Jazz For A Saturday Night #118: Blue Mitchell

Richard Allen Mitchell, better known as “Blue”, was born in Miami, Florida on March 13, 1930 and died in Los Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #117: Jimmy Cobb

It’s hard to know where to begin with this week’s feature artist. He is without a doubt one of the Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #116: Leroy Vinnegar

What better way to spend a slightly wet, rainy Labor Day weekend than listening to and reading about some great Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #115: Gerry Mulligan & Stan Getz

Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz are far and away two of the greatest legends of jazz. Both men have appeared Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #114: Jackie McLean

This is the second appearance of jazz legend Jackie McLean here. By coincidence, the first time was almost exactly one Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #113: The Gene Stone Quintet

As I have mentioned in other reviews here, one of the most difficult aspects of writing a blog like this Continue reading →

2014 Cathedral Park Jazz Festival – This Weekend!

Thanks to the generosity and hard work of the Jazz Society of Oregon, and assistance from Jazz Radio 89.1 KMHD, Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #112: Maynard Ferguson

Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson was born on May 4, 1928 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada and died on August 23, 2006 in Continue reading →