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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."
JazzTown. JazzTown is a 2021 American documentary film by director and musician Ben Makinen. Through spontaneous conversations and performances, the film highlights the jazz scene of Denver, Colorado and considers jazz as a dynamic art form.
1939–1984. Sheldon " Shelly " Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, swing, bebop, avant-garde jazz, and later fusion. He also contributed to the musical ...
1949–50: Lee Konitz and Stan Getz, The New Sounds (Prestige, 1951) 1949–50: Subconscious-Lee (Prestige, 1955) – a.k.a. Lee Konitz with Tristano, Marsh and Bauer; 1951: The New Sounds featuring Miles Davis (Prestige)[10"] - reissued on Conception in 1956; 1953: Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Gerry Mulligan (Pacific ...
Nov. 16—If you've been to the River Street Jazz Cafe recently, you know it hosts much more than jazz. "Now it's any genre of music," said owner Rob Friedman, whose love for jazz and blues led ...
The Colorado Music Hall of Fame is a museum. The Colorado Music Hall of Fame inducted its first honorees in 2011, with songwriter John Denver and the Red Rocks Amphitheatre as its first honorees. [1] Memorabilia includes the John Denver "Spirit" statue, donated by the Windstar Foundation. [2]
Jazz kissa. Jazz kissa (Japanese: ジャズ喫茶), sometimes transliterated as jazu kissa, are cafés that specialise in the playing and appreciation of recorded jazz music. Unique to Japan, jazz kissa are spaces where jazz music is played for dedicated listening rather than as background music. A typical jazz kissa features a high-quality ...