Celebrating
Carlos Lando & Arturo Gómez
Celebrating
Carlos Lando &
Arturo Gómez
Celebrating Carlos Lando & Arturo Gómez
Community, Culture & Music
On the occasion of the retirement of KUVO JAZZ’s longtime hosts and staff members, we present this online celebration dedicated to Carlos Lando and Arturo Gómez.
We recognize the enormous impact that they made on jazz, and jazz radio in Denver, Colorado as well as nationally and internationally. Together they created a powerful station that has been praised by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the International Association for Jazz Educators, the Colorado Music Hall of Fame, the Colorado Broadcasters Association, Downbeat Magazine, and Westword. They have shown the world that jazz can live alongside R&B, Blues, Tejano Music, Brazilian, and Soul, and still have a successful station.
Share Your Stories
Carlos Lando and Arturo Gómez have built a memorable legacy for our community. Share your stories and comments about them.
Help us celebrate the hosts that have been the heart and soul of KUVO JAZZ.
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Video/Performance
Carlos Lando
Celebrating Carlos
Over the 39 years that Carlos Lando has been on the airwaves at KUVO JAZZ, his perspective of jazz, blues, funk, and soul have changed how we hear the music. Carlos inspired us to listen to more Latin jazz, enjoy the music with him, and he even made us want to learn more about Latin Jazz. From his example, the playlists on KUVO has been, and continue to be extraordinary, global, soulful. Under his direction, musical storytelling and interesting conversations about the music have put KUVO on the map for many thousands of radio listeners over four decades.
Awards
- 1987: Chicano Media Association Excellence in Radio Broadcasting, Carlos Lando
- 1997: Colorado Hispanic Media Association Achievement in Radio - Carlos Lando
- 2005: Jazz Week: KUVO JAZZ named Major Market Station of the Year
- 2012: Five Points Jazz Festival: Lifetime Achievement Carlos Lando
- 2015: Jazz Week: KUVO JAZZ named Major Market Station of the Year
- 2016: The London Telegraph ranked KUVO JAZZ number one in the Jazz and Soul category in an article titled "The best internet radio stations" by Pete Naughton
- 2022: Westword Magazine’s Reader’s Choice: KUVO JAZZ, Best Radio Station for Music Award
- 2024: Jazz Journalists Association awards Carlos Lando the Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Achievement in Broadcasting
- 2024: Colorado Music Hall of Fame: Carlos Lando & KUVO JAZZ
News
For KUVO jazz radio veteran Carlos Lando, it’s always been about the music — ‘la musica,’ as he likes to say.
Arturo Gómez
Celebrating Arturo
For 23 years Arturo Gómez has graced our community, front and center in the clubs, sipping Cuban coffee in our neighborhood cafes, and emceed on stage at countless festivals. He has been a true KUVO JAZZ ambassador. Arturo’s genuine excitement for the music is contagious, and we’ve all caught the energy. His working knowledge of the artists and his encyclopedic grasp of the stories behind the songs is remarkable.
Awards
- 2004: JazzWeek: Programmer of the Year – Music Director
- 2005: JazzWeek: KUVO JAZZ named Major Market Station of the Year
- 2005: JazzWeek: Programmer of the Year – Music Director
- 2005: The International Association for Jazz Education: Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service to Jazz Education
- 2006: JazzWeek: Programmer of the Year – Music Director
- 2007: The Taste of Puerto Rico Award for Continued Service to the Hispanic Community and the Taste of Puerto Rico Annual Festival
- 2014: JazzWeek: Duke Dubois Humanitarian Award
- 2015: JazzWeek: KUVO JAZZ named Major Market Station of the Year
- 2015: JazzWeek: Programmer of the Year – Music Director
- 2017: Westword Magazine: Best Radio Personality on Denver Radio
- 2018: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz: Letter of Gratitude from Herbie Hancock, the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, support and participation in the annual International Jazz Day
- 2022: Westword Best of Denver: Readers Choice Best Radio Station for Music KUVO
- 2022: Westword Best of Denver: Readers Choice Best Radio Station for Music KUVO
- 2025: Jazz Journalists Association: Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Achievement in Broadcasting
News
Arturo Gómez’s love for music, and ultimately landed him his job of more than 20 years with KUVO JAZZ.
Carlos Lando Stories
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Arturo Gómez Stories
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Share Your Stories
Carlos Lando and Arturo Gomez have built a memorable legacy for our community. Share your stories, and comments about them.
Help us celebrate the hosts that have been the heart and soul of KUVO JAZZ.
Let's celebrate!
Timeline:
- Dec. 10th - page live by 7am, hide video placeholder until interview article ready (later in day). Craig to create redirect for kuvo.org/celebrate to go to this page
- December 19 - swap linked images with poster images (after Carlos and Arturo are presented with them on the 18th)
Need for page:
- Additional story/articles: 1) them interviewing each other
- Man Behind the Mic film (embed or link to), placed under Carlos section, will be YouTube and should be added to the performances playlist to pull into the homepage - may have to time this to post on the 12th so it doesn't pull in too early - Tina to check with Wil and Arvida)
- Poster graphics from Del (to be made live on December 19th)
- Stories: anchor link to the bottom of the page where stories are listed, hide button and section until stories come in
- Created block on Our Story page (also adding under the 2020s) and KUVO Legacy page linking to this page. Replace KUVO Legacy button in megamenu to point to this page
- Arturo video - low resolution and edits showing in beginning. TBD if keeping, otherwise make smaller
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