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  • KUVO
    Denver's great listener supported Jazz station. 89.3 FM Denver, 104.9 FM Laramie, WY & 89.7 FM Breckenridge KUVO Events Calendar
  • NORM PROVIZER
    Norm Provizer's weekly Jazz column in the Rocky Mountain News is a must read for local Jazz fans.
  • TWIST & SHOUT
    Located @ 300 E. Alameda Twist & Shout is committed to supporting local artists and has the best selection of Jazz CD's in town.


    • COLORADO JAZZ ARTISTS
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  • Erik Applegate - Bass
  • Bijoux Barbosa - Bass
  • Lisa Bell - Vocals
  • Pat Bianchi - Organ
  • Franesco Bonifazi - Puccalo artist (whistler) and Guitar
  • Joe Bonner - Piano
  • Dale Bruning - Guitar
  • Mark Diamond - Bass
  • Eric Dorn - Guitar
  • Ryan Elwood - drums
  • Lannie Garrett - Vocal
  • Brad Goode - Trumpet
  • Eric Gunnison - Piano
  • Greg Harris - Vibraphone
  • Al Hood - Trumpet
  • John Hines - Trombone
  • Kirk Knuffke - Trumpet
  • Ron Miles - Trumpet
  • Bob Montgomery - Trumpet
  • Michael Pagán - Piano
  • Tina Phillips - Vocals
  • Todd Reid - Drums
  • Paul Romaine - Drums
  • Robin Ruscio - Bass
  • Serafin Sanchez - saxophone
  • Deborah Stafford - Vocal
  • Eric Thorin - Bass
  • Janine Santana-Torres - Percussion
  • Peter Sommer - Saxophone
  • Will Swindler - Saxophone
  • Kevin Whalen - Trumpet
  • Ken Walker - Bass
  • Jerry Weiss - Piano
    Colorado Jazz Artists please send us a link to your web pages


    • COLORADO JAZZ GROUPS
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  • 9th & Lincoln Orchestra
  • Big Swing Trio
  • Boulder Acoustic Society
  • Cadillac Jazz
  • Colorado Jazz Orchestra
  • Convergence
  • Flatirons Jazz
  • FortJazz Big Band
  • Lannie Garrett and her Swinging Big Band
  • Gypsy Swing Revue
  • The Hot Club of Boulder
  • Hot Tomatoes Dance Orchestra
  • John Hines Quintet
  • Lewis-Church Jazz Quintet
  • Mary Ann Moore Quartet
  • Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra
  • The Neil Bridge 7+
  • Onda
  • Pearl Street Jazz Band
  • Peneplain Jazz Project
  • Skywave
  • The Polite Jazz Quartet
  • The Queen City Jazz Band
  • WestSideJazz Combo
    Colorado Jazz Groups please send us a link to your web pages


    • COLORADO JAZZ FESTIVAL & SERIES
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  • MOUNT VERNON JAZZ SERIES
    Ongoing
  • KALEIDOSCOPE JAZZ SERIES
    Ongoing
  • University of Northern Colorado/Greeley Jazz Festival
  • SUMMIT JAZZ
  • CITY PARK JAZZ SERIES
  • JANUS JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS JUNE FESTIVAL
  • GENUINE JAZZ @ BRECKENRIDGE
  • EVERGREEN JAZZ FESTIVAL
  • TELLURIDE JAZZ CELEBRATION
  • JAZZ IN THE SANGRES
  • VAIL JAZZ FOUNDATION FESTIVAL
  • Colorado Jazz Festivals/Series please send us a link to your web pages


