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Five Points Jazz Festival. Presented by Denver Arts & Venues, the Five Points Jazz Festival is a free, all-day event held annually in Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood. Once known as the Harlem of the West, Five Points was home to several jazz clubs which played host to many of jazz music's legends, including Miles Davis, Thelonious ...
Jazz. The "King of Jazz", bandleader Paul Whiteman, was born in Denver, Colorado on March 28, 1890. From the 1920s-50s, Welton Street in Five Points was home to over fifty bars and clubs, where some of the greatest jazz musicians such as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and others performed.
The Cellar Door. : The Cellar Door was a 163-seat music club located at 34th & M Street NW in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. from 1964 [1] through January 7, 1982. It occupied the location of a former music club called The Shadows. One of the premier music spots in Washington, D.C., the small club served as the genesis for ...
KUVO (89.3 MHz) is a non-profit FM radio station broadcasting mainly jazz music in a public radio format. Licensed to Denver, Colorado, KUVO is owned by Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc. KUVO's mission is to "provide distinctive music, news and informational programming reflecting the values and cultural diversity of their listener community."
In 2005–06, for the first time in 18 years, the club won the Northwest division title. This placed the team in the third seed of the Western Conference playoffs. Denver played the Los Angeles Clippers who, despite their sixth seeding, had a better regular season record. As a result, the Clippers received home-court advantage.
The Side Door Jazz Club, Old Lyme: 2 District of Columbia. Blues Alley, Georgetown, Washington: 3 Bohemian Caverns, U Street, Washington; The Club at Studio K (Kennedy Center), Foggy Bottom, Washington: 3 Florida. Heidi’s Jazz Club & Restaurant, Cocoa Beach: 2 Judson’s Live, Orlando: 2 Georgia
Charles Burrell (born October 4, 1920) is a classical and jazz bass player most prominently known for being the first African-American to be a member of a major American symphony (the Denver Symphony Orchestra, now known as the Colorado Symphony ). For this accomplishment he is often referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of Classical Music".
KKFN (104.3 FM, "Denver Sports 104.3 The Fan") is a commercial radio station serving the Denver - Boulder market. Owned and operated by Salt Lake City –based Bonneville International, KKFN airs a sports radio format. The station is licensed to Longmont, Colorado. Its studios are located in Greenwood Village, and the transmitter is in Lakewood ...