The Spicy Pickles includes singer Hannah Rodriguez-who is a four-time Downbeat Award Winner- backed by a 7-piece ensemble. Earning their reputation as a Swing Band that gets everyone up on their feet, the Denver-based Spicy Pickles have broadened their set lists to include elements of jazz, funk, soul, and pop. They draw inspiration from legends like James Brown, T-Bone Walker, and Count Basie. They also embrace contemporary influences such as Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Amy Winehouse, and The California Honeydrops. The Spicy Pickles also compose their own original music which has been placed in film and commercials around the world, such as Yorgos Lanthimos’ "The Killing of a Sacred Deer." 

The Spicy Pickles have been touring for over a decade, spreading the “brine” from coast to coast. Memorable performances include the Main Stage at Telluride Jazz Festival, Sun Valley Jazz and Music Festival, Redwood Coast Music Festival, San Diego Jazz Festival, Elkhart Jazz Festival, Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival, and many others. 

Hazel Miller and the Collective is a highly popular and in-demand band in Colorado and beyond. Ms. Miller, an accomplished performer who has been playing in Colorado for almost four decades, will be honored on the floor of the Colorado State Senate in March 2023, and on June 10th, 2023, she will be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. She has shared the stage with notable names such as Herbie Hancock, Michael McDonald, Al Green, and Big Head Todd and the Monsters, among others.

Ms. Miller's voice has been described as "stunning, moving, and powerful." For more than two decades, The Hazel Miller Band has been one of the most sought-after performers in the state, and in 2020, they renamed to Hazel Miller and the Collective. The band plays an eclectic mix of jazz, R&B, blues, and original music that is guaranteed to make the audience dance and sing along. They create a truly engaging musical experience that excites their listeners.

The band, consisting of Brian Mikulich on drums, Cody Carbone on guitar and lead vocals, Coco Brown on lead vocals, Dana Marsh on keys, Jeff Nathanson on sax and EWI, and Rich Lamb on bass guitar and vocals, has been playing together for over a decade, making them a tight-knit and experienced group. They’ve played for private events, weddings, nightclubs and in some of the largest venues in the state, as well as major local festivals such as Jazz in City Park, Lakewood Amphitheater's Summer of Music, and the Botanic Gardens in Denver, among others. Their unique blend of jazz, blues, pop, and gospel has made them popular with audiences of all ages, and their performances are known for their high-energy and lively atmosphere. The band has enjoyed many years of playing all over the map, and their reputation precedes them as one of the best groups in the state.

In 2015, Ms. Miller performed the national anthem at the inauguration of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, and later that night, she appeared with prominent bands such as the Lumineers, String Cheese Incident, and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. She also performed at the FIS Alpine Ski Championships in Beaver Creek, Colorado, with an estimated international television audience of 180,000,000 viewers. In addition, Ms. Miller was chosen to record a welcome greeting for visitors taking the trains to the main terminal at Denver International Airport.

Ms. Miller's music can be heard on many local radio stations, and nationally, Sirius Radio and XM Radio play her music on the Real Jazz and B. B. King's Blues stations. The band has had a long and well-publicized career in Colorado and nationally!

The child of symphony musicians, Shane Endsley grew up immersed in the sound of trumpet and flute practice and surrounded by stacks of vinyl records. This early classical instruction served him well in terms of technique and tone production. Then using his father’s Bix Beiderbeck and big band records as a springboard, Shane began pointing his horn in a more experimental direction as he grew older. His commitment to music was absolute by the time he graduated high school and he gave chase to further studies at the Eastman School of Music. There he met fellow Kneebody members Adam Benjamin, Ben Wendel, and Kaveh Rastegar, and began to develop the framework for their Grammy Award-nominated group.

His peers regard him as a trumpeter of great technique, taste, and compositional ability, and his pure and dark sound have made him a highly sought-after musician for projects in a variety of music styles. Non-instrumental projects have included tours with Ani DiFranco and Jason Mraz as well as a legendary sit-in performance with Pearl jam. Other instrumental projects apart from Kneebody have included tours and recordings with Steve Coleman, Ravi Coltrane, and David Murray. He is also notable for his creative explorations into electronic signal processing that can add an ambient sheen to his famously rich and complex tone or mangle and warp it into a low-fi soundscape.

Shane is the director of education and outreach for the Denver Municipal Band, jazz faculty at MSU Denver, and is in a new trio called Invisible Bird with guitarist Dave Devine and drummer Scott Amendola.

