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💜 Jazz Passion, Community Action 💜
Nonprofit preserving jazz heritage & promoting education through events, workshops, & outreach in Denver.

We are a Colorado 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established exclusively to enrich the community through the creation, promotion, and preservation of the art of jazz in the Rocky Mountain Region and broaden the audience for jazz music through jazz education and outreach

10/15/2026

💜 Because of your support, we have been able to accomplish another year of carrying the torch of Jazz appreciation to the next generation of students!!

10/13/2026

🎶🪊💌Check out these heartwarming thank-you cards we received from students who participated our Jazz for the Schools program!

Jazz for the Schools is a program that provides an educational presentation to students across the Front Range so they can experience the joy and history of Jazz music. This program is at no-cost to the student and is often offered to students who would not have the financial opportunity to learn about jazz otherwise.

10/12/2026

🎉💜 Celebrate the 100th birthday of jazz legend Lou “Sweet Papa Lou” Donaldson with a soulful, hard-swinging tribute at Muse!

🎵 As a pioneer of the soul-jazz movement, Donaldson’s signature blues-steeped alto saxophone sound was famously built on the heavy, grooving foundation of the Hammond B3 organ. This special “Blind Tiger” event recreates that iconic dynamic live in the room. Feel the warmth of a genuine B3 organ and the swirl of a spinning Leslie speaker in an intimate setting designed to elevate classic soul-jazz.

🎼 Leading the tribute is acclaimed Front Range composer and alto saxophonist Wil Swindler. As Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Colorado State University and a renowned bandleader in the Front Range, Swindler brings his sharp musical sensibilities to Donaldson’s classic repertoire. He is joined by Denver’s own Tom Amend on the Hammond B3 organ. Amend is a versatile organist, pianist, and arranger who frequently writes for and performs in various organ trio formats. Having honed his B3 chops performing across the Rocky Mountain region, Amend provides the gritty soul-jazz foundation required to honor Lou Donaldson.

Lineup:
🎷Wil Swindler - Saxophone
🎹Tom Amend - B3 Organ
🥁Brian Claxton - Drums

📍Muse Performance Space
📆 10/29 @ 7 pm

Happy birthday, Lou! 🥳🎁🎶

09/24/2026

🎉🎶And that’s a wrap on our most recent show held Dazzle which celebrated the centenary of Miles Davis and John Coltrane by Greg Gisbert and Friends!!

Thank you to everyone who came out to support live music right here in Denver, you sold out the room! 💜💜💜 our next show will be on Oct. 29th at the Muse Performance Space which will be paying tribute to Lou Donaldson in the form of a B3 organ trio 👀👀

09/20/2026

Miles & Trane 100 - with Greg Gisbert and Friends

09/09/2026

We are a week away from this performance by Greg Gisbert + Friends celebrating the centenary of Miles Davis and John Coltrane!! 🎉🎉🎉 Get your tickets before the sell out, they’re going quick

Trumpet - Greg Gisbert
Sax - David Bernot
Bass - Domi Edson
Piano - Justin Adams
Drums - Jim White

08/25/2026

We are a nonprofit here in Colorado that is dedicated to delivering high quality jazz performances that are engaging and inspiring 🎶💜🎷

This was from our most recent event held Muse Performance Space with the Peter Sommer Quartet paying tribute to the late Sonny Rollins

Catch us at our upcoming show that we’re hosting at Dazzle Denver which will be celebrating Miles Davis and John Coltrane with Greg Gisbert and Friends!

08/24/2026

Tickets are already selling quickly Dazzle!!
📍Dazzle Denver 1080 14th St. Denver, CO
⏰ Show: 7 pm Doors: 6 pm
📆 Date: Wednesday Sept. 16th

🎺Greg Gisbert - trumpet
🎷David Bernot - saxophone
🎹Justin Adams - piano
🎻Domi Edson - bass
🥁Jim White - drums

Gift of Jazz presents another concert in our Blind Tiger Jazz Concert Series, a special evening celebrating two of the most influential voices in jazz history: Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Born just months apart in 1926, this year marks the 100th birthday anniversaries of both legends.

Trumpeter Greg Gisbert has assembled a multigenerational ensemble of outstanding musicians to explore the groundbreaking music the two legends created together during Coltrane’s tenure in Davis’s iconic quintets of the 1950s.

08/22/2026

🔥🔥What a fabulous night Muse Performance Space with Peter Sommer’s Quartet playing tribute to the iconic Sonny Rollins 🎶🎷

This was a true masterpiece of a performance, thank you to the band for putting together a special event for all of our Gift of Jazz supporters 💜💜💜

🎷 Peter Sommer
🎸 Steve Kovalcheck
🎻 Seth Britton Lewis
🥁 Dru Heller

We can’t wait to see you all at our next show which will be a Miles and Trane Tribute lead by Greg Gisbert and Friends!!

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http://www.giftofjazz.org/

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