Freddy Rodriguez Jr. & the Jazz Connection: Celebrating What Would Have Been Freddy Sr's 94th Bday!!
Schedule
Wed, 05 Feb, 2025 at 06:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
1080 14th Street , Denver, CO, United States, Colorado 80202 | Denver, CO
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Musical Style: Jazz, funk, LatinBest known for and beloved by Denverites as the house band leader at El Chapultepec, Freddy Sr. was the first musician ever to play jazz there and the last before it shut down in 2020. February 9 would have been Denver Jazz Legend Freddy Rodriguez Senior’s 94th birthday. Celebrate this legendary jazz alto & tenor saxophonist and composer with his son, Freddy Rodriguez Junior and the Jazz Connection.
A piece of history:
On Sunday, July 10, 1983, The Rocky Mountain News ran a front page story with the headline, “Music Packs ‘Em in at El Chapultepec.” In the article, Jerry [Krantz, owner of El Chapultepec] talked about how he chose house bands who had chops and could hang with any of the best in the world. And sometime, they did. Jerry recalled a time that the Tommy Dorsey Band was in Denver for a gig. Afterwards, they showed up in three cab loads and stayed for two days playing with the house band. When asked about the success he said, “We did it right. We got the best local musicians - people like Freddy Rodriguez [Sr.], Bob Montgomery, Bruno Carr, Gene Bass, Phil Urso. And though I never told anyone what to play, they concentrated on the standards. Tunes people know. Straight ahead jazz. Not too much fusion music. And I refuse to charge a cover at the door or $4 for a drink. Now everybody comes here.” That was a recipe that served up over four decades of live jazz at El Chapultepec.
Freddy Jr. carries on the great music from Denver’s legendary jazz club, El Chapultepec, with Jazz standards, pop, to Latin classics. Freddy also sings and plays songs from his legendary father’s songbook. The show will get you up dancing and singing along!!
Freddy Rodriguez Jr.-piano, vocals, keyboards
Andrew Hudson-acoustic/electric bass
Chad Schneider-Trombone (Freddy Sr.’s last protege)
Skip Lynch-Drums
Carlos Chavez-Sax
Dazzle is honored to work with Anna Diaz and Angela Guerrero (Jerry’s daughters) to continue El Chapultepec’s place in the local jazz scene with the El Chapultepec Piano Lounge. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights after the last show, there’s more great music with no cover and $5 beer (because as much as we’d like to carry on Jerry’s tradition of drinks under $4, it’s not the 90’s any more).
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Where is it happening?
1080 14th Street , Denver, CO, United States, Colorado 80202Event Location & Nearby Stays:
