Denver's Godfather of Jazz will be celebrated at an October 17 ceremony at the city park now named for him.
George Morrison Sr. will be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame at his namesake park on MLK Boulevard.Denver’s Godfather of Jazz is finally getting his due — and the spot his legacy deserves — fromOn Tuesday, October 17, George Morrison Sr. will be inducted into the Hall in a ceremony at the city park now named for him, at 1600 Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Morrison met with so much success that he set out to build a house on East 26th Street and Gilpin in the Whittier neighborhood in 1923. The community's reaction was a racist “bombing attack,” according to, and a burning cross on what was meant to be a lush front yard facing Manual High School. The local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan dismantled the foundation of the home in the dark of night nearly as fast as it could be put up in the bright light of day.
Even with such credentials, no orchestras or symphonies of the day would hire black musicians. Morrison’s yearning to make music wouldn’t be denied; he formed an eleven-piece band that recorded with Columbia Records, producing a hit foxtrot called “I Know Why” in 1920 and playing regularly at the, a tony dance hall at the corner of Broadway and 100th Street in New York City. That same year, Morrison toured Europe and played a command performance in London for King George and Queen Mary.
Once completed, Morrison’s house on Gilpin served as a safe haven for Black performers traveling through Denver, who were barred from most hotels because of the color of their skin. And it wasn’t only visiting big-name musicians who enjoyed the hospitality of Morrison’s home: Scores of aspiring musicians also came, taking lessons from Morrison, sometimes free of charge.
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