KUVO Jazz

Listener-supported Jazz, Blues, Latin, Soul, R&B and more! Broadcasting live from Denver, Colorado.

Since 1985, KUVO – an independent, public radio station – has provided a rare blend of music and news. We broadcast the very best in jazz, Latin jazz, and blues in addition to seventeen locally produced, culturally diverse programs. Our mission is to provide distinctive music, news, and informational programming reflecting the values and cultural diversity of our listener community. We frequently

feature live broadcasts of national touring artists as well as local musicians and students from our Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Performance Studio and broadcast remotely from concerts, festivals, and community events. KUVO is a subsidiary of Rocky Mountain Public Media, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit that is also home to Rocky Mountain PBS and the Sister Station of THE DROP 104.7. Community Guidelines:
If/when comments are made that engage in any of the following behaviors, they will be deleted/hidden from KUVO digital platforms and/or you will be asked to leave an event: hate speech, obscene, harassing, threatening, abusive or defamatory behavior toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religious belief, race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability or otherwise.

07/20/2024

KUVO Jazz kaleidoscope back pack and lanyard present at the 47th Annual Vitoria Gasteiz Jazz Festival in the UNESCO Green City and capital of Euskadi-the Basque Country-Vitoria Gasteiz. This was after the spectacular Michel Camilo-Tomatito flamenco jazz concert.

07/19/2024

In case you missed it 👇

Abi's Picks this week:

📌 Dreamer -- Laufey -- Bewitched -- 2023
📌 Sunny -- Bobby Hebb -- Sunny -- 1966
📌 Bil Nisbi La Boukra -- Ziad Rahbani -- Houdou Nisbi -- 1985
📌 Empire -- Metropole Orkest -- Empire (Single) -- 2023
📌 Honeybee -- LAPOMPE -- Passages -- 2019

Tune in weekdays from 7-10 a.m. to The Morning Set to catch Abi's Pick on KUVO 📻🎶🔍

07/19/2024

Friday on The Morning Set: Cedric Burnside dropped by our studios recently with his guitar to chat with Geoff Anderson, one of the hosts of Saturday's All Blues show. On Behind the Mic, we feature highlights from this session now available on our KUVO YouTube Channel. Tune in at 8:30 a.m. to hear it! 🎸📻❤

07/18/2024

Tonight at 7PM, KUVO welcomes the The New Mastersounds for a special live music session to be broadcast on the air and on the KUVO YouTube channel.

The New Mastersounds are a British four-piece jazz fusion and blues/funk band originally from Leeds, England. They have collaborated with a variety of artists like Lou Donaldson, Art Neville, Idris Muhammad, Fred Wesley, George Porter, Jr., and more. Lead guitarist and producer Eddie Roberts now resides in Denver and runs the record label Color Red.

Hear The New Mastersounds on air, on the stream, and KUVO’s YouTube and Twitch channels tonight at 7 p.m.!

The New Mastersounds | Live on KUVO! Featuring:🎵 Eddie Roberts - Guitar, Vocals (https://www.instagram.com/theeddieroberts)🎵 Simon Allen -...

07/18/2024

Thursday on The Morning Set: More highlights from our conversation with Delfeayo Marsalis in anticipation of his performance at this year's KUVO Presents: Live At The Vineyards w/ Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra ! Tune in at 8:30 a.m. MT to catch the chat 🎷📻🎺 Tickets are going quick! More info at Kuvo.org 💜💚💛

07/17/2024

Tune in as trombonist Altin Sencalar - Music joins host Paul Donovan on Wednesday, July 17 at 4:15 p.m. for an interview to talk about his upcoming performance with the Rocco Lc Williams Quartet this Thursday night at 7 pm at Dazzle.

07/17/2024

Wednesday on The Morning Set: Chef Sarah Daulton, owner and "chefstructor" at Denver Cooking Classes, join us this week on Eats & Beats! Grab your apron and join us at 8:30 a.m. MT. to catch the conversation 🍽🧑‍🍳

07/16/2024

Tune in to the Vinyl Vault tonight, Tuesday, July 16 at 8:30 pm on KUVO JAZZ 89.3FM!

