Donald Byrd

Friday Rap-Up: Apostle, Lil Wayne, The Game, Prodigy

Swinging in the Big Time

How David Winsett, aka DJ Swingsett, went from being a Colorado DJ to a New York illbient pioneer.

Hank Mobley

No Room for Squares(Blue Note)
The Turnaround(Blue Note)

Meet Curtis Fuller, Living Jazz Legend

He's played with the best, and now he's one of the best.

Spontaneity Is the Spice of Life for Kenny Garrett

Like the masters he learned from, this alto-saxman likes to fly by the seat of his pants.

Guru

Like the masters he learned from, this alto-saxman likes to fly by the seat of his pants.

Guru

Saturday, July 21, the Oriental Theater, 303-455-2124.

Madlib

Shades of Blue (Blue Note)

Bridge to the Future

A generation of Denver jazz stars has one thing in common: Neil Bridge.

Critic's Choice

Scene & Heard

FOLLOW THE LEADER

PEOPLE SWEAR BY--AND AT--HIP-HOP'S OUTSPOKEN, UNDISPUTED GURU.

3'S A CROWD

UNMASKING THE TWO BRITISH MASTERMINDS BEHIND THE JAZZ-RAP SENSATION US3.

Playlist

The Velvet Underground, Big Star, Guru, The Drop Nineteens

RIP Guru, gone at the age of 43

​ By now you've heard about the loss of Keith "Keithy E" Elam, aka Guru, who passed away yesterday. If you're reading this right now, you're probably grappling with the tremendous loss of Guru and reflecting on the monumental impact he had on rap music -- despite the fact that he never really ... More >>

Dancer Michelle Ellsworth wins a $50,000 USA Fellowship prize

​The sixth annual round of the USA Fellowship grants -- fifty awards of $50,000 each -- were announced last night in Los Angeles, and exactly one went to a Colorado artist: Michelle Ellsworth of Boulder, for her work in the field of dance. Ellsworth has an MFA in dance from the University of ... More >>