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DOTSERO HOLIDAY SHOW
THE BAND
Taking their name from a small mountain town in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, DOTSERO means "Something Unique" according to Ute Native American legend to some. It means DOT-ZERO on the earliest geographical railroad maps to others, but to jazz fans worldwide DOTSERO means Smooth Jazz at its best, full of life energy and spontaneity that few artists in the genre have been able to match. A no nonsense sax and guitar driven thrill ride of energy and excitement. As much fun to watch as they are to listen to. The band has performed at major jazz festivals; Red Rocks Amphitheatre, JVC Winter Park Jazz Fest, Jazz Trax Catalina Island Jazz Fest and The Cancun Jazz Festival, among others. From Ala Carte Ala Park in San Francisco to West Palm Beach's Sunfest, DOTSERO has crisscrossed the nation performing their exciting brand of jazz.
TRACK RECORD DOTSERO's
critically acclaimed CD Off the Beaten Path launched them to national prominence in 1990 and paved the way for the amazing breakthrough success of their second outing Jubilee. The release spent five weeks at No.1 on the Radio and Records charts, was No. 1 on the Gavin Report's Adult Alternative chart and spent ten weeks on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart . In 1994, DOTSERO released Out of Hand, which cracked the Top 10 on Gavin's A2 Adult Alternative chart and the top 25 of the Radio and Records charts, and rave reviews from a variety of jazz critics and radio programmers across the nation. The top 20 radio hit Essensual and 1998's similarly successful Jumpin' Thru Hoops kept the momentum going through the end of the decade. In 2000 DOTSERO hooked up with Smooth Jazz mainstay Russ Freeman to collaborate on West of Westchester, the band's sixth project which was released on Freeman's own label, Peak Records and distributed by Concord Jazz Records. The project's success led to the band joining Freeman's band The Rippingtons on a successful east coast tour in which DOTSERO stood the audience time and again.
OVER THE YEARS
Few bands have been able to stay together and focused for even a few years let alone the over 18 years DOTSERO has been performing and recording for audiences far and wide. Over the years DOTSERO has racked up an impressive number of awards and honors. The core members received their BA's in music from the University of Colorado and University of Denver. In 2001, brothers David and Stephen Watts were named as two of the top five graduates in Arts for the last 125 years at C.U. along with jazz greats Glenn Miller and Dave Grusin. In addition DOTSERO was nominated for an Oasis award for " Best Up and Coming Group" in 2001 which is the Smooth Jazz genre's answer to the Grammy Awards. Along with being awarded Denver Mayor Wellington Webb's prestigious "Excellence in the Arts" honor, DOTSERO was also recognized by the legendary Red Rocks amphitheatre for being a performer and participant in their 60th anniversary season. The band has also won the Westword Magazine Music Awards jazz category four consecutive years from 1997-2000. The Westword Readers Poll voted DOTSERO " Best Jazz Band" in Denver a record eleven years in a row. Along with being included on numerous radio station promo samplers, DOTSERO was among the elite names in Smooth Jazz to be apart of home town radio station CD104.3's first radio sampler in late 2001. In April of 2001 DOTSERO's #1 national hit CD Jubilee reached stellar success by being taken up on the Space Shuttle Endeavour . The CD was played during it's mission including 187 orbits of the globe. DOTSERO received a special certificate of accommodation to commemorate the event. ON STAGE When DOTSERO was approached by Altitude Sports and Entertainment Television Network to be featured as the first act in their brand new live concert series On Stage, Dotsero jumped at the opportunity, especially since it was to be filmed and recorded at their own venue
Jazz@Jack's. The series was highly acclaimed and received a Westword 2005 Best Of award and included many national recording artists of all genres. Dotsero lives up to their "Something Unique" legend bringing style, energy, charisma, humor and most importantly spontaneity to each live performance. Dotsero is nationally known as a no nonsense sax and guitar driven thrill ride of contemporary jazz. As much fun to watch as they are to listen to. "When people come to hear DOTSERO play, they are not only interested in hearing the music, they want to see the music through performance and feel some- thing as well. Our goal is for our shows to be a total sensory experience," says Stephen Watts, the bands sax player. The band has performed with a number of leading jazz acts over the years including Spyro Gyra, the Yellowjackets, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Sample, Dave Grusin, Richard Elliott, Nancy Wilson, David Sanborn, the Rippingtons, Norman Brown, Stanley Jordan, and Jeff Lorber among others. Whether at home in Colorado or on the road the world over DOTSERO takes pride in making their live show something people will remember. JAZZ@JACKS In 1998 DOTSERO got together with prominent Denver professionals to create Jazz@Jacks, Denver's best live jazz emporium. It was designed to be a home base for DOTSERO, a place to perform when not on the road and work on new music and performance ideas. The club turned out to be a breath of fresh air for starving live jazz fans in the market. After 7 successful years the intimate space has outgrown its current location and will be relocating to the heart of Denver's exclusive downtown entertainment Mecca The Denver Pavilions Mall. DOTSERO is still considered the house band and are firmly entrenched in ownership, however the Jazz@Jacks brand has built a stellar reputation and has proved to be a mainstay in Denver nightlife.