7-29-1939

A talented bop-based pianist and an extremely appealing and sensuous vocalist, Ellyn Rucker is definitely a fixture within the Denver region. Although she began playing piano when she was eight, found out jazz at 13, and analyzed traditional piano at Drake University or college, she didn’t decide to turn into a full-time musician until 1979. Rucker offers toured Europe many times (with and without Spike Robinson), documented many albums for Capri, includes a full-length video on Amusement Jazz, and performed at many celebrations. Probably if Ellyn Rucker acquired adopted music full-time twenty years previously or resided in a more substantial region than Denver she’d be a larger name. Nevertheless, her talent is definitely in the main leagues and her recordings are quite interesting and powerful.