COLD SPRING JAZZ

For two decades Cold Spring Jazz Quartet has appeared regularly in nightclubs, restaurants and concert venues in the Baltimore-Washington area, winning a broad and loyal following. Favorite venues have included Ixia Restaurant, Meli, and Germano's Piattini. Recent private engagements have included Stella Maris's annual wine-tasting event, concerts at the Dam Jam, Fiore Winery and at Artscape. CSJQ can create a variety sounds and moods-from a swing-and-standards combo to a bebop group or blues band-depending upon the audience and venue... Urban Pastoral was very well received. The BJA Newsletter described the music as "honed to a high polish," and the vocals as showing "pizzazz up the patoozy."... Their newest disk, Warming Trend, shows the band taking off in new directions. Anthony Villa's elegant, energetic piano solos lend grace and vivacity to the originals "Ver la Luz," and "Hagerstown," and to Thelonious Monk's "Evidence." Mark Osteen's saxophone playing hits new heights with..