The Vinyl Vault will feature music from the band Gong and its album “Expresso II.” The album was released on Arista Records in 1978. The band Gong had a bit of a complicated history. The original Gong started around 1970 and was led by Australian musician Daevid Allen. 🎶

https://www.kuvo.org/vinyl-vault-gong-expresso-ii/

07/16/2024

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Sunday, July 21 - 8 pm (doors at 7)
Boulder Theater, Boulder CO

https://www.kuvo.org/event/ladysmith-black-mambazo/

07/16/2024

Tuesday on The Morning Set: Sammy Figueroa's latest release, Searching for a Memory (Busco Tu Recuerdo), is a tribute to his father, musician Charlie Figueroa. Tune in at 8:30 a.m. MT as Carlos Lando, Rachel Faro, and Sammy Figueroa talk about the meaning behind this album and share its amazing writing/recording process.

07/14/2024

Join host Deborah Walker on The Gospel Train this Sunday morning at 8 a.m. as she interviews The Group Fire who will perform later today at the 38th Annual Colorado Black Arts Festival at Denver City Park West.

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Join host Deborah Walker on The Gospel Train on Sunday, July 14 at 8 a.m. as she interviews The Group Fire out of Newark, New Jersey who will perform at the 38th Annual Colorado Black Arts Festival at Denver City Park West. The Group Fire will talk about their new album release “Heal the Land” [...

07/13/2024

Grammy Award-winning Blues artist Cedric Burnside recently stopped by the KUVO Studios for a special live session and interview with ALL BLUES host Geoff Anderson.

Cedric is the grandson of blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist R. L. Burnside and continues the rich tradition and legacy of Hill Country Blues.

Burnside is a recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship, the country’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts and was recently recognized with the 2024 Mississippi Governor's Art Award for Excellence in Music.

Check out the video on the KUVO YouTube channel!

ALL BLUES on KUVO airs Saturdays from 4-6pm.

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Cedric Burnside | KUVO Live!Featuring:🎵Cedric Burnside - Vocals, Guitar :00:54 - Toll On They Life04:24 - You Gotta Mov...

07/12/2024

In case you missed it 👇

Abi's Picks this week:

📌 Cold Bear - The Gaturs - Wasted - 2015 (recordings from the 1970s)
📌 Watermelon Man - Bernie Worrell - Standards - 2011
📌 Rollin' On - Jackie Venson - Love Eternally - 2021
📌 Cookie - The Squirrel Nut Zippers - The Lost Songs of Doc Souchon - 2018
📌 Cat Jam - Nick Campbell Destroys, Jacob Mann, Christian Euman - Live for the Highest Bidder - 2023

Tune in weekdays from 7-10 a.m. to The Morning Set to catch Abi's Pick on KUVO 📻🎶🔍

07/11/2024

Tonight at 7pm, we welcome ATOMGA to the KUVO airwaves for a special live music broadcast on the air and on the KUVO YouTube channel!

Celebrating 13 years of creating a unique brand of Afrobeat music infused with elements of jazz, rock, hip hop, and funk, ATOMGA builds polyrhythms that always get their audience moving!

The band is opening for Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 at Levitt Pavilion Denver on July 20, and they’re in the studio recording a new album for release this fall.

ATOMGA, live on KUVO, on the air, on the stream, on the app, and on KUVO’s YouTube and Twitch channels, Thursday, July 11 at 7 p.m.!

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ATOMGA | KUVO Live!Featuring:🎵Frank Roddy, Co-founder/ Tenor Saxophone🎵Casey Hrdlicka, Co-founder/ Lead Guitar🎵LaSha "Calysol" Afarko, Vocals🎵Peter Mous...

