My guest today is saxophonist, clarinetist, and founding member of Brothers of Brass, Armando Lopez. Armando and I go back to our teenage years. I had just joined the acclaimed dixieland jazz ensemble at CU Denver, The Claim Jumpers, at the beginning of my sophomore year. Armando (just finishing high school at the time) joined us on reeds and blew everyone away. He was very comfortable with his instrument, and spoke the style fluently. As someone just learning about traditional jazz, I listened to a lot of what he was doing on the other side of the room.

It's been a few years since then, and Armando is doing more than ever. Aside from being a part of Denver's only brass band (Brothers of Brass), Armando is an activist, a scientist with a degree from Colorado School of Mines, and is a member of an Energy Committee in Denver.

In our conversation we chat about all of the above, as well as the recent death of Brothers of Brass bass drummer, Krishnaswami Ramachandran Azad.

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Brothers of Brass Website: https://www.brothersofbrass.band/

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