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A film clip of Eubie Blake, whose wonderful playing transpires time but at the same time provides a link from ragtime to jazz and beyond, plays as a guest at the 15th Great Rocky Mountain Jazz Party, which took place at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs in early September 1977. The four-day event was filmed by Vilis Lapenieks.
Dick and Maddie Gibson sponsored the first Colorado Jazz Party in 1963 at the Jerome Hotel in Aspen. The Jazz Party became an annual event, moving to the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, then to Denver.
This film also features a young Jon Faddis, a trumpet player who went on to become a conductor, composer and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education.
A film clip of Eubie Blake, whose wonderful playing transpires time but at the same time provides a link from ragtime to jazz and beyond, plays as a guest at the 15th Great Rocky Mountain Jazz Party, which took place at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs in early September 1977. The four-day event was filmed by Vilis Lapenieks.
Dick and Maddie Gibson sponsored the first Colorado Jazz Party in 1963 at the Jerome Hotel in Aspen. The Jazz Party became an annual event, moving to the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, then to Denver.
This film also features a young Jon Faddis, a trumpet player who went on to become a conductor, composer and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education.
