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The Roaring 21’s

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Hello to all of our new subscribers!

This is our monthly newsletter that takes a deep dive into all things jazz!

We also send two weekly emails. One comes out on Sundays with the upcoming and following week’s lineups. We’re playing with what time of day that one comes out. The second comes out on Wednesday evenings and focuses on that weekend’s shows. We hope to see you soon.

Normally, this monthly newsletter comes out on the 2nd Sunday of each month, but our Featured Musician, Kim Dawson, is performing on November 18th & 19th. We want you to know about her now so that you have time to come to the show, so for this month, the newsletter comes out on the 1st Sunday. Enjoy!

Featured Musician: Kim Dawson

Arturo Gómez, Denver’s KUVO Music Director, interviews Kim Dawson about her four upcoming shows at Dazzle @ Baur's, November 18 & 19, 2021.

As Dazzle @ Baur’s continues to celebrate its 25 Anniversary, Kim Dawson joins the lineup with four shows over two evenings. The early shows are a duet with B3 organist Wil Blades and the late shows are purely her own sound. There is a lot of thought and passion put into these shows. The duets are a demonstration of their personal and professional friendship with the B3 organ mixing beautifully with Dawson’s instrument: her voice.

Kim Dawson’s solo work is an eclectic mix of R&B, neo-soul, and funk with a love-laced passion for all things jazz that came from the forced break during the pandemic. It was an opportunity to slow down and cultivate her own creativity.

While not quite a Denver native, she has been here since her early years and is closely tied to the Denver musical community. She’s performed in variety of bands: alt-rock, soul, punk, R&B, and her roots are in gospel. Kim worked hard to explore the value of every facet of music, and she now combines them into her own music.

Since there is such a blurring of genre lines right now, it is the perfect time for her unique sound to take the stage and shine. Dazzle @ Baur’s, “one of the great jazz clubs in the world,” according to Arturo, is honored to have her take our stage and dazzle audiences over the two nights.

Dazzle Presents’ Live Streams

Denver’s arts sector lost a decade’s worth of growth in 2020, says study (Source: Denver Business Journal) This is painful to see, but makes us realize how important our stages are to the revitalization of live music and how valuable your support is.

RIP Pat Martino (Source: JazzWax) Remembering a warm, swinging player who courageously relearned his instrument after a health crisis with astonishing results. What made Martino special plus 10 of his great tracks.

City Of Denver Shuts Down Bar For Operating Without A Brewery (Source: The Onion) Times are tough :D

What a Rare, Live ‘A Love Supreme’ Reveals About John Coltrane (Source: The New York Times) A long-buried private recording of the suite, captured in October 1965, allows listeners to experience more sides of the musician than some major albums in his catalog. (Listen, then buy tickets to Dazzle @ Baur’s ‘A Love Supreme’ show on November 30th.)

Christian Sands: Renaissance Man (Source: All About Jazz) “I’m always trying to push it. And pushing it in different areas where I believe jazz should shine.” ~Christian Sands

South Arts Awards $2 Million in Grants to Jazz Musicians (Source: DownBeat Magazine) We’re always happy to celebrate the support of jazz musicians!

Jazz composer sets Shakespeare's best works to music. Where to see the show in Phoenix (Source: azcentral) Fun concept

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