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Steven Pope The Vail Jazz Festival is back for its 27th season with nine weeks of performances running from now through Labor Day Weekend. Overcoming obstacles After a year of uncertainty, festival founder Howard Stone and his team have been able to overcome the roadblocks of the pandemic to present 29 performances featuring some of the biggest names in jazz. “Last night I didn’t sleep very well because I was so pumped up from the energy and the music,” said Stone, following the opening night of the festival. Planning for this concert series usually takes place over the course of nine m...

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Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra Will Perform Basie, Blues, and More Next Month The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra (CJRO) performs the best of Count Basie and other world-renowned jazz artists on Sunday, June 6 at 2 p.m. at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80226. Featuring many of the best jazz musicians in the area, the CJRO will perform a variety of blues, jazz, and Latin classics including Count Basie's "Blues in Hoss Flat", Stan Kenton's "A Little Minor Blues," Chick Corea's "Armando's Rhumba" and even "Corner Pocket," reimagined as a cha-cha by Drew...

Denver's jazz scene took big hits during COVID-19, including the loss of El Chapultepec, Le Cour and Live @ Jack's. But City Park Jazz, which was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic, is coming back with nine free shows in 2021. The series, which launched in 1986, is celebrating its 35th season this year. In the past, concerts regularly drew between 8,000 and 12,000 people to City Park on Sunday evenings. Some would bring in picnics, while others took advantage of the food trucks around the park. “We couldn’t be more excited right now,” notes Andy Bercaw, president of the City Par...

Norman Provizer Share Before we know it, the end of April, the end of Jazz Appreciation Month, will be here. Jazz’s designated month wraps up on April 30 each year – designated by UNESCO as International Jazz Day with events occurring across the globe. In fact, if you check out jazzday.com, you can see hundreds of those events listed by country from the start of the alphabet through Vietnam. Additionally, if people are hanging around with music on their minds, you can add a listing to the International Jazz Day posting by going to Before we get to International Jazz Day ...