass player Chad Langford has relocated to The Netherlands to begin his Master's Degree in Composition at The Royal Conservatory in The Hague. We hear from him often that he is immensely enjoying his new "digs" and loving the academic atmosphere, we couldn't be more thrilled for him. We miss him dearly. We've added friend, mentor, and musician extraordinaire Craig Hall to the Trio. Craig plays bass and guitar and has truly made this musical transition easy. Since August we've performed in WA, WY, MT and OK and next month we'll be in WA, OR, and CA followed by a 6-date MT tour in December. We can't wait to meet you at these performances and share some of our new arrangements. As well, we've joined forces with friend and manager Karen Marsolek who has very capably taken over all of the Trio's booking and tour managing. What a relief to hand off some of the administrative work to someone who quite obviously can do this job better than us, and refocus our energies on the music. Karen also monitors our stress levels with frequent phone calls to the effect of "did you sleep enough, have you been eating your vegetables, do you have directions to your next gig?" Everyone should have such a person in their lives. After the heartbreaking loss of our friend and mentor Mr. Ralph Sappington we reluctantly decided to forego this year's Trio album (which was to include Ralph's amazing trumpet playing) and instead decided to honor Ralph by helping young musicians realize their own music, much like he has done for us and so many others. So... In June we recorded 2 albums. The first is entitled "Chaos" with the young jazz combo Blueshoes, watch for their CD Release in conjunction with the annual Jazz MT Festival on Nov. 3rd at The Emerson, Bozeman. The second is the result of the HMDSS Young Songwriters Competition entitled "Footnotes" whose release will be Feb. 2nd at Reynold's Recital Hall, MSU. (for more about HMDSS check out the website: www.HandMeDownSomeSilver.org) We hope this finds you well and we look forward to seeing you out on the road. Until then... The Jeni Fleming Trio Jeni Fleming Jake Fleming Craig Hall June 2nd, 2007 Summer It's official: summer has finally come to Montana. We've got some exciting repeat concerts on the schedule for the next couple of months, with concerts in Lead, South Dakota, Victoria BC, and (of course) Banditos in Virginia City! Check out the tour page for all the latest... May 12th, 2007 Ralph. We've had some terrible news this week. Our dear friend and mentor, trumpeter Ralph Sappington, suffered a massive stroke on Monday, May 7th. I am taking the liberty of posting the latest news here, from an email from Ralph's family: At 11:29 am May 12 beloved husband, father, brother, and son Ralph Sappington went home to be with our Lord. A memorial service has been set for Wednesday, May 16th, at 1:17pm at First United Methodist Church Billings, MT. Thank you for your prayers. The Sappington Family - Rhonda, Will, Becky, Jody, and Kathy		"…takes over and rides the bass like a nightingale on a barbed wire fence." SCOTT McMillion, THE BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
			Click Here Click here to listen to "Windy City"

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