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Alex Heffron | 30 Under 30

https://youtu.be/nDSEKBqSUV4 A student at the University of Colorado Boulder, guitarist Alex Heffron was introduced to jazz at the School of Rock. Trained in jazz guitar, Alex's teachers showed him correlations between…

Paul Mullikin | KUVO 30 Under 30

https://youtu.be/kJi-mfh5LGQ Composer, educator, and multi-instrumentalist Paul Mullikin has been playing music since he was 10 years old. Growing up with professional musician parents, Paul took to music naturally and began playing drums…

Commander Cody and his West Coast Airmen at Baur’s | Concert Review

Night Beat host Geoff Anderson shares a review of Commander Cody and his West Coast Airmen at Baur's Listening Lounge September 2, 2015. Commander Cody has been in the boogie…

Walter Gorra | 30 Under 30

https://youtu.be/eIy67Y4V8oM?list=PLd8ixkL70FrCi-irujXBSR5iI3VqSgqwA Pianist, composer, and arranger Walter Gorra was introduced to jazz through a summer camp at Jazz Aspen Snowmass. Delving into jazz pushed Walter to write his own music. "I think…

Crossing Over: "Dreams to Remember" Book Review

Peter R. Furlong, PhD

In Dreams to Remember, Mark Ribowsky covers the Otis Redding saga beginning with Redding’s age-fifteen experience singing in the Macon, Ga. clubs with songstress Gladys Williams; moving on to work…

Matt Burchard | 30 Under 30

https://youtu.be/QQ8ydBn75MM A Denver native, saxophonist Matt Burchard is an award-winning alum of University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. Matt also holds a masters in jazz studies from the University of Miami’s…

Amy Darling | 30 Under 30

https://youtu.be/uSZqLbHaH70 Trumpeter Amy Darling -  featured on KUVO's latest release, Live at the Oasis Volume 11 - first became interested in jazz as a senior in high school after deciding she wanted to learn how…

Camilla Vaitaitis | 30 Under 30

https://youtu.be/aJEF4dM4A4k Growing up with a saxophone and oboe playing, band director father, Camilla was always surrounded by music. At four years old, she requested to take piano lessons and never…

Joe Sorcic | 30 Under 30

https://youtu.be/qbOMCa8ECzw?list=PLd8ixkL70FrCi-irujXBSR5iI3VqSgqwA Joe Sorcic first picked up drum sticks at the age of 12 after receiving a drum set as a Christmas gift from his mother. "The first time I knew music…

Patrick McDevitt | KUVO 30 Under 30

https://youtu.be/mu7ROv4ea1o?list=PLd8ixkL70FrCi-irujXBSR5iI3VqSgqwA Patrick McDevitt - an upright and electrical bassist hailing from Parker, Colorado - was first introduced to music by his musician parents. "I feel like I'm a product of…

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