    • COLORADO JAZZ EDUCATION
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  • Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts
    a non-profit organization dedicated to the support, preservation, and growth of jazz as an art form.
  • Creative Music Works
  • Lamont School of Music, University of Denver
  • Jazz Studies Program, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Jazz Studies Program, University of Northern Colorado
  • Metropolitan State College
  • Colorado Jazz Workshop
  • Denver Musicians Association
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    COLORADO JAZZ CLUBS
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    Note: for a listing of venues that feature live Jazz please visit our Venues page
  • Boulder Friends of Jazz
  • Denver Jazz Club
  • Northern Colorado Traditional Jazz Society
  • Pikes Peak Jazz & Swing Society
  • Summit Jazz Foundation
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    COLORADO JAZZ LABELS
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  • Capri Records
  • Jazzed Media
  • Jazz Link Enterprises
  • Sterling Circle Records
  • Synergy Music
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    JAZZ MEDIA
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  • ALL ABOUT JAZZ
    Great, in-depth interviews, reviews, pictures and so much more. May be the best Jazz site on the internet
  • JERRY JAZZ MUSICIAN
    Great in-depth interviews. An amazing work of Jazz scholarship. Worth a visit for the Garry Giddins interviews alone, but there is so much more. Should not be missed!
  • JAZZREVIEW.COM
    A huge sprawling site packed with great material.
  • JAZZONLINE
    Reviews, interviews and features.
  • JAZZ HOUSE
    Website of the Jazz Journalists Association features tons of great information and photos.
  • DOWNBEAT
    The classic Jazz magazines searchable archives are the highlight of this site.
  • JAZZIMPROV
    Interviews and reviews.
  • JAZZTIMES
    Nat Hentoff + News and reviews.
  • JAZZNET
    Paris based writer Mike Zwerin has been covering Jazz for The International Herald Tribune for over 30 years. You'll find several years of his work on this site.
  • ONE FINAL NOTE
    Features and Reviews
  • JAZZSPOT
    Reviews, photos, etc.
  • JAZZIS
    Reviews, events.
  • NPR JAZZ
  • NPR BASIC JAZZ LIBRARY
  • JazzWeek
    Jazz radio airplay charts
  • POLLSTAR
    Pollstar is the industry guide for worldwide concert tour schedules. Use their search engine to find when your favorite national artist are coming to town.
  • FREE POLLSTAR AUTO NOTIFY
    Sign up for this free service to receive email schedule updates for five of your favorite artist.
  • JAZZ MAGAZINE
    Frances's classic Jazz magazine. The site is in french, Click here to check out a translation of their impressive archives using Google translation tools.
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    JAZZ REFERENCE
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  • ALLMUSIC
    The best music reference source on the internet. In-print CD discographies, biographies, photos etc.
  • BOB PARENT ARCHIVE
    One of my photography heroes, the late great Bob Parent pioneered of available light photography. The site features a selection of Jazz images taken from the over 200,000 images he shot between 1945 & 1987. You'll wisht the pictures were bigger but definitely worth a visit.
  • PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ
    The Library of Congress has made available sixteen hundred photographs of celebrated jazz artists taken by William P. Gottleib between 1938 to 1948. There's also an archive of Gottleib's articles for Downbeat. A must visit site for any Jazz fan.
  • THE GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ
    Site for William P. Gottleib book. Lots of images and other great material. A must visit site for any Jazz fan.
  • THELONIOUS MONK INSTITUTE OF JAZZ - JAZZ RESOURCE LIBRARY
    This is the reference section for the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz "Jazz in America" curiculum
  • JAZZ DISCOGRAPHY PROJECT
    An impressive collection of comprehensive discographies for some of the greats of Jazz
  • GALLERY 41
    A cool archive of Jazz images and recorded interviews.
  • NEA JAZZMASTERS
    Web site for the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters series.
  • FREDDY WARREN JAZZ ARCHIVE
    British photographer Freddy Warren has posted a collection of some of the pictures he took in the 60's. Clunky navigation but worth a visit.
  • JAZZ GREATS DIGITAL EXHIBITS
    Brought to you my the Institue of Jazz Studies @ Rutgers University. Hopefully they'll get more of this world renown archive on line soon.
  • JAZZ HISTORY PRESENTED BY VERVE
  • STRIDE PIANO HISTORY
  • UN OEIL SUR LE JAZZ - JUAN-CARLOS HERNANDEZ JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHER
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    JAZZ LABELS
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  • Blue Note Records
  • Concord Records
  • Fantasy Jazz
    Riverside, Prestige, Pablo, Etc.
  • Mosaic
  • Telarc
  • Verve
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    JAZZ ARTISTS
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  • John Coltrane - Saxophone
  • Benny Carter - Saxophone
  • Miles Davis - Trumpet
  • Bill Evans - Piano
  • Benny Golson - Saxophone
  • Tom Harrell - Trumpet
  • Milt Hinton - Bass - Photography
  • Charles McPherson - Saxophone
  • Wynton Marsalis - Trumpet
  • Charles Mingus - Bass
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