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The Little Piano Girl

She was born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs in 1910 in Atlanta, one of 11 children, the family moved to Pittsburgh, PA when Mary was still a toddler.   A child prodigy, she taught…

Jazz Workshop Orchestra One | March 8

KUVO will welcome the Jazz Workshop Orchestra One for a live performance in the Phyllis A Greer Performance Studio on Tuesday, March 8 at  7 to 8pm as part of…

The Organ Tornado from Munich

She’s known around the world as the First Lady of the Organ. It’s been a love affair since she was 11. That’s when her father, also an organ lover, bought…

A Musical Maverick

For renowned Canadian trumpet player Ingrid Jensen, it was all in the family. Music filled her home as a child – classical and jazz primarily – and it seeped into…

Home-Grown

Tia Fuller is a home-grown star. The soundtrack to her childhood is listening her musician parents practice in the basement of their Aurora family home, Mom a singer and dad…

Blazing a Trail

For all of her professional life, American jazz composer Maria Schneider has done it her way. She has traveled the world with her jazz orchestra, worked on film scores and…

One of Music's Brightest Stars

Billie Holiday is one of America’s most famous jazz singers. Her name needs no introduction. Although her legacy deservedly paints her as one of the our country’s most talented and…

KUVO PRESENTS AT DAZZLE: COREY CHRISTIANSEN

KUVO PRESENTS: COREY CHRISTIANSEN TRIO WITH JEFF JENKINS AND KOBIE WATKINSCorey is becoming recognized as one of the preeminent jazz guitarists in the world. A recording artist, writer, educator and performer, he has played…

Denver's Own

Fate? Destiny? Preordination? Whatever you want to call it, for jazz singer Dianne Reeves, music was in her genes. She was born in Detroit in 1956 to a musical family…

Celebrating Women in Music: Sarah Vaughan

March is National Women’s History Month, followed in April by Jazz Appreciation Month. We’d thought we’d celebrate by sharing daily stories about some of the most accomplished women in jazz,…

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