07/11/2024

Thursday on The Morning Set: Abi Clark got a chance to catch up with Jimbo Mathus, the founder of The Squirrel Nut Zippers ahead of their Colorado tour this weekend. Tune in at 9:30 a.m. MT to learn more about their latest show "Jazz from the Back O' Town" 🎷🎩🎺

07/10/2024

Thursday on The Morning Set: Anna Krantz-Diaz drops by the KUVO studios to talk about the El Chapultepec Legacy Project and The Pec's 2024 induction into the Colorado Music Hall Of Fame! Tune in to The Morning Set Thursday at 8:30 a.m. MT to catch the conversation❤️🌵📻

07/10/2024

Congratulations to some of our winners who received VIP seating to our
KUVO JAZZ special advance screening last night of Fly Me to the Moon. We were
excited to meet you and appreciate your support!

07/09/2024

History Colorado presents Black Outside: A hike to Honor J. Beckwourth and W. K. Walker on Monday, July 29th at the West Trailhead Mount Falcon Park. Beckwourth was a fur trapper, explorer, mountain man, author, scout, guide and was connected to Colorado territory.

For tickets and information https://www.historycolorado.org/events =black-outside-a-hike-to-honor-j-beckwourth-w-k-walker;instance=20240729080000?popup=1

07/09/2024

Tuesday on The Morning Set: Executive Director Jaleesa McIntosh joins us to talk more about this weekend's 38th Annual Colorado Black Arts Festival! Learn more about it's mission to celebrate Colorado’s African diaspora arts and culture at 8:30 a.m. MT on Live & Local! 🦋❤️🌍

07/08/2024

¡KUVO-LÉ! is a new live music event series that captures the diversity of Latin music while highlighting and amplifying emerging artists in non-traditional spaces.

Join us as we kick off this series at Raices Brewing Co. on Friday, July 12th at 8PM with our special guests LatinSoul y SIEMBRA.

LatinSoul’s versatility and talent are showcased within the genres of R&B, Latin, Pop, Hip Hop, and Gospel. Her music can be described as soulful, eloquent, and deeply profound. LatinSoul performs with Yucasoul and Selecta C of SIEMBRA.

This event is Free and open to the public. Visit kuvo.org to RSVP!

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07/07/2024

The KUVO Jazz Crew at City Park Jazz visiting the living legend Joe Keel who is here to see his daughter’s group JoFoKe play this afternoon.

07/06/2024

This Sunday's edition we return to our habitual 2-hours. As always we'll have a new release or 2 to share plus part 2 of our tribute to the sensational sonero-Cheo Feliciano. Add to that an obscure but very important Cuban guitarist-arranger-composer: Juanito Márquez on his 95th birthday! Other birthday celebrants include "El León de la Salsa"-Venezuela's won Oscar D'León, the Dominican poet of bachata--Juan Luis Guerra, a leading Colombian salsero-Fruko, Santana's founding drummer-Michael Shrieve, salsa and Latin Rock percussion Victor Pantoja--"El Negrito", Cortijo and El Gran Combo conguero/bongosero-Marín Quiñones and 4 giants of jazz latino: Panama's Mauricio Smith-flute, Cuba's Ignacio Berroa-drums, Argentina's Jorge Dalto-piano and the Chicano timbalero/drummer-Ramón "Mon" Banda. Musical fireworks to close out the 4th of July weekend

07/05/2024

In case you missed it 👇

Abi Clark's Picks this week:

📌 Take Five - Minoru Muraoka - Bamboo - 1970
📌 Batho Baka - Naledi - Artist Page - Batho - 2024
📌 HARU - PAJAUMI - HARU - 2023
📌 Everybody Is A Star - Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits - 1970
📌 Activate - Theon Cross - Fyah - 2019

Tune in weekdays from 7-10 a.m. to The Morning Set to catch Abi's Pick on KUVO 📻🎶🔍

07/04/2024

Join us in celebrating Ms. Lorraine Hobbs' incredible milestone – 100th birthday! 🎉This amazing mother and now great-great-grandmother has dedicated 92 years to Scotts United Methodist Church and is one of KUVO’s most cherished volunteers. Ms. Hobbs recently joined KUVO' Gospel Train host Deborah Walker to share stories about her years of volunteering. She credits her long life to prayer, good health, and exercise. Let's honor her legacy and wish her a fantastic centennial birthday today! 🌟

