Jazz Odyssey All-Stars: KUVO 40th Anniversary Celebration

MCA Denver is excited to collaborate with KUVO for a night dedicated to the outer limits of jazz.

Join us on Friday, September 19 at 7 p.m. at MCA Denver at the Holiday Theatre.

For 40 years, KUVO has been Denver’s home for music that defies boundaries, and no program captures that adventurous spirit like Jazz Odyssey. To celebrate this milestone, KUVO Jazz is partnering with MCA Denver for a night dedicated to the outer limits of jazz, featuring one of the show’s original visionaries: Joshua Trinidad.

An Indigenous, Chicano American trumpet player, composer, and producer from Denver, Trinidad transforms jazz by weaving in ambient textures, rock energy, electronic pulses, lo-fi warmth, and hip-hop grit. His sound is as much shaped by the poetry of the Rocky Mountains as it is by the pulse of city streets. With a career spanning the U.S., Europe, and Central Asia, and collaborations with artists from Sage Francis to Chicano Batman to Nathaniel Rateliff, Trinidad has built a sonic world that’s wholly his own.

For this one-night-only performance, Trinidad has assembled an extraordinary lineup of Denver artists connected to Jazz Odyssey’s fearless ethos:

Danette Hollowell – Vocals

Joshua Trinidad – Trumpet

Luke Maxon – Keys

Max Haas – Bass

Alex Armstrong – Drums

Jozer Guerrero – Poet

DJ K‑Née (Ken Hamblin) – DJ

From soaring improvisations to hypnotic grooves, genre-bending beats to spoken word revelations, this is more than a concert; it’s a celebration of four decades of KUVO, the city’s creative heartbeat, and the future of jazz.

A portion of ticket proceeds will be donated to KUVO. Support public media!