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JAM: KUVO Celebrates Lady Ella Fitzgerald

This year marks 100 years since the birth of Ella Fitzgerald. Following her childhood, Ella Fitzgerald turned to singing and debuted at the Apollo Theater in 1934. Discovered in an…

Record Store Day marks 10th year

Crate divers unite!  Saturday, April 22, 2017 marks the 10th annual "Record Store Day," conceived in 2007 by a few independent record store owners and employees.  The owner of Denver's…

Jazz on Film: Keith Jarrett - a sideman to the music

“When you improvise it’s the whole nine yards, all at the same times. It’s content, nuance, the way you play it, the subject itself, the dynamics, and the risk all…

Friday on Five Points: RTD, City want ideas for 29th & Welton project

The view of Denver's historic Welton Street corridor these days is dominated by exploding development in the form of cranes.  One yet-to-be-developed plot is the parking lot at 29th and Welton.  Five…

Vinyl Vault: Ella in Rome - The Birthday Concert

As part of KUVO’s celebration of the centennial of Ella Fitzgerald’s birth, the Vinyl Vault will feature “Ella in Rome; The Birthday Concert.” Recorded on April 25, 1958, it wasn’t…

Denver Urban Spectrum magazine marks 30 years with new song!

Since 1987, Denver Urban Spectrum magazine has filled a void in local coverage of people of color.  That vision has inspired publisher Rosalind "Bee" Harris to keep at it for 30…

JAM: Celebrating Charles Mingus

A jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader. His compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop, drawing heavily from black gospel music and blues, while sometimes containing elements…

Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra: "Miles Ahead-The Miles Davis Legacy" | April 23

The Miles Davis album, "Kind of Blue" continues to be the yearly top selling jazz album, fifty seven years after its release. Miles was a temperamental genius that pushed his…

Ravi Coltrane Quartet | Apr 19, 20, & 21

Ravi Coltrane is a critically acclaimed Grammy™ nominated saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. In the course of a twenty plus year career, Mr. Coltrane has worked as a sideman to many,…

Dazzle Jazz & Baur's Listening Lounge: A Perfect Combination | Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes

In just about a month, Dazzle will close its doors on Lincoln Street with a performance by Tyler Gilmore and the Ninth and Lincoln Orchestra. Then, on June 1, it…

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