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Celebrating 20 years of the Five Points Jazz Festival in the 'Harlem of the West'

Kyle Cooke/RMPBS

DENVER — Arturo Gómez fondly remembers a cold, rainy spring day outside the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library in 2003. “I had just gotten to Denver from Miami about a…

The Joshua Trinidad Trio - Jazz Fest After Jam

The Joshua Trinidad Trio at Spangalang Brewery | Saturday Night | June 10 | 8PM Post Five Points Jazz Fest After Jam Joshua Trinidad on Trumpet Roger Green on guitar…

Sonia Rea Breaks Down the Logistics of the Five Points Jazz Festival

Sonia Rae, Cultural Affairs Program Manager for Denver Arts and Venues, joins The Morning Set to share all you need to know logistic-wise about the Five Points Jazz Festival. Five…

Vinyl Vault — John Klemmer, “Constant Throb”

The featured album this week on the Vinyl Vault will be John Klemmer’s “Constant Throb,” released in 1972 on the Impulse! Label. For those familiar with Klemmer’s later albums where…

Dazzle at Baur's: Big Chief Donald Harrison

2022 NEA Jazz Master Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. is a musician/composer who dedicated his life to mastering every era of jazz, soul, funk, and composing orchestral classical music. According…

Tune In: Denver School of the Arts Jazz Workshop Orchestra

Tune in on Tuesday, June 6 at 7 pm for KUVO's High School - Collegiate Performance Series presenting the Denver School of the Arts Jazz Workshop Orchestra pre-recorded from the…

KUVO Presents Mingus Big Band at Newman Center

Celebrate the music of composer/bassist Charles Mingus with the six-time Grammy-nominated Mingus Big Band featuring 14 of today’s finest jazz musicians. KUVO Presents Mingus Big Band on Thursday, April 6…

Local Musician Spotlight: Peter Huffaker

Candace LeGault

Bassist Peter Huffaker considers himself a lucky, lucky man. I suspect the stars aligned for him on July 7, 1956, since Peter was born at the very moment Duke Ellington’s…

Honoring Marion Powers

KUVO honors Marion Powers during Women's History Month Marion Powers is a six-time DownBeat Award-winning jazz vocalist whose dynamic improvisation skills, fresh and modern arranging style, and sensitive approach to…

The Nightside — Lady Plays the Horn

In the final installment of our Nightside observance of Women’s History Month, we present Lady Plays the Horn. From the days of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm to Artemis we…

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