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Local Musician Spotlight: Jill Fredericksen

Candace LeGault

A rare Denver native and product of our Denver and Colorado schools, Jill Fredericksen has her roots both firmly here and yet deeply embedded in Balinese Gamelan music. More on…

Local Musician Spotlight: Victor Mestas Pérez

Candace LeGault

Every jazz musician I meet comes from a different background. One will have had music in his life from day one and musically gifted parents; another will have first thought…

Khabu Doug Young, Guitarist & Composer

Guitar – The Instrument that Rocked the World, now at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Tickets at dmns.org. Khabu Doug Young, guitarist, and composer, currently resides in Boulder…

Local Musician Spotlight: Annie Booth

Candace LeGault

Here in metro Denver, if you say the name Annie Booth to any jazz listener, you’ll get a smile. She is talented to the max and loved by anyone who…

An Evening with Dianne Reeves & Colorado Symphony

Jazz Legend Dianne Reeves Comes to Denver. Denver's own five-time GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Dianne Reeves returns to Boettcher Concert Hall for an intimate evening with your Colorado Symphony! Her lush…

Local Musician Spotlight: Al Hood

Candace LeGault

On January 27, 0ur dear friend and amazing jazz trumpeter Al Hood fell hard on ice. He is currently paralyzed from the neck down and undergoing spinal treatment. To support…

Rico Jones’ NYC All-Star Quintet Comes to Dazzle

Stephen Topping

Young composer and musician Rico Jones comes home to Denver, bringing along four highly acclaimed jazz stars from New York to perform at Dazzle for two nights, January 5 and…

Local Musician Spotlight — Robert Johnson

Candace LeGault

Robert Johnson is one of the busiest Colorado singers because he does much more than club gigs. His speaking voice is as valued as his singing voice. He has had…

On Stage — Denver Pianist Joe Bonner

KUVO’s archive show "On Stage," revisits its tribute to Denver-based pianist Joe Bonner, produced in 2018 for the 70th anniversary of his birth. (He was born April 20, 1948.) “Force…

Local Musician Spotlight: Andy Weyl

Candace LeGault

Local Musician Spotlight: Andy Weyl Andy came to us in Denver via a most circuitous route both geographically and musically. But his history here for over 30 years with the…

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