Chip Herrington Keeps the Big Band Era Alive on the Mobile Causeway
Chip Herrington arrived at a recent interview at the Bluegill restaurant the way he arrives at most places — on his motorcycle, in a coat and tie, straight from an…
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Play the Saenger Monday
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra made a rare Mobile appearance at the Saenger Theatre on Monday, March 5, 2012 — a stop local jazz fans were…
Juilliard-Trained Trumpet Virtuoso Joey Pero to Perform at USA’s Laidlaw Center
Trumpet player Joey Pero, a 28-year-old Juilliard School alumnus who has toured and studied alongside some of jazz’s most recognized names, will give a concert at the University of South…
Jazz Appreciation Month: Mobile’s Own, Part 6 — Cootie Williams and the Sound That Redefined the Trumpet
For Jazz Appreciation Month, a look back at Mobile-born trumpeter Cootie Williams, whose growling plunger-mute style with Duke Ellington's orchestra and decades on the bandstand made him one of the…