The Denver Municipal Band is the oldest continuous-playing professional concert band in the U.S.

Around since before Colorado was a state, the Denver Municipal Band has been performing for the Denver area for more than a century.

We were founded in the late 1860s by Alex Sutherland, bugler at the "Charge of The Light Brigade." Surviving the ordeal, Sutherland settled in Denver where he was active in many of the city's early musical activities. Originally constituted as the GAR Post Band, it performed early municipally funded concerts throughout the 1870s and 80s, changing its name to the Denver Municipal Band in 1891 when it began its continuous history of Denver Municipal Funding.

The band has always been fully professional, hiring and playing with some of the best musicians of the time period, including being conducted by major bandsmen Frederick Innes, trombone soloist for Sousa, and the renowned solo cornetist, Hermann Bellstedt, Jr. (1858-1926).

Denver Colorado's funnest, brassiest party band!

Badda Boom Brass Band infuses the soul of New Orleans street music into an eclectic mix of hip hop, funk, party anthems and world music. Started in Denver, Colorado in 2015, the group has built a reputation for bringing the party wherever they go, with their spectacular blend of in-your-face, upbeat dance music, great visuals and crowd participation! They expand the brass band genre with their rapping frontman and unique instrumentation.

There ain't no party like a Badda Boom party!

Bourbon Brass Band is a Colorado musical ensemble of horns & drums, playing street trad jazz, in the traditional New Orleans "second line" style.

BTTRFLY QUINTET is the collaborative musical and performance project.

Colorado’s Original Salsa Band / Orchestra

Conjunto Colores is Colorado’s Original Salsa Orquesta! With more than 35 years since the ensemble’s inception in the early 80’s Conjunto Colores has  Colorado’s finest musicians who are passionate about music and what they do. With over 5 cd’s under their belt, this ensemble has had many hits on the New York salsa radio scene. Not only will you want to dance to their infections salsa rhythms, but with the all star musicians who comprise Conjunto Colores, you will want to listen and sabor this amazing Salsa Orquestra!! 

Convergence was formed in 1991, performing and teaching across the country and dedicated to the idea of sharing the intimacy and the spark of improvised music with a live audience. The long time friendships and musical connections between the members of this sextet allow them to create original music that is at once creative and exciting. Their creative collaborations have yielded six critically acclaimed albums - they have been featured on NPR’s “Toast of the Nation”and “Jazz Set” and performed at three International Association for Jazz Education conventions. In New York they have been featured at the Knitting Factory, and the Blue Note.

The Delta Sonics music takes a Chicago Blues base and seasons it with Swing, Delta, N’awlins R&B and some early Rock n' Roll . They were Westword’s best blues band in Denver the last six of eight years. The band made the semi-finals in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis  2012.The band has also played in Kansas City, St. Louis and New Orleans among other cities. 

Averaging 250 gigs a year before 2020, they're comfortable playing large events and concerts as well as smaller venues.  The band has played the Taste of Colorado, the Boulder Creek Fest, the Greeley Blues Jam, Pearl St. Blues & Brews, the Five Points Jazz Festival, Triniddadio, Bohemian Nights, the Cherry Creek Arts Fest and many others.

Al Chesis supplies vocals & foot stomping showmanship but it's his harmonica playing that grabs you. He has been a Hohner endorser since 1992. Bob Pellegrino supplies the dazzling, slide guitar. Bob was the Colorado Blues Society’s best slide guitar player in three years in a row. Alissa Chesis on bass and Stefan Flores on drums ‘drive the bus’. 

The Sonics have  been THE Mile Hi ‘go-to’ band for touring Blues national acts for nearly 15 yrs. The band has backed national blues acts like Big Bill Morganfield, Steadyrollin' Bob Margolin, Ronnie Baker Brooks, grammy -nominated Lurrie Bell, grammy -nominated John Primer, the late Pinetop Perkins, and the late Bo Diddley. 

The Delta Sonics opened for BB King (twice), Robert Cray (three times), and Jimmy Vaughn (twice) among many others.

Al Chesis also guests on Big Head Todd's album "Black Beehive" on the cut "I Get Smooth"

The JAKARTA Band is without question the most popular party dance band in the Country. Simply put…these guys are THE BEST…talented, fun and hard working. JAKARTA continues to bring crowds to their feet for hip-shaking boogie and the talent of the band members is unparalleled. JAKARTA is a step above the other bands and is considered the Premier Party Dance Band from Denver. They are guaranteed to bring people on the dance floor.