Just got this email from a guy named Rick Berry. Unless you are Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man," you probably don't remember, but I wrote about him a while ago when he was playing trumpet in a group called the Jazz Rx.The band isn't performing anymore and with all this free time, Berry has decided to run for city council in Long Beach. To help raise money, he's throwing a bash at DiPiazza's.Here's what he sent me:diPiazza Feb 11, 6:00 - 8:30 pm Jazz band with:
Marcia Ford, vocals
Rick Berry, trump
Jazz has few living legends from its halycon days. Sure, there are some modern players (the Marsalis brothers come to mind) who picked up the torch when it was passed to them, but as far as 100 percent legit dudes from back in the day, the list is very short.Luckily for Orange County, Sonny Rollins, a man who stands firmly atop that list, is playing tomorrow night at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Rollins' resume reads like a who's-who of jazz. The saxophonist played alongside John Co
