Jazz For A Saturday Night #147: Teddy Edwards

Theodore Marcus Edwards was a tenor sax and clarinet player whose career success unfortunately never caught up with the level Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #146: David Bennett Cohen

Multi-instrumentalist David Bennett Cohen was born in New York City on August 4, 1942. (And a belated happy 73rd birthday Continue reading →

Don’t Live In The Past. Good Advice? Maybe, Maybe Not.

All of us have heard this sage advice at some point in our lives. Possibly even more than once. Normally Continue reading →

JFASN August 1, 2015

For some reason, I had it in my mind that this was the last Saturday of the month. But of Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night 145: Bennie Wallace

Bennie Wallace is a splendid tenor sax player. He has an extensive discography going back to 1978, which is when Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #144: Terry Gibbs

Vibraphonist Terry Gibbs has had what must be one of the longest careers in jazz. He was born in New Continue reading →

July 11, 2015

Sorry to say I’m going to have to take a pass on this week. To make up for it, I Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #143: Pepper Adams

On this, the 239th birthday of our nation, who better to write about than a man whose career included gigs Continue reading →