Pardon the paraphrase, but I have seen the past, and it works.
Jazz got into poet Michael C. Ford's blood at an early age and it's been flowing there ever since.
The surprise one patron expressed at the full house packing the Baked Potato on Monday was one indication of the rapid strides Russ Freeman has made in his career this year.
Exactly three years have passed since Estelle Reiner, then a virtual newcomer, was reviewed here.
Trumpeter/composer Mark Isham's recent forays into film scoring ("Never Cry Wolf," "Mrs.
The roster of jazz musicians who call San Diego home, at least on occasion, is diverse.
Candoli spent his playing jazz trumpet with the Woody Herman orchestra.
The joys of sax were again celebrated at Donte's on Friday when Plas Johnson arrived with the quartet he calls Grease Patrol.
"Where's the melody?"
Time was when you could draw an easy distinction between classical and jazz musicians: --Classical types played music exactly as it was written.
"JAZZ AT THE SMITHSONIAN." Joe Williams. Sony. 96W50080.
points in the fourth quarter Saturday, a performance that lifted the Utah Jazz to a 131-123 victory
Utah Jazz holdout Darrell Griffith has a broken toe, stalling negotiations between the National Basketball Assn. club and the free-agent guard.
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In the years since it was spawned as an urban street music in the ghettos of the Bronx, rap has devolved from socially significant message to black-teen bubblegum.
Jimmy Dell Palmer came home Friday.
With his pure, round tone and economical approach to improvisation, Art Farmer has set the jazz standards for the fluegelhorn.
The Alleycat Bistro, fast becoming the most adventurous new jazz room in town, took a calculated
pop/jazz/R&B; tunes before a packed house at the Universal Amphitheater Thursday.
Though her venues are usually concert halls and show rooms, Rosemary Clooney took a step toward the intimate this weekend by making a rare nightclub appearance at the Vine St.