p>This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jr. Jazz Band uses simple, familiar riffs to build entire arrangements and tunes—from originals like “Keep Off the Grass” to standards like “Dinah.” ...

At one point on the title cut of "Simple ... Isn't It??, the latest CD by Earth People, M, the band's enigmatically-named singer, purrs "Would you like ... the usual? I didn't think so!" That contempt ...

Slide Hampton, the veteran trombonist who guested with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra at the IAJE last month and wrote all the music on their The Way, is a J.J. Johnson man, although he uses more ...