This weekend jazz lovers will get two ... to outstanding musicians and their music began to rub off on young Von. Pretty soon he was learning to play tenor sax. When he furthered his musical ...

He loved Gordon’s records and had heard him play at San Francisco’s Jazz Workshop, so he was thrilled and nervous to play with him. “Relax, man, you’re doing fine,” the suavely laconic ...

Faught was first exposed to jazz through the records her visual artist father played in his art studio while he worked. She recalled a music teacher years ago giving her the Miles Davis disc ...

It wasn’t uncommon for jazz musicians to perform alongside or become members of R&B; bands. Consequently, Edwards honed his craft in various settings, picking up the tenor saxophone and learning ...

His deftness at doing both twice won him the distinction of being named most outstanding tenor saxophone ... music camps throughout his childhood. He discovered bebop, hard bop and straight-ahead ...