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Peter Sommer Quintet plays Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club on Saturday, October 10, with a set titled Four Decades of Wayne Shorter. It's a tribute to one of the most influential saxophonists in jazz history, and the quintet is spending the night working through Shorter's long career. If you've followed Shorter's work, you know that spans from the hard bop of the 1950s and 60s through the fusion of the 70s and into his later, more open compositions, so the set pulls from a wide range of eras rather than sticking to one period.

Nocturne is in the RiNo Arts District, an artfully restored warehouse that functions as a jazz and supper club. They have live jazz nightly, a curated selection of wine, beer, and cocktails, and a seasonal three-course menu for anyone who wants to pair dinner with the show. It's the kind of place where you can come for just the music or make a whole evening of it with a meal and drinks.

If you're not already familiar with Wayne Shorter, he's a good place to start for anyone getting into jazz. He spent years as a member of the Miles Davis Quintet, one of the most celebrated groups in the genre's history, and later led his own bands and recorded extensively as a composer. Four Decades of Wayne Shorter is built around that timeline, so the quintet will be playing through different phases of his writing.

The show is on Saturday, October 10, at Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club in Denver's RiNo Arts District. The venue is open for dinner and drinks throughout the night, with live jazz on the stage.