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Happy 101st to Denver music legend Charlie Burrell

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CHARLES BURRELL
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Charlie Burrell in the CPR Classical studios Friday Nov. 1, 2019. Burrell began his orchestral career with the Denver Symphony in 1949, becoming the first African American to sign a permanent contract with a U.S. orchestra.

Denver bassist Charlie Burrell celebrated his 101st birthday with a visit to the Colorado Music Hall of Fame, where he was inducted in 2017. Check out Denverite's story on that trip and listen to an excerpt of our Colorado Matters interview with Burrell from 2006 along with Burrell and the Ralph Sharon Trio playing at the Lakeside Amusement Park Jazz Club.