Jazz For A Saturday Night #124: Houston Person

This week’s featured artist just passed a milestone: On November 10, 1934, Houston Person was born in Florence, South Carolina. Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #123: Horace Silver

It would be difficult to find a jazz pianist who has touched the lives of as many jazz fans and Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night November 1, 2014

Even though this is actually the first Saturday of the month, not the last, I am making this a down Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #122: Johnny Hodges

Forever stuck in the shadow of his (almost) perpetual employer, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges was nonetheless one of the most Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #121: Nat Adderley

A few months ago (May 10th of this year, to be precise) I had the pleasure of writing about one Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #120: Curtis Fuller

Trombone virtuoso Curtis Fuller exemplifies the typical working jazz musician today. Unknown to many, he nonetheless has kept plugging away Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night for 9-27-2014: Revisiting A Classic

This has been a hectic week, and as it got closer to time for me to sit down and write Continue reading →

Jazz For A Saturday Night #119: The Ray Brown Trio

Ray Brown was undoubtedly one of the greatest jazz bassists ever. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 13, Continue reading →