07/03/2024

KUVO JAZZ members Visda & Thomas Carson made a point to represent KUVO while abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France. 🎶 🇫🇷

07/02/2024

Tomorrow it's an Eats & Beats Wednesday on The Morning Set🍴🎶 We welcome Chef Sandoval of Xatrucho Concepts to the show 🤝 Latin American inspired cooking with emphasis on Honduran food & culture - Tune in to KUVO at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow to learn more! 💚🧅🥬🍅💚

07/01/2024

This year, KUVO Presents: Live At The Vineyards w/ Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra! Tomorrow on The Morning Set, we'll share some highlights from our recent chat with Delfeayo Marsalis🎉 Tune in tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. MT to catch it! 💜💚💛

07/01/2024

The KUVO Jazz Crew at City Park Jazz featuring birthday gal, Hazel Miller & the Collective with Coco Brown.

06/30/2024

Today at 3pm, KUVO will air our special live studio session with Orquesta Akokán. You can hear the session on Salsa con Jazz, or view this performance on our YouTube channel.
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Orquesta Akokán | KUVO Live!Featuring:🎵Jacob Plasse - Tres🎵Michael Eckroth - Piano🎵Kiko Ruiz - Singer🎵Yuya Rodriguez - Conga🎵David Fernandez - Alto Sax?...

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🎶 Hailed by @Rolling Stone for “his classic American soul sound,” Lee Fields is arguably the greatest pure soul singer alive today. His latest album "Sentimental Fool" is out now on Daptone Records. 📀 Check out our KUVO COMMUNITY YouTube page to see our interview with Mr. Fields. Just click on the Artist Series playlist. 🔗

"Growing up in a city like Philadelphia where you could find the best of everything you just grew up playing everything," Christian McBride on how he learned to play so many musical genres.

Grammy nominated musician, singer, producer, emcee and drummer Kassa Overall stopped by to chat with KUVO Program Director Shane German about his unique creative processes, musical collaborators and the power of recognizing and overcoming mental obstacles to create beautiful art 🎶 His latest album ANIMALS is out now via Warp Records. 💿

This past weekend, our "Jazz Odyssey Presents..." music event series received the Award of Excellence for "Best Station Sponsored Community Event" at the Colorado Broadcaster Association Awards! You can stream the video series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd8ixkL70FrDW1ZOZVWbMeAeKmvANDn5F

KUVO JAZZ Recognizes Influential Colorado Women

As we move from #WomensHistoryMonth to #AutismAwarenessMonth KUVO host, Tree King talks with one of Colorado’s most influential women, Autism advocate, Professor Temple Grandin. 💙 #autismawareness #autism #colorado #kuvo

A Moment in Black History featuring American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician John Mercer Langston. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

A Moment in Black History featuring American civil rights activist and writer James Meredith. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

A Moment in Black History featuring American civil rights leader and politician John Lewis. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

A Moment in Black History featuring American physician, apothecary, abolitionist and author, James McCune Smith. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

A Moment in Black History featuring American civil rights activist James L. Farmer, Jr.#blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

A Moment in Black History featuring American civil rights activist Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

A Moment in Black History featuring American politician Hiram R. Revels. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

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A Moment in Black History featuring American Civil Rights Lawyer and Jurist Thoroughgood “Thurgood” Marshall. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

A Moment in Black History featuring American civil rights activist Medgar Evers. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

A Moment in Black History featuring American civil rights activist Claudette Colvin. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

A Moment in Black History featuring American agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

A Moment in Black History featuring American Ophthalmologist Patricia Bath. #blackexcellence #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory

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KUVO Jazz

Since 1985, KUVO – an independent, public radio station – has provided the very best in jazz, Latin jazz, blues, and soul in addition to numerous locally produced, culturally diverse programs.

Our mission is to provide distinctive music and informational programming reflecting the values and cultural diversity of our listener community. Thanks to the free KUVO app and the ability to stream the station online, KUVO has a worldwide listener community!