JUANITA GREENWOOD FREDERICKSON, 81, from cancer on Dec. 9 in Portland, Oregon. Produced the annual Summit Jazz event for 38 years, beginning in Breckenridge, Colorado and ultimately relocating to Denver. With her husband, trombonist Alan Frederickson, she also produced the Swinging Jazz concert series at the Seawell Grand Ballroom in the Denver Performing Arts Complex.
An early supporter of the Queen City JB and past treasurer and newsletter editor for the Denver Jazz Club, she was a past president of the American Federation of Jazz Societies. Juanita passionately loved jazz and the people who created it. While not a musician, she had a remarkable ear for it and excelled at bringing people together to perform and enjoy it.
