Jazz has its own type of humor. Tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd once told me that he was with a bunch of musicians in Thelonious Monk’s big early 1950s Buick with Monk at the wheel, when he almost ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This marks the return of an occasional series of stories highlighting performers who played an interesting role in the history of entertainment in Las Vegas. For many comedians, where ...

What is jazz? No single definition can suffice. Jazz is all around us. Jazz is gently laying your piano-key tie in a drawer, staring at your sombre, black-tie-wearing reflection in the mirror, and ...

Jazz—mysterious, challenging, expressive... funny? Rarely, one might think, but some artists display a sense of humor, even if it's subtle. In this episode, the boys listen to five albums with at ...

The Jazz Protagonists 20th anniversary party/CD release, 8 p.m.-midnight Saturday at The Landing, 123 Losoya St. in the Hyatt Regency Hotel. $15; includes a copy of the CD “Live at Luna” When the Jazz ...

Like at the E Spot, a slightly-bigger-than-cozy supper club in Studio City. It serves good spaghetti and meatballs and — at least on the night Boustead and his band were onstage — hosts terrific music ...

Wycliffe Gordon and Jay Leonhart: Humor in Harmony article by Dr. Judith Schlesinger, published on January 15, 2007 at All About Jazz. Find more Interview articles ...