Dizzy Gillespie

Huey Long

Overnight Express: In Case You're Not Sick of Me Going on About Tom Petty...

Press Picks

Straight Sambas

Jazz pianist Danilo Perez mixes American and Latino traditions

One For All

Sax giant Illinois Jacquet helped desegregate Houston audiences

A Century of Progress

Guitarist Huey Long is from all the eras

Critic's Choice

Guitarist Huey Long is from all the eras

Burning Down the House

Arson at the Goat's Head? The latest hippest club, and more.

Jazz Notes

Arson at the Goat's Head? The latest hippest club, and more.

Letters

Arson at the Goat's Head? The latest hippest club, and more.

A Family Affair

Liviya Compean does it the way her granddaddy did

Groove United

Liviya Compean does it the way her granddaddy did

Press Picks

Liviya Compean does it the way her granddaddy did

1998 Houston Press Music Awards Nominees

Liviya Compean does it the way her granddaddy did

Rotation

Liviya Compean does it the way her granddaddy did

Jazz Piano Times Two

Liviya Compean does it the way her granddaddy did

Night & Day

February 25 - March 3, 1999

Trinity Jazz Festival

February 25 - March 3, 1999

Is Your Band in Trouble?

Heads Up

Kenny Barron

Catch the sideman gone jazz superstar

Glenn Gould, The Russian Journey

This documentary film captures the Canadian pianist's visit to Leningrad and Moscow

Sassy Celebration

Dianne Reeves breathes new life into Sarah Vaughan's songs

Randy Weston

This notable jazz pianist is the musical third of The Blew Notes Trio

Tenth Annual UH Moores Jazz Festival

Saxophonist Vincent Herring trades licks with local musicians

Ben Ratliff and the Greg Osby Five

The New York Times jazz critic opens the Greg Osby Five concert with a talk

Diane Schuur

A jazz diva swings with the University of Houston Jazz Orchestra

Gil Evans

The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions

Live Fast, Die Young, Leave Good-Looking Art

The MFAH highlights 1980s art-world sensation Basquiat

Hand It to Herbie

Houston's jazz-piano cats salute a giant in their field

New Angels in Rock Heaven

Scoring the grim reaper's 2004 harvest

Cindy Scott

Major to Minor (Self-released)

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Our picks of the week

Double Time

Whether in a classroom or at the piano, Bob Henschen is always working

He's Ba-ack

Burt Bacharach's swanky pop stylings return to hipness

The Horn of Africa

Trumpeter Hugh Masekela hears the beat of the music in the world

Rock Death in l993

How cool are you when you're dead? Here's the ultimate sick scorecard of musical hipness.

R.I.P. Huey Long

Guitarist Huey Long, the last surviving member of the doo-wop pioneers the Ink Spots, passed away Wednesday at his Houston home. The Sealy native was 105 years old, khou.com reported. Long got his start playing banjo in the Frank Davis Louisiana Jazz Band, one of Houston's top Dixieland draws of th ... More >>

Flash Drive

H.I.S.D.'s DJ grinder turns his camera on.

Get Lit: Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D. G. Kelley

​Though his stature as an icon of jazz is secure today, for much of his actual performing life, pianist/composer Thelonious Monk was not always so well-received by jazz critics or general fans. His personal eccentricities - the hats, the dancing, the attacking piano keys - and odd/unprofessional b ... More >>

Straight, No Chaser

The most underground music in Houston right now isn't rap or indie rock...it's jazz.

Ella Fitzgerald, Jailed in Houston for Shooting Dice: Photo of the Day

Photo by Pete Vazquez/via Houston ChronicleElla: Shooting dice will get you arrested.​Is this a great picture or what? It's the inestimable Ella Fitzgerald sitting forlornly in a Houston jail, arrested for shooting dice in her Music Hall dressing room with -- get this lineup -- Dizzy Gillespi ... More >>

Does Elvis Still Matter?

As part of our ongoing celebration of Elvis' birthday week, Rocks Off asked our writers the simple question in the headline. ​Chris Gray: Absolutely he still matters. When I was compiling that list of quotes and lyrics about Elvis earlier this week, I wasn't that surprised to see that even Be ... More >>

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

As part of our ongoing celebration of Elvis' birthday week, Rocks Off asked our writers the simple question in the headline. ​Chris Gray: Absolutely he still matters. When I was compiling that list of quotes and lyrics about Elvis earlier this week, I wasn't that surprised to see that even Be ... More >>

Poncho Sanchez on Chano Pozo and Dizzy Gillespie: Cubano Be! Cubano Bop!

Photo by Devin DeHaven​ Latin jazz bandleader and congero Poncho Sanchez spent lots of time as a kid watching his older sisters dance the mambo and cha-cha-cha to their Cal Tjader, Tito Puente and Machito records. While they danced, Sanchez read the album covers and listened. Now, with some ... More >>

Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard: Cubano Be! Cubano Bop!

Photo by Devin DeHaven​ Latin jazz bandleader and congero Poncho Sanchez spent lots of time as a kid watching his older sisters dance the mambo and cha-cha-cha to their Cal Tjader, Tito Puente and Machito records. While they danced, Sanchez read the album covers and listened. Now, with some ... More >>

Before We Cared: 10 Bit Players Who Became Superstars

"Whole Lotta Love" it wasn't.​On this day in 1965, British songstress Petula Clark reached number one on the charts with "Downtown," a pop classic with an unforgettable hook that has become a mainstay of oldies radio, film soundtracks and TV advertisements in the years since. The song even se ... More >>