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KUVO (89.3 MHz) is a non-profit FM radio station that broadcasts mainly jazz music and news in the Denver area. It also features local artists, live performances, and community partnerships through its HD2 and HD3 subchannels.
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.
Cervantes' is an independent live music venue in Denver's Five Points neighborhood, featuring dubstep, electronica, hip-hop and more. It was originally a jazz club and later a casino, and has been renovated and restored several times.
On All About Jazz, Mark F. Turner said "there are more subdued voices who let their music do the talking, as is the case for Ron Miles' Quiver, a project led by the Denver-based trumpeter and his talented cohorts, guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade. These gentle masters are highly respected leaders with expansive discographies and ...
Ralph Sharon was a British-American jazz pianist and arranger who worked with Tony Bennett for over 50 years. He found the song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" for Bennett and played with him on many Grammy Award-winning recordings and live performances.
During high school in Colorado Gisbert auditioned for and played with the 1983/84 McDonald's All-American High School Jazz Band; he toured and recorded with the group. [2] After high school he attended the Berklee College of Music in 1984-85, where he recorded with Cyrus Chestnut as part of Phil Wilson 's Rainbow Band.
She was named "Best In Denver - Jazz" from Westword in 2015, [2] 2016 [3] and 2017. [4] In 2016, she toured Mexico with the New York Jazz All Stars - Greg Gisbert Quartet [ 5 ] (sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center ) that included musicians Greg Gisbert , Tommy Campbell , and Mike Boone (side artist for Buddy Rich and John Swana ).
Mandy Harvey is an American jazz and pop singer and songwriter who was deafened by a connective tissue disease. She was a finalist on America's Got Talent in 2017, where she performed original songs with her ukulele and received Simon Cowell's Golden Buzzer.