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For 15 years, Colorado Music Hall of Fame has celebrated the musicians, industry professionals, venues, and organizations that shape Colorado’s vibrant music scene. Since 2011, we have expanded our support of the music community to include mental health and addiction recovery resources, while also promoting Colorado as a music destination and driving tourism across the state.
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Mental wellness in Colorado’s music industry
To support a healthy music community, The Hall’s Keep The Beat program provides financial assistance for mental health and addiction counseling to eligible Colorado musicians, industry professionals and gig workers, while also raising awareness, sharing resources and de-stigmatizing the conversation around mental health and addiction within the music industry.
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Ken Walker
Bass is the beating heart for music of every description – and bassist Ken Walker filled the same role for the Denver jazz scene. For decades, he was among the most in-demand performers in the Mile High City, helping to provide the rhythmic foundation for local talents, as well as [...]
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Hazel Miller
But as the supremely gifted singer’s induction into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame indicates, her unplanned move to the state was a lucky break for everyone [...]
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Charles Burrell
Any story of jazz in Colorado must begin with Charles Burrell, also known as the Jackie Robinson of classical music. Burrell, a bassist, is perhaps best known for becoming the first African American to ink a full-time contract with a major American symphony, as he did when he joined the [...]
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Walt Conley
Born on May 20, 1929, Billy Robinson was adopted by Wallace and Ethel Conley, who raised him in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, as Walter Bell [...]
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Earth, Wind & Fire’s Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, and Andrew Woolfolk
Few bands transcend genres and audiences like Earth, Wind & Fire, which reshaped the music industry forever with its unique blend of jazz, pop, rock, soul, blues, folk, disco and African [...]
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George Morrison Sr.
Admirers of George Morrison Sr., of which there are many, feel he is to Denver jazz what Louis Armstrong was to the sound of New Orleans. But while Morrison, appropriately referred to as “Denver’s godfather of [...]
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