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May 17th, 2013, 09:30 AM
From The Denver Post:
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KUVO founder Florence Hernández-Ramos will be honored with a Five Points Jazz Tribute Award for her contributions to jazz, the community and, not least, the radio scene, this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Festival (http://www.denverpost.com/music/ci_23251550/five-points-jazz-festival-brings-beats-historic-hood).
The first female Hispanic president of a public radio station, Hernandez held that position for 23 years at KUVO. She was a host of Cancion Mexicana, one of the most popular programs in KUVO’s line-up, for 25 years. She left KUVO in 2007 and has been Executive Director of the Latino Public Radio Consortium.
This year’s Festival (here’s the lineup) (http://artsandvenuesdenver.com/events-programs/five-points-jazz-festival/), which is always a signal of the start of summer in Denver, also will recognize local music legend, vocalist Hazel Miller. And a posthumous award will be made to drummer Nat Yarbrough.
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http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/files/2013/05/flo.jpg (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/files/2013/05/flo.jpg)
KUVO founder Florence Hernández-Ramos will be honored with a Five Points Jazz Tribute Award for her contributions to jazz, the community and, not least, the radio scene, this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Festival (http://www.denverpost.com/music/ci_23251550/five-points-jazz-festival-brings-beats-historic-hood).
The first female Hispanic president of a public radio station, Hernandez held that position for 23 years at KUVO. She was a host of Cancion Mexicana, one of the most popular programs in KUVO’s line-up, for 25 years. She left KUVO in 2007 and has been Executive Director of the Latino Public Radio Consortium.
This year’s Festival (here’s the lineup) (http://artsandvenuesdenver.com/events-programs/five-points-jazz-festival/), which is always a signal of the start of summer in Denver, also will recognize local music legend, vocalist Hazel Miller. And a posthumous award will be made to drummer Nat Yarbrough.
More... (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2013/05/17/kuvos-flo-hernandez-honored-at-jazz-festival/14697/)