City Park Jazz: Purnell Steen & Le Jazz Machine | July 2

Denver has always had a thriving jazz community, and between the 1920s and 1950s, the Five Points neighborhood was the heart of the scene. Known as the “Harlem of the West,” at its peak Five Points had over fifty bars and clubs, and played host to all the greats: pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington, singers Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, saxophonist Charlie Parker, and trumpeter Miles Davis, just to name a few. Local players also kept things cooking, and soon enough the Five Points sound emerged, a brand of jazz characterized by red-hot swing and boundless joie de vivre. 

A Celebration of Community:  Whether you’re coming for the music, food, or friends, City Park Jazz is the ground upon where community is built.

City Park Jazz presents

Purnell Steen & Le Jazz Machine

Sunday July 2 – 6-8pm

City Park Pavilion