Discover: Jazz
Vinyl Vault—Johnny Hammond “Wild Horses Rock Steady"
The Vinyl Vault gets down with the funky organ of Johnny Hammond and his 1972 session “Wild Horses Rock Steady.” The album was an early release on the Kudu record…
Long Play—The Nightside with Andy O'
We roll out a new fixture during the last hour of The Nightside with Andy O'. It's called "Long Play" and it gives Nightside host Andy O' the opportunity to…
RIP at 86: Ramón 'Papi' Pacheco
RIP at 86: Ramón Pacheco, percussionist, Dean of Denver’s Latin Musicians. September 27, 1934, Brooklyn, NY to April 4, 2021, Northglenn, CO Early Easter Sunday morning the retired percussionist, Ray…
On Stage—The Bigger the Better—Big Bands
KUVO’s performance archive show “On Stage” showcases the most elaborate and complex assemblage of jazz musicians – the big band. The Phyllis A. Greer Performance Studio is known as an…
Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes
If you want to set up your jazz-listening tent at one spot for the coming week, the place to do it is at Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club. Starting on…
Canción Mexicana celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month
Canción Mexicana celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month by combining the best of these two worlds. The result is beautiful music. Music written by jazz artists like Herbie Hancock, Herb Alpert, Tony…
Colorado music venues planning their comebacks
by Jennifer Castor, Brian Willie • Published on April 6, 2021 DENVER — Local music and performing arts venues are starting to reopen — slowly. With warm weather returning and some pandemic restrictions lifting, the…
Happy Birthday to Billie Holiday!
Fun facts about Billie Holiday: —Billie Holiday had a very limited vocal range. —Eleanora Fagan is Billie’s Real name. The name Billie came from a silent movie star Billie Dove.…
Jazz Mentor Bob Montgomery
Mentoring is built into the craft of making music. While there are a few self-taught musicians that go on to fame and fortune, the great majority of working musicians studied…
10 of the Most Famous Jazz Composers in History
There was a real range - from Jelly Roll Morton back in the early 20th Century, to famous jazz musicians like Charles Mingus, Thelonious and Wayne Shorter who contributed a…
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