Comments on: Five Points Jazz Festival in Denver

By: Living the Mile-High Life » Denver Photos: Brother Jeff’s

Living the Mile-High Life » Denver Photos: Brother Jeff’s — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:06:17 +0000

[...] Cultural Center and Cafe is one of them, but I’ve never been inside. I took this photo at the Five Points Jazz Festival in [...]

By: Living the Mile-High Life » Denver Restaurants: Blackberries

Living the Mile-High Life » Denver Restaurants: Blackberries — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:19:59 +0000

[...] bathe the piano in light (the same piano played during the gig by Dr. Tone and the Notes at the Five Points Jazz Festival). The room is wide near the entrance and narrows along its length to the stage in back and the [...]

By: Living the Mile-High Life » Downtown Denver Museums: Firefighters Museum

Living the Mile-High Life » Downtown Denver Museums: Firefighters Museum — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:19:34 +0000

[...] I visited the Denver Firefighters Museum (DFM) last Saturday (before I went to the Five Points Jazz Festival), I started with the video guide, which advised visitors to speak quietly and forbade them to run. [...]

By: Beth Partin

Beth Partin — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:42:17 +0000

I think if there had been a wider array of food and drink vendors, it might not have had such a neighborhood feel. I guess Dr. Tone and the Notes was really more of a blues band, but then, at one point in the history of music, the distance between jazz and blues was much narrower than it is now. Beth Partin’s last blog post..Denver Wines on Wednesdays

By: Todd Bradley

Todd Bradley — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:12:17 +0000

The only thing good I can say about Dr. Tone and the Notes (which was the full name of the band at the ice cream shop) was that they played a cover of a song that Frank Sinatra also recorded. As far as I know, I’d never even heard the song before, but then I heard it playing today at the Italian restaurant where I had lunch with some people from work.

That school jazz band was definitely the best group of the day, and one of very few who played what I’d consider “real” jazz. Great instrumentalists, with a heavy emphasis on improvisation around complex chord progressions.

I liked that you could get free water from the Denver Water truck parked right among the strip of booths and tables. I wish there were more food and drink vendors, though, with a wider variety of offerings.

By: Beth Partin

Beth Partin — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:49:45 +0000

Hey, maybe one day I’ll do video.

By: BernardL

BernardL — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:28:21 +0000

Entertaining word tour of the festival, Beth.