Exploring jazz throughout the Mile High City & Colorado
We all know this has been talked about for years and with little to no progress having been made previously. But you can't talk about jazz in Denver without mentioning the Five Points area and the Rossonian Hotel. Here's a well written article in the Denver Westword on the hotel's famous history, the present and... Continue Reading →
The 11th annual Five Points Jazz Festival has come and gone on Saturday and it was a great day of incredible jazz music. Here are a few of my photos from a great day of music. I will add more photos later in the week. Comments are welcome. Enjoy!
The 11th annual Five Points Jazz Festival takes place this Saturday beginning at 11am. Each year this event continues to get bigger and better. Click here for complete schedule and lineup. The Estes Park Jazz Fest & Art Walk also takes place on Saturday and as well as on Sunday. Start times for both days... Continue Reading →
Great article over at the NPR Jazz blog, A Blog Supreme on talented Denver musicians Rudy and Shamie Royston, click here. Rudy recently released his debut album titled 303 on Feb 4th. Shamie's debut album Portraits was released in July 2012.
I just got home from the 9 o'clock show, the 2nd of two shows tonight of the Jazz WORMS reunion 25 years since the last time they played together. And let me just say that it is easily understandable to see why when they were together back in the 80's that they would be called... Continue Reading →
Listening to 89.3 KUVO as I usually do on my commute to and from the office I hear the mention of a group of jazz musicians who called themselves the Jazz WORMS. If you're wondering about the name like I was when I heard it, the "worms" is spelled out using the first letter of... Continue Reading →
What else would you expect to be honest? This was the first time I've attended one of these events and it is absolute proof of the tremendous support the jazz community gives to not only the school system here in Denver, but to the community as a whole. I would highly suggest that you make... Continue Reading →
So tonight after returning home from the DPS Jazz Night over at the Crossroads Theater, I was listening to Josh Quinlan's latest release, Open Space. I went over to his website and came across this festival coming up in a little over 3 weeks that I figured you should know about if you didnt already.... Continue Reading →
The Denver Jazz Fest is happening in it's first year on October 5th at the National Western Complex Events Center. Showtime is from 1:45-10pm. Artists include Kenny Lattimore, Hiroshima, Tower of Power, Brian Culbertson and more! Tickets run between $47 and $97.
OK these are so long overdue, but after searching through 200+ photos here are some from the Five Points Jazz Festival 3 weeks ago. I've not had a chance to do any editing of any photos, but will do so at a later time. There are even more that I will post later. I hope... Continue Reading →
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