Visit the CARPE DM online music shops for all your holiday shopping needs. CARPE DM offers Dmitri Matheny albums, apparel, downloads, toys, memorabilia, notecards, prints, posters and more. Recommended stocking stuffers this season:

 

Best of Dmitri Matheny - Compiled from over a decade of critically acclaimed recordings, Best of Dmitri Matheny brings together 14 of Dmitri's most popular songs, including jazz radio hits, fan favorites and frequent requests. "The ultimate Dmitri Matheny collection." ~Public Radio International

 

The SnowCat - Great for kids and families, this CD includes the complete story and all the songs from "Dmitri Matheny's magical, musical, heartwarming tale of a brave little girl's search for her missing white cat on a chilly afternoon." ~Town & Country

 

Nocturne - Showcasing lush and romantic jazz flugelhorn with strings, "Nocturne is a haunting meditation on the beauty of the night." ~Andrew Gilbert, San Diego Union Tribune

 

 

Join us for a Saturday afternoon salon concert and champagne reception, gratefully acknowledging contributions to the Art Farmer Jazz Scholarship Fund. Named in honor of the legendary master musician and mentor, the scholarship fund provides merit-based financial assistance awards to promising young students of jazz.

 

"We're big fans of Foster Oden's piano trio," says the scholarship fund's founder, musician Dmitri Matheny. "They're true gentlemen of jazz, swinging with all the sophistication, soul, humor and grace of the 'old school.' And for the uninitiated, that's the best jazz school there is."

 

 

A legendary master of cool jazz whose movie star looks inspired the Hollywood image of actor James Dean, the late CHET BAKER perfected a relaxed, understated and melacholy style which catapulted him to the top of the jazz polls—as both a singer and a trumpeter—by the age of 23.

 

Modern day brass players Fred Forney, Dmitri Matheny and Dennis Monce join forces for this heartfelt tribute, celebrating Baker's 80th birthday anniversary with an evening dedicated to his storied life and inspiring music. The evening also features the talents of guitarist/vocalist Jeff Libman, bassist Thomas Williams and drummer John Lewis.

 

 

Jazz in AZ will stage the hippest holiday party in the Valley on Sunday, December 20th, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm, when the Dmitri Matheny Group featuring Charles McNeal plays Holiday Jazz at Kaz!

 

The family-friendly event at Kazimierz World Wine Bar in Scottsdale will feature an all-star line up of jazz luminaries: Dmitri Matheny [flugelhorn], Charles McNeal [saxophones], Nick Manson [piano], Thomas Williams [bass], and John Lewis [drums], plus surprise guests.

 

“I was born on Christmas Day, and I’ve always loved the holiday season,” Matheny says. “This show offers us the perfect opportunity to put our creative spin on favorite seasonal classics.”

 

Sharing front line duties with Matheny for Holiday Jazz at Kaz is Bay Area sax legend Charles McNeal. McNeal has earned the respect of his peers for his outstanding work as a soloist with Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Roberta Flack, the Temptations and Boz Scaggs.

 

“Charles is one of the most exciting musicians you’ll ever hear performing live,” Matheny enthuses. “He brings a sense of urgency and soul to every note he plays.”

 

Admission to the public is $10 [FREE for those who become members of Jazz in AZ at the party]. JiA member rates apply. As a special holiday gift, all party-goers will receive a complimentary copy of Dmitri Matheny’s CD Santa’s Got a Brand New Bag, “a recommended acquisition for everyone’s Christmas jazz collection” [Los Angeles Times].

 

Kazimierz World Wine Bar, located at 7137 E. Stetson Drive, is downtown Scottsdale's hidden jewel, offering live entertainment, signature cocktails, global small plates and over 3200 wines. Kaz is Arizona's only wine bar awarded the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence annually. With comfortably plush sofas and chairs in vineyard colors, stone walls softened by candlelight, and wooden wine casks evoking the feel of a European wine cave, Kaz offers a relaxed, cozy atmosphere for celebrating the season with friends and family.

 

 

Since 1999, the Art Farmer Jazz Scholarship Fund has provided merit-based financial assistance awards to promising young students of jazz.

 

Named for the legendary master musician, the scholarship fund was established by Dmitri Matheny upon his mentor's passing, and previously generated scholarships for students at the Young Musicians Program of the University of California, Berkeley.

 

On the occasion of the scholarship fund's 10th anniversary, the fund will now be managed by the 501(c)(3) organization Jazz in AZ, and will focus on youth in the Phoenix, Arizona area "where Art and his brother Addison grew up," Matheny explains.

 

Farmer, “the bebop master who defined the sound of the flugelhorn in modern jazz” [All Music Guide], was Matheny’s public champion and private mentor during the final ten years of his life. Generously sharing his wisdom, experience and influence, Farmer encouraged Matheny to concentrate on the flugelhorn exclusively, and under Farmer’s tutelage Matheny emerged as a promising new voice in jazz. “Art Farmer’s role in the early success of Dmitri Matheny cannot be overstated,” observed writer and historian Phil Elwood in 1998. “Without Art, there would be no Dmitri.”