Dick and Maddie Gibson of Denver sponsored the first Colorado Jazz Party in 1963 at the Jerome Hotel in Aspen. The Jazz Party became an annual event, moving to the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, then to Denver. Today different jazz parties in Colorado continue the tradition begun by the original Colorado Jazz Party.
Rounding out the number of invited musicians to forty are some of the younger talents playing in the progressive and modern veins. . . . most have international reputations. -- John Falter

Poster used at the Broadmoor Hotel
Donor: John P. Falter Collection
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Falter collected the buttons that served as tickets to the jazz parties he attended.
Donor: John P. Falter Collection
10645-521

Setting up at the Broadmoor Jazz Party
John Falter
pencil on paper, 1971
Donor: John P. Falter Collection
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2nd Session at the Broadmoor '71
John Falter
pencil on paper, 1971
Donor: John P. Falter Collection
10,645-3636

Broadmoor 3rd Session
John Falter
pencil on paper, 1971
Donor: John P. Falter Collection
10,645-3578