Freddie Hubbard

The More, The Merrier

[Locals Only] For Marcia Ford, it don't mean a thing if you ain't got an 18-piece band

Eight Questions with Rick Berry

​Rick Berry's a lot of things. Some of these things include jazz trumpeter (currently in the Hollywood Canteen Swing Band), political candidate (he ran for Long Beach city council) and gardener (he's got a killer backyard garden). But to the rest of the world, he's got a new title that is pretty d ... More >>

Freddie Hubbard, R.I.P.

Freddie Hubbard died today at Sherman Oaks Hospital. He was 70. I've always been a freak for the jazz trumpeter and still remember the first time I caught him live, in the early '80s at, of all places, Carnation Gardens at Disneyland--about as far as one can get from a smoke-filled gin jo ... More >>

Monk Hughes and the Outer Realm

The 129 Greatest OC Bands Ever!: 1 - 50

Student Into Teacher

Sax player Charles Owens wants to school you

Steaming Jazz Jam

Sunday night becomes eclectic