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ColoradoJazz

Jazz has always been more than the music we hear. It is also the people we meet, the places we gather, the musicians who influence us, and the experiences we carry with us long after the last note has been played.

Colorado Jazz is a place to preserve and share those experiences. Here we celebrate the musicians, educators, venues and listeners who have shaped jazz in Colorado—and the wider world of jazz that continues to shape us.

Some Notems may introduce an extraordinary musician. Others may remember a performance from decades ago, share photographs or video, honor a teacher or influence, explore something learned through a lifetime of playing, or simply tell the story of a moment in music that still matters.

You don't have to be famous to have something worth sharing. You don't have to call yourself an expert. You may have played professionally for fifty years, picked up your first instrument five years ago, taught generations of students, photographed countless performances, run a jazz club, or simply spent a lifetime listening.

If jazz has been part of your life, your experience is part of its story.

We hope Colorado Jazz becomes more than a record of what happened. We hope it becomes a place where people discover one another—where experience leads to conversation, appreciation leads to friendship, knowledge is passed along, and new opportunities sometimes emerge simply because two people found something meaningful in one another.

Jazz has given all of us something.

This is a place to give something back.

And we'd love to hear from you.

If there's a musician who influenced you, a performance you'll never forget, a lesson that changed the way you play, photographs that preserve a moment in jazz history, or simply a story you believe is worth remembering, share it with us.

Your experience is part of the story, too.