Discover: Norman Provizer’s Jazz Notes
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
This week marks what would have been the 104th birthday of trumpeter John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie. Born in Cheraw, South Carolina on October 21, 1917, Gillespie, together with Charlie Parker…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
In between this week’s column and last week’s, there has been additional evidence that added oxygen has been delivered to the city’s jazz scene. On October 13, the Denver Municipal…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
Earlier this month, I had a chance to catch Spike Lee’s 1992 film on Malcolm X on television, and to do so remained a powerful experience. But there was something…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
On Thursday, the Gift of Jazz begins its monthly Jazz for the School program at the McNichols Building in Civic Center Park that runs through the school year at 9…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
This is one busy week in many ways. On Thursday, across the globe, Jews celebrate Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement at the start of the Jewish calendar year 5782;…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
In a recent article in The New York Times titled “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the Trumpet,” the newspaper asked 16 musicians and other experts on jazz and/or…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
The 27th edition of the extended Vail Jazz Festival season gets going in the Jazz Tent at Vail Square. On stage, the Vail Jazz All-Stars play at 6 pm, followed…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
Anyone who has followed singer Rene Marie over the years knows the name of her Charleston-based drummer Quentin Baxter. On Thursday, Baxter will be up in Vail as part of…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
While the large-scale Telluride Jazz Festival has run its course for this year, there is one more big summer event to go – the Vail Jazz Party that takes place…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
Coming up on August 13-15, one of Colorado’s two, large-scale jazz festivals take place in the beautiful location of Telluride. The second, of course, is the Vail Jazz Party that…
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