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Electric Gizz generates an analog/electric & acoustic experience that draws in audiences with accessible grooves and contemporary sonic elements. Our original music & unique perspective on jazz classics combines the history of jazz rhythm, harmony and improvisation with the modernity of production and sound design in an accessible format. Electric Gizz was founded & created By Greg Gisbert & Mickey Lenny (AKA Michael Lenssen). Jazz trumpeter Greg Gisbert’s eclectic career is in its 5th decade. His resume includes recordings, tours, multiple television performances/movie & tv soundtracks with such icons as Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Horace Silver, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Buddy Rich, Clark Terry, Sarah Vaughn, Mel Torme, Jazz @ Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis, Maria Schneider, Dizzy Gillespie all stars w/ John Lee, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Chie Imaizumi (producer ) & more . Gisbert has held professorships & artist in residence as well as a highly respected featured guest artist for dozens of colleges & conservatories most notably Juilliard, Manhattan School of music, U of Miami, CU Boulder & is currently a faculty member for the Colorado conservatory for the Jazz arts.
From 1989-2000 & 2010-2015 he was highly in demand on Broadway & in the studios of NYC.
Greg Gisbert moved HOME to Denver in 2015 & brings his vast world class experience, creativity & enthusiasm with him.
Michael Lenssen is a multi-instrumentalist, teacher, producer and composer based in Colorado’s Front Range. Michael performs on the cornet, keyboards, and the EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument), playing a diverse range of genres; from jazz to classical, psychedelic rock to modern dance music. He has a degree in Jazz & Commercial Music from the University of Miami, studying with Brian Lynch and John Daversa.
Michael was the trumpet electronics consultant on the Grammy-winning Maria Schneider album, “Data Lords”. He has performed with Benny Golson, Emmet Cohen, Michael Piolet, and arranged/performed with Evanoff, Emma Mayes & The Hip, TryMore MOJO and Tenth Mountain Division. Michael was a long-time member of the Boulder-based band Amoramora, playing festivals around the country and selling out the Fox Theatre in Boulder. He has taught music at Justice High School, a public charter school for at-risk youth, for the past 6 years.
Greg Gisbert - Trumpet, flugelhorn
Mickey Lenny - EWI
Sonya Walker - Piano, keys
Connor Terrones - Guitar
Domi Edson - Bass
Jaik Hakkarinen - Drums
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1080 14th Street , Denver, CO, United States, Colorado 80202
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