The Jazz (and swing) page

• “Nolan Stolz is a name to remember” – Jazz Notes
• “Highly technically proficient” - AMG (All Music Guide)
• “Just a phenomenal musician” - Las Vegas City Life Magazine
• “An extraordinarily talented drummer” - Jazz Notes

Jazz Discography

L. Zaide: Planet Chill: "Memoirs of a Jazz Band" (Chicago) Rebel Phi Records, 2006
Michele D. (jazz singer) (Eugene, OR) 2005
Bohemian Collective: "Secret Sessions, vol. 1" (Eugene, OR) 2005
UNLV Big Band with Phil Woods, Kenny Burell, Monty Alexander, Ron Carter, Harvey Mason (and more): "Johnny Pate's 80th Birthday Celebration" (Las Vegas) TNC Jazz, 2004
Coalition: "Point of View" (Las Vegas) ESM, 2004
Nolan Stolz Quartet: "Live at the Las Vegas Jazz Festival" (Las Vegas) 91.5 KUNV, 2001
Dirty Martinis!: "Dirty Martinis!" LV, NV 1998

Chicago-based Jazz Singer L. Zaide recorded his first CD with COALITION (Tony Branco, Richard Forrester, Geoff Neuman, and Nolan Stolz) plus guitar legend Joe Lano, trumpeter Gil Kaupp, and saxophonist Jon Geever with Nolan Stolz and Jeff Lane producing.

Click on the pitcure to see some video footage of the studio session!

Click HERE to see Nolan warming up on "Caravan."

COALITION: Tony Branco- piano, Richard Forrester - guitar, Geoff Neumann - bass, Nolan Stolz - drums ---> You'd be so nice to come home to, Corcovado, Fly me to the moon, Caravan, and April in Paris
Joe Lano - guitar, Geoff Neumann - bass, Nolan Stolz - drums ---> Blue moon, I only have eyes for you, Night and Day (w/ Jon Geever on sax), Blue and sentimental (w/ Gil Kaupp- trumpet), I fall in love too easily (w/ Jon Geever sax)

Audio Examples

Visit Nolan's Myspace Page http://www.myspace.com/nolandrums to hear some clips

Here is a recording of the Oregon Jazz Ensemble (Nolan on drums) playing Chuck Owen's E Ticket

Here is a recording of the Oregon Jazz Ensemble (Nolan on drums) playing Lars Jansson's 500 Years

From COALITION's shows and rehearsal tapes:

http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/coalition/images/COALITION_Aroha.mp3 (light-jazz fusion)
http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/coalition/images/COALITION_Mr._Evans.mp3 (straight-ahead jazz)
http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/coalition/images/COALITION_Miles.mp3 (heavy jazz-rock fusion)
http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/coalition/images/COALITION_Erghen_Come.mp3 (7/16 fusion, bulgarian folk tune into jazz rock fusion song)

Click on the pic to go to the webpage of Coalition

WWW.TONYBRANCOMUSIC.COM (pianist/keyboardist for Coalition)

Jazz Groups Nolan has played with:

Gilbert Batangan Quartet (Hawaii) 2007
Reggie Padilla Jazz Quartet (Hawaii) 07
Nolan Stolz Quartet (Hawaii: 07, Eugene, OR 05-06)
Short Notice (Hawaii) 07
Lundgren Five (Hawaii) 07
Eleven Eyes (Eugene, OR, Corvallis, OR, Portland OR, Port Angeles, WA, Olympia, WA) 06-07

L.Zaide, Chicago, IL 06
Oregon Jazz Ensemble, Eugene, OR (also Reno, NV; Sisters, OR; Klamath Falls, OR; Moscow, ID; Cheney, WA) 05-06
UO Jazz Quartet, Eugene, OR (also Lakeview, OR; Paisley, OR) 05-06
Leavitt MS Jazz Choir, Reno, NV and Las Vegas, NV 04-06
Chuck E. Bumps and the Crocodiles, Lake Havasu City, AZ (also Laughlin, NV; Parker, AZ) 1999-2006
Jon Fiore, Eugene, OR 05
Don Latarski Trio, Eugene, OR 05
Spinbox, Eugene, OR 05
Bohemian Collective, Eugene, OR 04-05
UO Jazz Quintet, Eugene, OR 04-05
Tommy Thompson Project, Las Vegas, NV 04
The Grinders, LV, NV 04
Chandler Judkins Quartet, 04
Marlene Coker Jazz Quartet, 04
Knitting Factory Combo, 04
John Summers Quartet, 04
Walt Blanton, 03-04
UNLV Contemporary Jazz Band 03-04
Jobelle (LV,CHI,NY), 03-04
Coalition, 02-04
Liberace Jazz Quartet, 02-04
UNLV Jazz Ensemble I, 02-04
Tony Branco Trio, 03
Joe Lano Trio, 03
Jiggs Whigham (GER) 03
Carl Saunders (LA) 03
Ned Mills Trio, 03
Valencia HS Jazz Choir w/ David Loeb, LV, NV 03
Tim Miller Quintet, 03
George Bugatti (LA), 02-03
Dennis Mellen, 02-03
UNLV Jazz Trio, 01-03
UNLV Jazz Vocal Ensemble, 98-03
Ken Wiley (LA) and John Clark (NY), 02
Three's a Quartet, 02
Jack Grassel (Milwaukee) and Marlene Rosenburg (Chicago), Milwaukee, WI 02
Buddy Greco, LV, NV, 02
Groove City Trio, 02
Stefan Karlsson Trio, 02
Nolan Stolz Quartet, 01-02
UNLV Jazz Ensemble II, 99-02
Smoke's Combo, 01
Tom Sorce Quartet (MIL), Milwaukee, WI 01
Don Linger Dixieland Trio, LV, NV 01
Jump, Jive, and Wail, 00-01
Dirty Martinis, 98-99

Click on the flyer to read about Stolz's jazz opera "The Crossroads Within" premiered May 2002

Click on the pic of Geoff Neumann and Nolan Stolz to read an article from the Las Vegas Sun about Jazz at UNLV, with quotes from Tom Ferguson, Barry Ross, Camille Jentgen and Stolz.

Chuck E. Bumps and the Crocodiles is a swing band Nolan played with in beautiful Lake Havasu City, AZ. Click on the pic to see the Chuck E. Bumps page