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KUVO Exhibition Brings Jazz History to Life | July 7-Sept. 9

In celebration of bringing jazz to Denver for 30 years, KUVO is teaming up with the Blair-Caldwell Library to create an exhibit sure to take jazz lovers down a musical memory…

Alejandro Castaño | 30 Under 30

https://youtu.be/QGT8Gp-vzj4 Drummer Alejandro Castaño - a featured artist on KUVO's latest release, Live at the Oasis Volume 11 - strives to make music happen as much as possible. A member of Annie Booth Trio and  Funky Fresh Trio, Alejandro…

Daryl Gott | 30 Under 30

https://youtu.be/c0_9iIl-ebw Denver native Daryl Gott - featured on KUVO's latest release, Live at the Oasis Vol. 11 - is working hard to bring a fresh sound to jazz.  As a saxophonist,…

New Music Monday | Like Son, Like Father & Jazz From St. Thomas

Since his emergence in the early 1990s, Christian McBride has not only become one of jazz's most in demand bassist and bandleader, McBride has become an ambassador of jazz around…

A Happy Birthday USA List of Musical Fireworks | Norman Provizer's Jazz Notes

Jazz Notes 7-2-2015 by Norman Provizer    Before he climbed out of teenage years, New Orleans trumpeter Wynton Marsalis found his way to New York and joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers…

Jazz on Film: Paris Blues - Art, Freedom or Love

Despite being among the greatest of American inventions, jazz has always been a hard way to make a living. Many musicians, from Sidney Bechet and Josephine Baker to Dee Dee…

KUVO Presents an Afternoon of Free Jazz Films | July 18

Join KUVO for a jazz filled Saturday afternoon matinee! We will be showing the jazz cartoon featuring Betty Boop and Cab Calloway,  The Old Man of the Mountain, a 1970s jazz performance short…

The Messers at City Park Jazz | July 5

The Messers are bringing their eminent groove and soul-saturated sound to City Park Jazz July 5. Don't forget to stop by and say hi at the KUVO booth - and pick up…

B.K. Kahn | 30 Under 30

https://youtu.be/RW-8zBfonvg?list=PLd8ixkL70FrCi-irujXBSR5iI3VqSgqwA Boulder native B.K. Kahn began drumming, singing, and performing jazz standards in elementary school. At a young age, B.K.'s father introduced him to The Great American Songbook - which continues…

Night and Day | Stories of Standards

In the opening lines of Cole Porter’s “Night and Day” - composed in 1932 - a haunting melody unfurls in a minor key over an inconsonant background. This discord is…

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