Bret Saunders

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Bret Saunders

Bret Saunders (bretsaunders@kbco.com) can be heard from 6 to 11 a.m. weekday mornings at KBCO 97.3 FM. Follow him on Twitter: @Bretontheradio.

Denver’s El Chapultepec and Dazzle clubs are taking extraordinary measures to keep the local jazz scene going.

El Chapultepec, Dazzle taking extraordinary measures to keep Denver jazz scene going

June 11, 2020 at 10:02 a.m.

The Winter Park Jazz Festival, the Telluride Jazz Festival and the Vail Jazz Party all have been canceled for 2020. That means none of the traditional Colorado summer jazz-flavored mountain...

El Chapultepec, Dazzle taking extraordinary measures to keep Denver jazz scene going

November 17, 2021 at 12:54 p.m.

The Winter Park Jazz Festival, the Telluride Jazz Festival and the Vail Jazz Party all have been canceled for 2020. That means none of the traditional Colorado summer jazz-flavored mountain...

A shot from a past Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival. (Steve Mundinger, Denver Post file)

Colorado jazz festivals reschedule and regroup in response to coronavirus outbreak

May 6, 2020 at 11:34 a.m.

Due to the coronavirus, several of Colorado's jazz festivals have been canceled or postponed until next year.

Colorado jazz festivals reschedule and regroup in response to coronavirus outbreak

November 17, 2021 at 12:55 p.m.

Due to the coronavirus, several of Colorado's jazz festivals have been canceled or postponed until next year.

Freddy Rodriguez, right, and his quartet perform at El Chapultepec in downtown Denver in 2009.(Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Quarantine jazz: What we鈥檙e listening to while Denver jazz clubs are shut down

April 7, 2020 at 9:08 a.m.

Music is magnificent therapy, and here's what I've had on heavy rotation at home in the past few weeks.

Quarantine jazz: What we’re listening to while Denver jazz clubs are shut down

November 17, 2021 at 12:54 p.m.

Music is magnificent therapy, and here's what I've had on heavy rotation at home in the past few weeks.

Thundercat plays the Ogden on March 12. (Provided by Thundercat)

Denver jazz shows you have to see in March: Bill Frisell, Thundercat and more

March 1, 2020 at 9:50 a.m.

Bill Frisell, Thundercat, Regina Carter, Chris Botti and saxophonist Boney James and more Colorado jazz to see in March.

Denver jazz shows you have to see in March: Bill Frisell, Thundercat and more

November 17, 2021 at 12:56 p.m.

Bill Frisell, Thundercat, Regina Carter, Chris Botti and saxophonist Boney James and more Colorado jazz to see in March.

Gabriel Mervine plays the trumpet with ...

Denver Jazz: Steve Gadd at Dazzle, First Friday Five Points Jazz Hop and more

February 1, 2020 at 10:31 a.m.

From the First Friday Jazz Hop in Five Points to AnDre Mail Quartet at Denver's Nocturne, these are the best Denver jazz concerts in February

Denver Jazz: Steve Gadd at Dazzle, First Friday Five Points Jazz Hop and more

November 17, 2021 at 12:55 p.m.

Free jazz, anyone?

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El Chapultepec, Dazzle taking extraordinary measures to keep Denver jazz scene going

El Chapultepec, Dazzle taking extraordinary measures to keep Denver jazz scene going

Colorado jazz festivals reschedule and regroup in response to coronavirus outbreak

Colorado jazz festivals reschedule and regroup in response to coronavirus outbreak

Quarantine jazz: What we鈥檙e listening to while Denver jazz clubs are shut down

Quarantine jazz: What we’re listening to while Denver jazz clubs are shut down

Denver jazz shows you have to see in March: Bill Frisell, Thundercat and more

Denver jazz shows you have to see in March: Bill Frisell, Thundercat and more

Denver Jazz: Steve Gadd at Dazzle, First Friday Five Points Jazz Hop and more

Denver Jazz: Steve Gadd at Dazzle, First Friday Five Points Jazz Hop and more