A classically trained violinist and composer raised in Boulder, George Morrison Sr. pioneered one of Colorado’s first jazz orchestras, achieved international renown by the mid-1920s and was a kingmaker of talent in his music community.
Yes, they invented electronica. Hear the amazing story of the first rockers to tour and record using synthesizers.
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A symposium at Fiske Planetarium convened members of Spontanuity, whose psychedelic light show provided visual background for the Dead’s 1969 concert in Boulder.
Photographer Stephen Collector applied his attention to detail and lighting techniques to the world of ’80s music, a striking portfolio he shares with the Colorado Music Experience.
Freddie Jackson, the Grammy-nominated singer who rose to fame for heartfelt R&B love songs, died on October 5 at age 69.
By the beginning of the millennium, the divas of the jazz world had passed, leaving a new generation of singers to carry on. One of the most significant jazz vocalists to fill the void was Dianne Reeves, whose performances could recall the era of Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan while imparting her own technically adept yet emotive style.
Lee Allen
Tenor saxophone player Lee Allen grew up in Denver and attended school in the Whittier neighborhood. He located in New Orleans circa 1943 and, as the late Dr. John described it, “put that sound” on Little Richard’s hits and recordings with Fats Domino. Allen also played three shows with the Rolling Stones in 1981—two of them at Folsom… more ≫
On Record book series
Each volume of the award-winning On Record series gathers over 200 limited and extraordinary images and 100 interview-based profiles spotlighting an array of musical artists.
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