The Red Sax Jazz Trio is a group that focuses on playing traditional jazz tunes by songwriters such as Cole Porter, Rogers & Hart, Antonio Carlos Jobim and John Coltrane just to name a few. It is Craig Allegrezza on the tenor sax along with Mike Fitzmaurice on the stand up bass and Ron LeGault on keyboard. The group has been playing in and around the Denver Metro Area, in restaurants, clubs, bars and private events for quite a while now. Where does the name Red Sax come from you may ask? Craig does not play a red saxophone which may have been your first guess. He grew up in a small town outside of Boston and baseball and the Boston Red Sox were his first love (along with most people in New England). He was also a baseball player growing up, having been drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates right out of high school and then the Baltimore Orioles after having completed four years of college at UMASS, Amherst. He then spent three years playing in the minor leagues and one summer in the Mexican Leagues. One night he was sitting around the kitchen table with a couple of friends, who were also Red Sox fans, trying to come up with a band name and the friend yelled out, “Red Sox Jazz Trio! No wait, how about RED SAX JAZZ TRIO!” Perfect I thought, as a play on words with Red Sox! We hope you are able to make it to The Wheel House for what should be some most enjoyable jazz music!