Highlights

This Sunday, September 16, KUVO celebrates the birth of piano virtuoso Henry Butler (born September 21, 1949) by playing recordings from his many performances in the Phyllis A. Greer Performance Studio.

National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15 since the Reagan-era law was enacted in 1988) celebrates the contributions of Latinos in virtually every sector of American society – business, visual and literary arts, science, health, the environment, education, government and law, the military, family, communications, religion, and of course, music.

This Sunday, September 9, KUVO celebrates the blues with Erica Brown, recorded as she and her band performed live on the air from the Phyllis A. Greer Performance Studio.

Smithsonian Award-winning pianist Omar Sosa and his Quarteto Afro-Cubano visit Colorado for two nights of performances at Dazzle on September 4 and 5.

Sosa is a 7-time Grammy-nominated pianist and recipient of the Smithsonian lifetime achievement award will be appearing with his primary touring band Quarteto AfroCubano. Omar Sosa fuses an array of jazz, world music, hip-hop, and electronic elements with his Afro-Cuban roots for an evening of music that will make you feel at ‘home.’

This Sunday, September 2, at 4 pm, KUVO’s performance series “On Stage” features one of the top touring jazz trios in the nation – Akiko Tsuruga, Jeff Hamilton and Graham Dechter this summer at the Vail Jazz Festival.