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Big Band and Swing

  • Music

    May 17, 2012

    Grady Gaines, the Upsetter

    Houston sax lion has always been in the "hottest band around."

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Thunder Soul: Kashmere Stage Band Rumbles Onto Big Screen

    Photos courtesy of thundersoulmovie.comHow many high-school bands can you name that had their own publicity shots?​It's hard enough to believe that a single high-school stage band could win 42 out of 46 competitions entered throughout the '70s. It's even harder to believe that the same band th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Ray Benson: "Before Keith Richards, There Was Bob Wills"

    ​Although he grew up outside Philadelphia, Ray Benson is the quintessential Texas musician. Somewhere in his rambling South Austin studio/office compound is a proclamation declaring him the 2004 official state musician, not to mention the umpteen Grammys he's won as front man and bandleader of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Barrie Hall Jr., TSU And Duke Ellington Alum, Dies At 61

    UPDATED at 4:49 p.m. with more information. ​Barrie Lee Hall Jr., whom Duke Ellington plucked out of Texas Southern University to join his orchestra and later became its leader, passed away Monday at age 61. The cause was complications from diabetes, Hall's wife Lula told Billie Duncan of th ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2010

    Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

    UPDATED at 4:49 p.m. with more information. ​Barrie Lee Hall Jr., whom Duke Ellington plucked out of Texas Southern University to join his orchestra and later became its leader, passed away Monday at age 61. The cause was complications from diabetes, Hall's wife Lula told Billie Duncan of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Five '90s Musical Fads We Remember Well, But Don't Really Miss

    ​A little over a decade ago, swing music made a strange comeback. You may remember seeing people all over dressing like '40s hipsters, jumping and jiving in Gap commercials and most every club or bar was offering swing lessons. It started with the release of the film Swingers, which still mi ... More >>

  • Music

    October 15, 2009

    Michelle Shocked

    ​A little over a decade ago, swing music made a strange comeback. You may remember seeing people all over dressing like '40s hipsters, jumping and jiving in Gap commercials and most every club or bar was offering swing lessons. It started with the release of the film Swingers, which still mi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2009

    Harvest Moon Ball

    Houston Swing Dance Society flips into fall with a ball

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2008

    The Ballad of Peck Kelley

    Life magazine has thrown open its photo archives. Already, 500,000 of what they say will be 10,000,000 images are on the Web. I did a quick search, and the shots are pretty fantastic, but apparently Life’s photographers weren’t all that drawn to Houston’s music. Except, that is, for this o ... More >>

  • Music

    March 27, 2008

    McCoy Tyner Trio

    Life magazine has thrown open its photo archives. Already, 500,000 of what they say will be 10,000,000 images are on the Web. I did a quick search, and the shots are pretty fantastic, but apparently Life’s photographers weren’t all that drawn to Houston’s music. Except, that is, for this o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2008

    Tenth Annual UH Moores Jazz Festival

    Saxophonist Vincent Herring trades licks with local musicians

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2008

    Houston’s Golden Horn Is Silenced: Calvin Owens, R.I.P.

    Saxophonist Vincent Herring trades licks with local musicians

  • Calendar

    November 15, 2007

    Via Colori

    The Center for Hearing and Speech takes over Sam Houston Park for an all-out street-painting festival

  • Calendar

    August 30, 2007

    “Jazz: A Tribute to the Big Band Era”

    Conrad Johnson celebrates National Jazz Month

  • Music

    June 21, 2007

    Polyphonic Spree

    Polyphonic Spree performs Monday, June 25, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483.

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2006

    Here's Two You

    Polyphonic Spree performs Monday, June 25, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483.

  • Music

    December 26, 2002

    Roseanna Vitro

    Saturday, December 28

  • Dining

    October 31, 2002

    The Nickel Burger

    How is a falling-apart Fifth Ward joint turning out the best burgers in town? Adrian's has history.

  • Music

    July 11, 2002

    Illinois Jacquet

    Jumpin' at Apollo (Delmark)

  • Music

    December 14, 2000

    Label Proof

    Austin's Spankers seem to add new fans daily. And none of them can figure out what the band does.

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2000

    For Swingers Only

    Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

  • Music

    January 13, 2000

    The "It" Guy

    It's hard not to dig local saxophonist David Caceres

  • Music

    September 2, 1999

    Scat's First Lady

    Anita O'Day gets her due in new boxed set

  • Music

    September 2, 1999

    Soul Brother No. 1

    Top 10 reasons why Ray Charles is a genius

  • Music

    February 25, 1999

    Jazz for the Masses

    Top 10 reasons why Ray Charles is a genius

  • Music

    January 28, 1999

    Smart Pop

    Top 10 reasons why Ray Charles is a genius

  • Music

    August 6, 1998

    Old Friends

    Top 10 reasons why Ray Charles is a genius

  • Music

    January 29, 1998

    Static

    Top 10 reasons why Ray Charles is a genius

  • Music

    February 6, 1997

    A Feel for the Real

    Top 10 reasons why Ray Charles is a genius

  • Music

    December 12, 1996

    Swing Crazy

    Top 10 reasons why Ray Charles is a genius

  • Music

    June 27, 1996

    Swing Time

    The Royal Crown Revue doesn't just lounge around

  • Music

    February 15, 1996

    Dutch Treat

    The Royal Crown Revue doesn't just lounge around

  • Music

    July 27, 1995

    Junior or Joke?

    Bob Wills' family disowns the man claiming to be the prince of Western swing

  • Calendar

    September 1, 1994

    Press Picks

    Bob Wills' family disowns the man claiming to be the prince of Western swing

  • Music

    June 16, 1994

    Good Vibes

    Elder statesman of getting down: Fusion vibist Harry Sheppard

  • Culture

    May 19, 1994

    The Emperor of Swing

    Gilbert and Sullivan go steppin' out in TUTS' Hot Mikado

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