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She was named "Best In Denver - Jazz" from Westword in 2015, [2] 2016 [3] and 2017. [4] In 2016, she toured Mexico with the New York Jazz All Stars - Greg Gisbert Quartet [ 5 ] (sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center ) that included musicians Greg Gisbert , Tommy Campbell , and Mike Boone (side artist for Buddy Rich and John Swana ).
The "King of Jazz", bandleader Paul Whiteman, was born in Denver, Colorado on March 28, 1890. From the 1920s-50s, Welton Street in Five Points was home to over fifty bars and clubs, where some of the greatest jazz musicians such as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and others performed. [1]
During his brief time in school at Berklee, Gisbert was offered to go on the road with Buddy Rich as a connection made through Wilson. Gisbert's credits have then included: Buddy Rich (1985–86), Woody Herman's band under Frank Tiberi's direction (1987–89), John Fedchock and Maria Schneider, Gary Burton (1989), Lew Anderson (1989) and Toshiko Akiyoshi (1989 and subsequently).
Makinen attended the University of Colorado at Denver in 1987 and soon dropped out of school to begin playing drums regularly with pianist Billy Wallace at the Denver jazz club El Chapultepec. Throughout the late 1980s and early 90s Makinen performed and recorded with other up-and-coming jazz musicians including Javon Jackson , Brad Leali, Pat ...
As the sole director, writer, and editor, Makinen aimed to document the stories of older players while exploring the new generation of jazz musicians. According to a 2022 article in Westword, “Makinen says JazzTown has the distinction of being the only feature-length jazz documentary made entirely by one person.” [ 2 ]
In 2007, six-year-old Jazz Jennings went on national television to tell Barbara Walters the same thing she’d been telling her parents, siblings and anyone else who would listen: She was, despite ...
Among the choices: the vibrant Latin sounds of Sofrito Latin Jazz Quintet, which will be at a new venue, the Inn on Broadway, on June 22; the Oddgeir Berg Trio June 25 show at Christ Church, a ...
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