Jazz For A Saturday Night #82: Gene Ammons

[Note: This is Gene Ammons’ second appearance in JFASN. See JFASN #18 from December 11, 2011. Gene Ammons was born Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #81: Jimmy McGriff

Jimmy McGriff was probably the best Hammond B3 organ player to ever play the instrument. I know there have been Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #80: Ken Peplowski

Ken Peplowski, master of the clarinet and both tenor and alto saxes, was born in Garfield Heights, Ohio on May Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #79: Stanley Turrentine

JFASN is back in the saddle again! The last two tumultuous weeks saw the death of my four year old Continue reading →

Computer Treachery

It appears that my (out of warranty) Gateway laptop has developed a terminal illness. I will be spending the rest Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #78: Scott Hamilton

When the idea occurred to me to write about Scott Hamilton this week, I had to check the list of Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #77: Herb Harris

In last week’s installment of Jazz For A Saturday Night, our intrepid reporter (that would be yours truly) talked about Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #76: Eldar

It’s hard to know where to begin with this young man. His full name is Eldar Djangirov, and he was Continue reading →