Jazz Musician Bill Denk and the Glazz Ensemble to Perform at The Listening Room

Bill Denk and the Glazz Ensemble will perform in The Listening Room at the Lakeside Legacy Arts Park in Crystal Lake.

The performance is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19.

Tickets are $15 and on sale now.

Roger Reupert, House Manger of The Listening Room, describes Denk as, "An expressive modern jazz guitarist, with pastoral folk, funk grooves, and rock energy." 

Denk's new released CD, "Prairie Fire," is a metaphor for renewal and growth in the face that all is lost. 

Denk covers rock greats in an interpretive Jazz style while playing selections from his new CD, 'Prairie Fire. Enjoy his jazz interpretations of songs by Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, and Nirvana.

The Glazz Ensemble members include Fred Faller, Phil Ciancio, Bryan Kyrouac, and Jim Seidel. 

Denk also hosts a weekly radio show on Harvard Community Radio on AM1610. His radio show is titled The Northern Sky Jazz Show and airs on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. 

The radio program features jazz music by local and Chicago area musicians, interviews with local jazz figures, as well as news and events. 

Denk is an active musician and patron of Jazz. He also is the President of Jazz on the Square, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization based in Woodstock, where their mission is to provide the best live jazz performance and education in northern Illinois.

Denk hosts the bi-monthly Jazz Jams at Stage Left Café. Even with his thorough involvement in the world of Jazz, Denk still finds time to work at Abbott Laboratories during the day.

For more information on Denk visit his website at http://www.billydenk.com/.

Tickets are $15 each and can be purchased online at http://www.lakesidelegacy.org/2013-schedule-3/or by contacting the Box Office and asking for Roger (815-455-8000). 

If online sales have not sold out, tickets can also be purchased at the door. 

Lakeside encourages people to purchase tickets in advance. If you purchase tickets at the door on 10/19, however, please arrive by 6:30 p.m. 

A cash bar is also available during the concert.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.LakesideLegacy.org. 

The Listening Room is located within the Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, 401 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake, IL. Lakeside Legacy Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization and also home to the Historic Dole Mansion.