Fusion Jazz

Jazz Men Testify

Various Artists

Visions
Dirty//Clean Records

Murph of Dinosaur Jr on how the fans seem just as young and rowdy now as they once were

Dinosaur Jr was the product of three guys from Massachusetts who had played in the hardcore bands Deep Wound and All White Jury. But when J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph got together, the music they produced sounded like it had all but shed that background in favor of melody, and the outfit made the ... More >>

SHIRLEY

From a Bright Clearing
Dazzle Recordings

Raincheck

Raincheck
Dazzle Recordings

LTJ Bukem spins on September 10 at Red Rocks

Stanley Clarke Band and Victor Wooten Band

Saturday, March 12, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030.

Supercollider

Supercollider
Self-released

Vital organ: NY transplant and Denver mainstay Pat Bianchi releases a new CD October 15 at Dazzle

Grant Gordy

Grant Gordy
Self-released

Chick Corea's Freedom Band at Botantic Gardens: Jazz legends unite for a powerful set

Jon Solomon​ Chick Corea's Freedom Band 06.15.10 | Denver Botanic Gardens It was fitting Chick Corea's Freedom Band, which features Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride and Roy Haynes, opened Monday night's Botanic Gardens show with a tune from Corea's Remembering Bud Powell album, as all four m ... More >>

The Motet

Dig Deep
Self-released

Adam Stern

Twang Shui
Self-released

Five Peace Band is miles from where Chick Corea and John McLaughlin began

Larry Coryell is still a fleet-fingered jazz mastermind

Return to Forever

Chick Corea’s breakthrough act is back after nearly three decades.

Return to Forever

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Wild Game

Larimer Lounge

Clutch

Sound Bites

The Dixie Dregs

Friday, January 12, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Jack of All Trades

Jack DeJohnette promotes drumming diversity.

Jama-Sonique

Oriental Theater

Fully Loaded

Friday, March 17, Quixote's True Blue, 303-297-1772; Saturday, March 18, Dulcinea's 100th Monkey, 303-832-3601; Sunday, March 19, D-Note, Arvada, 303-463-6683.

Steve Kimock

Friday, December 9, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399; Saturday, December 10, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772.

Four Tet

Everything Ecstatic (Domino)

Neil Haverstick

Stick Man (Self-released)

Medeski Martin & Wood

End of the World Party (Just in Case) (Blue Note)

The Evolutionary

Charting the territory explored by John McLaughlin's guitar.

Club Scout

Sensory Circus

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Critic's Choice

Dave Holland

Gil Evans

The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (Bluebird)

Hit Pick

Buckner Funken Jazz

Discmania

Backbeat writers revisit their favorite albums of the year.

The Musings of Miles

Almost ten years after his death, jazz fans remain fascinated by the man who gave birth to cool.

All's Dope on the Western Front

The acid jazz of United Dope Front keeps 'em dancing in the trenches.

Woody Shaw

Givin' Away the Store 2
(32 Jazz)

Playlist

Night & Day

February 25 - March 3, 1999

The World According to Herbie

Six new releases paint an intriguing picture of jazz chameleon Herbie Hancock.

Mama Knows Best

Thrills for the week

Soul-Jazz Power

Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff haven't changed a lick since the Sixties. And why should they?

MASSIVE ATTACK, BOULDER STYLE

THRILLS