Discover: Local Musician Spotlight
Local Musican Spotlight: Tom Amend
In a distant galaxy (Wyoming) a long time ago (maybe 18 years), a little 6-year-old boy began playing piano, inspired by his father, who played classic rock. A year or…
Local Musician Spotlight: Jeff Jenkins
Jeff Jenkins is one of the busiest musicians on the Front Range, with good reason. He plays piano and he plays the B3 organ; he composes, and he teaches at…
Local Musician Spotlight: Wil Swindler
Saxophone player Wil Swindler is well known in jazz circles in Colorado and around the country, but he’s most active on the Colorado jazz scene. He leads a modern bop…
Local Musician Spotlight: Mark Diamond
Mark Diamond is one well-rounded bass player. He plays jazz with his group, The Big Swing Trio, which has been playing together for over 30 years! The others in the trio are Paul Romaine…
Local Musician Spotlight: Braxton ("BK") Kahn
Braxton (“BK”) Kahn is some kind of interesting guy! I met with him for about 90 minutes and came to appreciate the young man as well as his gifted drumming.…
Local Musician Spotlight: CCJA (Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts)
This is part of a series called “Spotlight on a Local Musician,” but just this once, I want to step out of the formula and spotlight an organization. You’ve probably…
Local Musician Spotlight: Alejandro Castaño
Today we’ll Spotlight one of the young lions who came through Denver’s educational and opportunity-laden jazz environment to become one of the hottest and most talented drummers on the scene…
Local Musician Spotlight: Mark Patterson
In this series, I’ve been writing about local jazz musicians. Today, our local jazz musician is a trombone player who has lived in New York since 1983. Mark Patterson was…
Local Musician Spotlight: Bill Kopper
BILL KOPPER, Guitar - Many moons ago, on a farm in Illinois, far from Chicago, a young farmer, who was also a guitar student, was working in the barn, perhaps…
Local Musician Spotlight: Dru Heller
This month’s spotlight is on another incredible musician who transplanted to Denver and is taking full advantage of the jazz environment and the supportive local jazz musicians that surround us…
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