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Kenny Garrett at Dazzle

by Geoff Anderson
August 8, 2008

Kenny Garrett Dazzle Denver July 25, 2008 Kenny Garrett is restless. Over his 20 or so year career, he's explored a good piece of the jazz territory. Consequently, a Kenny Garrett concert is a little like a random parachute jump; you could land just about anywhere. Friday night at Dazzle, ...

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Stevie Wonder at Fiddlers Green in Denver

by Geoff Anderson
July 14, 2008

Stevie Wonder Fiddlers Green Denver, Colorado July 1, 2008 How can you not like Stevie Wonder? The guy just gushes happiness and joy. He smiles all the time; and his music amplifies that demeanor. Tuesday night's show, outside at Fiddlers Green, made everybody smile. He concentrated mostly on his fertile ...

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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss in Denver, June 21, 2008

by Geoff Anderson
July 6, 2008

Robert Plant/Alison Krauss Red Rocks Denver, Colorado June 21, 2008 Over the years blues/rock vocalist Robert Plant has come up with some unusual and surprising combinations of music and rearrangements of classic Led Zeppelin tunes, but his recent performance takes the cake: Saturday night at Red Rocks, Plant sang ...

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Mulgrew Miller at Dazzle Jazz in Denver, June 19, 2008

by Geoff Anderson
July 1, 2008

Mulgrew Miller Trio Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge Denver, Colorado June 19, 2008, First Set In a rare Denver appearance Thursday, June 19, pianist Mulgrew Miller and his trio showed what sophisticated jazz is all about. Using a program of popular and jazz standards as a launching pad, the group ...

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Return to Forever Plays the Paramount, Denver, June 3

by Geoff Anderson
June 10, 2008

Return to Forever Paramount Theater Denver, Colorado June 3, 2008 The movie version of Sex and the City opened last weekend, and the entertainment pages reported that theaters were jammed with women sporting the most expensive fashions they or their credit cards could handle. Seven hundred dollar Manolo spike heels ...

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JazzFest Denver 2008: Winard Harper and Sean Jones

by Geoff Anderson
May 3, 2008

Winard Harper Sextet/Sean Jones Group JazzFest Denver, Denver Center for the Performing Arts Denver, Colorado March 8, 2008 JazzFest Denver 2008 was a two-night affair with four acts per night. Because I continually fail in my perpetual quest to “do it all," the following account is necessarily limited to ...

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Gov't Mule and Powder in Vail, Colorado

by Geoff Anderson
April 26, 2008

Gov't Mule Dobson Arena Vail, Colorado April 10, 2008 Not many rock bands sing about antipsychotic drugs, but Gov't Mule closed their show Thursday night with the Thorazine Shuffle. It seemed appropriate, too, because it had been snowing most of the day in Vail, had continued snowing through the ...

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Porter Batiste Stoltz Serve Up N'Awlins Funk in Denver

by Geoff Anderson
March 7, 2008

Porter Batiste Stoltz Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom Denver, Colorado February 22, 2008 Is it just me, or is Denver getting to be a funky town? Maybe it's a new funky lifestyle: New Orleans style. Friday night the New Orleans power/funk trio of Porter, Batiste, Stoltz constructed groove after fortified groove ...

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Donald Harrison, Jr. Quartet in Denver

by Geoff Anderson
January 25, 2008

Donald Harrison, Jr. Quartet Dazzle Nightclub Denver, Colorado January 17, 2008 Genetics has a concept called “hybrid vigor," which means that you get much healthier and more vital offspring when the parents are not closely related. Basically, that's why you shouldn't marry your sister. Donald Harrison, Jr. is a ...

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Ken Walker Sextet at Dazzle in Denver

by Geoff Anderson
January 6, 2008

Ken Walker Sextet Dazzle Jazz Club Denver, Colorado December 28, 2007 (second set) The Ken Walker Sextet is a little like the full moon, except the KWS is more dependable and swings harder. Sure, everybody knows there's a full moon once a month, but what day? It always changes. ...