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High Honors Bestowed on Jazz Radio KUVO

High Honors Bestowed on Jazz Radio Triumvirate (Denver – Aug. 12) -- KUVO radio is pleased to announce that KUVO personalities Arturo Gomez, Carlos Lando and Steve Chavis are the…

Marsalis followed his father into the world of Jazz

Three time Grammy winner saxophonist, composer, and band leader Branford Marsalis followed his father pianist Ellis Marsalis into the world of jazz, as did three of his younger brothers. Born in…

Roots and Beginnings with Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter was born in  Newark, New Jersey on August 25, 1933.  Shorter tells his jazz story: “I remember seeing Lester Young when I was 15 years old. It was a…

Final New Music Monday of August Goes Organic !

Our final New Music Monday edition of August goes organic as the 2 leading debut CDs feature the B3 organ! We'll premiere the latest by Akiko (Tsuruga) who once again…

Arts District: Oscar winner Steve McQueen on 'Truth' in Art

KUVO arts reporter Carrie Saldo and director Steve McQueen about his early work as a visual artist, and its continuing relevance today.  More than the sum of his film work –…

Count Basie Day on KUVO!

We're celebrating the 110th anniversray of the birth of the "kid from Red Bank, new Jersey," William "Count" Basie! Be sure to tune in for a musical celebration all day.  Be…

Vinyl Vault: "The Duke Ellington Small Bands; The Intimacy of the Blues" 1967

This week on the Vinyl Vault, it’s a Duke Ellington album KUVO doesn’t have! Yes, strange, but true, it’s a hole in the KUVO library, but the Vinyl Vault has…

Jazz on 2nd Ave. in Niwot: food, wine, music = community

interview with Howard Treppeda Among the top outdoor jazz hangouts of the summer is "Jazz on 2nd Avenue," in the tiny, tucked-away town of Niwot, Colorado, halfway between Boulder and Longmont…

Ritmo Jazz Latino helps with that 1st instrument

interview with Dr. Walter Barr, music from Ritmo Jazz Latino The 1st Note Music Foundation provides music instruments to at-risk youth.  One of Colorado's newest ensembles Ritmo Jazz Latino is performing…

Neil Haverstick: Mictrotonal Guitar Wizard

Colorado-based guitarist, composer, theorist and author Neil Haverstick is known for his compositions in microtonal tunings of 19, 21, 34 and 36 tones to the octave.  The result creates an ancient…

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