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Thelonious Monk

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    Straight Sambas

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    Chucho Valdés

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    May 25, 1995

    Press Picks

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    June 29, 1995

    Jazz Notes

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    February 20, 1997

    Rotation

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    March 6, 1997

    God's Own Player

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    April 17, 1997

    Rotation

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    September 24, 1998

    More Blues Than You Can Use

    Overpowering the piano

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    October 15, 1998

    Out of Africa

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    November 19, 1998

    Feeling at Ease

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    December 3, 1998

    Jazz Piano Times Two

    Overpowering the piano

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    December 10, 1998

    'Bourne Again

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    December 17, 1998

    Rotation

    Overpowering the piano

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    June 12, 2008

    Randy Weston

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

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    January 17, 2008

    Turtle Island Quartet

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

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    July 6, 2000

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    June 7, 2007

    Andrew Hill

    Compulsion

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    January 4, 2007

    Not Like Monk

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    August 10, 2006

    Hope Springs Eternal

    A northern suburb tops our third installment of rating greater Houston's taste in music

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    February 2, 2006

    Never Go to a Party in Friendswood

    Where does your town rank in the Houston-area good-taste stakes?

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    December 1, 2005

    Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, with Drop Trio

    Thursday, December 1, at the Engine Room, 1515 Pease, 713-654-7846.

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    March 31, 2005

    Cut and Paste

    Beauty Shop is clipped straight from its predecessors

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    September 4, 2003

    Go Weston

    A jazz great visits Houston

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    August 21, 2003

    Drop Trio

    Big Dipper, Self-Released

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    February 13, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Our picks of the week

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    January 16, 2003

    The Queen Bee

    Pam Kelly hopes to get a Buzz going about local music

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    November 22, 2001

    The Artist's Life

    Tierney Malone turns a few of his favorite things into dramatic graphic images

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    October 19, 2000

    Against the Tide

    Pianist and former Houstonian Jason Moran refuses to flow with mainstream jazz

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    March 16, 2000

    Listen In

    Pianist and former Houstonian Jason Moran refuses to flow with mainstream jazz

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    December 9, 1999

    Space Truckin'

    Traveling with the Sun Ra Arkestra has its perks: cigarettes and coffee

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    July 8, 1999

    Kamikaze Rap

    Public Enemy's Chuck D. speaks

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    May 13, 1999

    Swing in Time

    OrchestraX salutes the 1920s and the music of Gershwin and Ellington

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    March 25, 1999

    Jazz la King

    Time and time again, Sonny Rollins proves his sax mastery

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    May 21, 1998

    Earl of Blues

    Time and time again, Sonny Rollins proves his sax mastery

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    April 16, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 16 - 22, 1998

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    October 3, 1996

    No More Mush

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    October 8, 2009

    Double Vision

    Equally gifted in jazz and R&B, area native Robert Glasper moonlights in Maxwell's touring band.

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Brew Blog: Brother Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale

    ​This week's adventure into a random beer (Brother Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale from North Coast Brewing Co. in Fort Bragg, Calif.) has one key justification. This past Sunday, December 13, was the day in 1789 on which the Austrian Netherlands declared independence as Belgium, starting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    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 >>

  • Music

    January 21, 2010

    Straight, No Chaser

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

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    March 11, 2010

    Chatter: Long Ball

    Ex-ballplayer and busker George Thorogood: Now playing in a kid's movie near you.

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    October 21, 2010

    Jason Moran, HSPVA Jazz Ensemble

    Ex-ballplayer and busker George Thorogood: Now playing in a kid's movie near you.

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    November 4, 2010

    Allen Toussaint

    Ex-ballplayer and busker George Thorogood: Now playing in a kid's movie near you.

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    January 6, 2011

    Delivery Man

    Danny Barnes's Pizza Box unclassifiable but cohesive.

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    January 13, 2011

    David Caceres

    Danny Barnes's Pizza Box unclassifiable but cohesive.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Last Night: George Thorogood At House Of Blues

    Photos by Groovehouse​George Thorogood & the Destroyers House of Blues April 26, 2011 George Thorogood is an odd sort of working-class hero. Like many of his bluesy forefathers, the Delaware-born rocker is as modest and self-deprecating in person (or at least on the phone) as his songs are s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    R.I.P., Army Berets: Eight People Who Could Actually Rock That Look

    Monk: Round Midnight is the right time for a beret​We read with mixed emotions the news that the U.S. Army is dropping the beret from its official combat uniform after soldier complaints. On the one hand, the overall foppishness of the beret tends to cancel out the otherwise serious, assertive ... More >>

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    July 28, 2011

    KMAG, These Are Our Favorite Four-Letter Bands

    AC/DC: The Only Four-Letter Band That Matters​The other day while we were tooling around with a collection of music we had inherited from some family members that had passed away, we realized that of all the compact discs that we had in the box, the Miles Davis, the Ravi Shankar box set, the T ... More >>

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