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Herb Jeffries Dead: Jazz Singer & Actor Dies At 100. Has a Denver Memorial!

Herb Jeffries Dead: Jazz Singer And Actor Known As 'The Bronze Buckaroo' Dies At 100 Here in Denver, "The Bronze Buckaroo" has a star on the Walk of Fame along the…

May CD of the Month: Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra: The L.A. Treasures Project on Capri Records In 1985 the brothers Clayton, John & Jeff-bassist and saxophonist respectively, teamed up with drummer Jeff Hamilton to form the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.…

Jazz and Jeans to benefit construction mentoring

interview with David HicksThe Colorado Construction Institute’s annual "Jazz & Jeans" Silent Auction and Dinner benefits their programs that give disadvantaged youth hands on training in residential construction trades, along…

Amid Boom, Regulators Struggle with Staffing

Stephanie Joyce's report on Wyo. regulatory hiringThe newly discovered abundance of domestic oil and gas is creating a shortage of something else… the petroleum engineers who REGULATE drilling activities. They…

Claflin University Choir in Denver

interview with Dr. Isaiah McGee, music from Concert Choir of Claflin University Down in the roots of jazz, you'll probably find the blues.  In the soil around those roots, you're…

Eats & Beats: The Power of Cacao

interview with Mavis Salazar One of the Americas greatest gifts to the world is the cacao plant.  The ancient and extremely complex process of developing the plant is a work…

Erik Deutsch & the Jazz Outlaws!

Keyboardist, bandleader and Jazz ne'er-do-well Erik Deutsch arrived in New York City some time ago by ways of the University of Colorado - Boulder and his hometown of Washington, DC. …

Review: Best American Essays 2013

book review by Dr. Robert Greer The Best American Essays, edited by Cheryl Strayed, is an anthology worth reading if you enjoy the strictly personal narrative.  And, although the essays…

Hurt Artist: suicidal junkie to Ironman

interview with Shane Niemeyer Shane Niemeyer is an Ironman triathlete, but it's been a long road, longer than his 38years.  His autobiography The Hurt Artist - My Journey from Suicidal…

Ask the White Guy: corporate diversity in 2014

interview with Luke ViscontiEven in 2014, incidents of  racial bias still show up on the public stage.  Exhibit A: L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling - even his apology on CNN…

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