Jerry Krantz, owner of landmark Denver jazz club El Chapultepec, dies at 77

Posted: 05/29/2012
By John Wenzel
The Denver Post

Jerry Krantz, the longtime owner of landmark Denver jazz club El Chapultepec, died Tuesday morning. He was 77.

In its heyday, El Chapultepec welcomed music legends such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as visiting rock stars like Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger. Krantz’s insistence on free, live, straight-ahead jazz every night of the week helped the ‘Pec — as insiders affectionately call it — stand out on the corner of 20th and Market Streets.

Even President Bill Clinton played his tenor sax on stage there.
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