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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.
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."
Capri Records Ltd. is a jazz record label founded by record collector, photographer, and recording engineer Thomas C. Burns. [1] Burns formed the Capri label [2] following his Record Revival store [3] which is now known as Jazz Record Revival, along with his future Tapestry Records [4] label. The Colorado-based Capri Records has a catalog of ...
A jazz club is a venue where the primary entertainment is the performance of live jazz music, although some jazz clubs primarily focus on the study and/or promotion of jazz-music. [1] Jazz clubs are usually a type of nightclub or bar, which is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages. Jazz clubs were in large rooms in the eras of Orchestral jazz ...
Yoshi's Jazz Club, Jack London Square, Oakland: 5 Colorado. Dazzle (Denver Performing Arts Complex), Denver: 5 Connecticut. Firehouse 12, New Haven: 2 The Side Door Jazz Club, Old Lyme: 2 District of Columbia. Blues Alley, Georgetown, Washington: 3 Bohemian Caverns, U Street, Washington
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".
Biography[edit] Rodriguez learned to play the clarinet at Baker Junior High School in his native Denver in 1942. He was influenced by Artie Shaw, Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young and switched to alto and tenor saxes at West High School. He attended concerts by the visiting jazz greats in the Rainbow Ballroom and began a career as a professional ...
Denver was led by 35 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and three steals from newly-crowned three-time MVP Nikola Jokić, while Aaron Gordon had a near-perfect night with 27 points on 11-of-12 ...
Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz, experimental jazz, or "new thing") [1] [2] is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. [3] It originated in the early 1950s and developed through to the late 1960s. [4] Originally synonymous with free jazz, much avant-garde jazz was distinct ...
The name given to the renewed interest in swing music from the 1930s and 40s. Many neo-swing bands practiced contemporary fusions of swing, jazz, and jump blues with rock, punk rock, ska, and ska punk music or had roots in punk, ska, ska punk, and alternative rock music. A form of slow or erratic contemporary jazz.