Jazz Shows in Boulder

Join us every 2nd Friday of the month for Throwback Friday. Enjoy a delicious lunch, lots of laughs and a trip down memory lane as we feature musical icons from the past. October features a very special edition of Throwback Friday, The Day the Music Died. Dave Fermanich and Alice Frisch, along with ...

Age Range: 5-13 yrs Fun and adventure ensue when you come help our master storyteller and amazing pianist, Aldo Allgoode, bring this fun-filled interactive version of “Alice” to life. An array of wacky characters picked from willing audience participants join our extraordinary vocalist, Cassie Willi...

Musical Style: Jazz Listen to Somi’s latest single, ‘We’re All Falling .’ Vocalist, composer, actor, and playwright Somi Kakoma is the Midwestern daughter of immigrants from Uganda and Rwanda. Hailed by The New York Times as “a virtuosic performer in full command of her instrument and powers,” she i...

Alysha Brilla is a 3X Juno Award nominated multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and performer weaving together global roots sounds into her unique tapestry of music; transporting audiences to a place nestled between the earth and the stars. The child of an Indo-Tanzanian musician, Brilla’s songs are a ...

One of LA’s best kept musical secrets, Kiefer has been described as a musician who doesn’t play keys with his fingers, but with his soul, which just about sums up in as simple terms as possible the artistry of this truly gifted individual who has re-defined that happy place between jazz improvisatio...

Musical Style: Blues Kent Burnside was born in 1971 in Memphis Tennessee, and spent his early years in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He is the oldest Grandson and one of the closest pupils of the legendary R.L. Burnside Kent first heard the blues while watching his grandfather R.L. perform on the fami...

Musical Style: Original Jazz/Fusion/World Born and raised in Denver, CO., Matt has been composing, performing, recording, and teaching in Colorado for 33 years. Matt earned a B.A. in Music from Metro State University in 2002 where he studied with the great Ron Miles. Ron was an original member of th...

A TRIBUTE TO LAURYN HILL LatinSoul presents a powerful evening celebrating the music, message, and enduring legacy of Lauryn Hill. From her groundbreaking work with the Fugees to the timeless artistry of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn helped reshape hip-hop and soul through fearless storyte...

Age Range: 5-16 years There’s lions and tigers and bears, (oh my!) when we recreate Dorothy’s adventure from Kansas to Oz. Our professional actress, who plays Dorothy, will recruit willing audience members to “star” as her traveling pals and various other “Ozian” characters. Nobody gets left out of ...

Grammy award winning trumpeter & vocalist Eric Benny Bloom from the band “Lettuce” returns to Dazzle on December 30th. He has become one of Colorado’s most diverse musicians, and is known for his entertaining and charismatic performances. This time around you’ll be paying tribute to One of his bigge...

Musical Style: Americana and Folk Join CONNECT FOUR for a folk/Americana musical journey. From Bob Dylan to Dar Williams, John Prine to John Denver, Judy Collins to Lucy Kaplansky. Enjoy early folk music from the 1960s paired with songs by some of today’s folk/Americana music masters. Born of the gr...

Steinway Artist Kelly Green is a pianist, vocalist, composer, and storyteller whose performances transform emotional experiences into whimsical, immersive jazz worlds. Known for her rare ability to accompany herself with both the precision of a master pianist and the warmth of a gifted vocalist, she...

“Sy Smith has proven throughout her career that an R&B artist can be progressive while remaining firmly rooted in tradition. Foremost a singer with a vocal range spanning five octaves, Smith began an unending succession of background gigs with Whitney Houston in the late '90s, and has since worked c...

Musical Style: Jazz, Electronic, Hip Hop, Classical Multi-award winning Los Angeles-based EWI 4000s/saxophonist, composer, producer, photographer, and cinematographer Stratøs brings his 4 years in the making masterpiece album "Challenger Deep" to Denver as a part of the official national tour. A 10-...

Recognized by her distinctive voice and intimate expression, Gabrielle Cavassa is among the few new artists recently signed to Blue Note Records. She was ushered into the spotlight through her 2023 collaboration with saxophonist Joshua Redman after being crowned a winner of the International Sarah V...

Kenny Garrett’s latest release, Sounds from the Ancestors, is a multi-faceted album. The music, however, doesn’t lodge inside the tight confines of the jazz idiom, which is not surprising considering the alto saxophonist and composer acknowledges the likes of Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye as signi...

Kenny Garrett’s latest release, Sounds from the Ancestors, is a multi-faceted album. The music, however, doesn’t lodge inside the tight confines of the jazz idiom, which is not surprising considering the alto saxophonist and composer acknowledges the likes of Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye as signi...

Program Age Range: All Ages In Native cultures nighttime is a crucial part of the Great Circle and balance in the universe. Amazing storyteller, Ellen Shamas Brandt, from the Chickasaw tribe will mesmerize as she weaves stories of nocturnal animals, native moon connections, and astral mysteries. Int...

Musical Style: Contemporary Jazz "Nelson Rangell is an artist of depth, a master of song, and an improviser non pareil" - Jazziz Magazine "He plays the alto saxophone with such authority there is no doubt Nelson Rangell is a true artist" Saxophone Journal "Rangell gives the impression anything is po...