Artie Matthews

male, deceased (1958)
Artie Matthews (November 15, 1888 - October 25, 1958) was a songwriter, pianist, and ragtime composer. Artie Matthews was born in Braidwood,...
Richard Bently Boone

Richard Bently Boone

male
Richard Bently Boone (February 24, 1930 - February 8, 1999) was an American jazz musician, trombonist and vocalist. He was born in Little Rock,...
Frank Wess

Frank Wess

male, 87 years old
Frank Foster-saxophonist and musical director of the Count Basie orchestra-is an interviewer's dream. Candid and articulate, he doesn't even need...
Marty Ashby

Marty Ashby

male
Marty Ashby , Executive Producer, MCG Jazz Marty Ashby is executive producer of MCG Jazz, a social enterprise supporting the programs of the...
Norman Hood Cartoons

Norman Hood Cartoons

male
Norman spent many years in the music business in the late 60's/early 70's. He originally managed a local blues group - The Levi Set - whose...
Bret Zvacek

Bret Zvacek

male
BRET ZVACEK (Director of Jazz Studies) conducts the jazz ensembles and teaches improvisation, arranging and jazz history. He joined the Crane...
Charlton Johnson

Charlton Johnson

male
Mr. Charlton Johnson , Adjunct Faculty Member (B.S. - Univ. of Memphis). Charlton Johnson has been active on the Memphis, Tennessee, music scene...
David Ball

David Ball

male
David Ball was born into a musical family in Spartanburg, South Carolina on July 9th, 1953. His father was a Baptist minister and his Mom was a...
Preston Love

Preston Love

male
Preston Love died of lung cancer on February 12, 2004. This story appeared in our Sept/Oct 1999 issue. Arriving at Omaha's Dreamland Ballroom one...

Sarah Lois Vaughan

female
Vaughan developed an early love for popular music on records and the radio. In the 1930s, Newark had a very active live music scene and Vaughan...