JazzTown - Now Available on AppleTV+ (4k), Amazon Prime, Google Play, and Vudu (4K) and on Vimeo - JazzTown is the award-winning music documentary by Executive Producer and Director Ben Makinen hailed as, “the best music documentary to have come out of Colorado - ever!”
Executive Producer/Director Ben Makinen has released the action-packed short film Who Killed Jazz in reaction to petitions from jazz musicians to have a film made illuminating the opressive socio-economic forces keeping working musicians at the poverty level.
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~ Dianne Reeves, 5-time GRAMMY® Award winner for Best Jazz Vocalist
~ US Senator John Hickenlooper (former Governor of Colorado & jazz club owner)
~ Ron Miles, trumpet (Joshua Redman, Bill Frisell, Ginger Baker)
~ Charlie Hunter, guitar-bass (Snarky Puppy, Christian McBride, Stanton Moore)
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Blues Legend David Booker with Drummer/Filmmaker Ben Makinen performing in Denver.
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Blues Vocalist Erica Brown and Director Producer Ben Makinen (JazzTown; Who Killed Jazz; We Are Here: Women In Jazz)
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