Paul Samuel “Pops” Whiteman was a 1920s and 1930s bandleader, composer, orchestra director, and producer who was so notorious he earned the nickname “King of Jazz” from the press of his time. So, ...

Maria Dominguez points to dance partner Rod Gaulman, both of the Sacramento region, while the two move to the sounds of Robin Duhe and his band during the inaugural Elk Grove Fall Jazz Festival on ...

For Samara Joy, music runs in her blood. Her paternal grandparents founded The Savettes, a gospel group originating in Philadelphia. Her father was a famous bassist who toured with famed gospel artist ...

Go back to where IT all began.

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, actors Topsy Chapman and Vernel Bagneris offer narratives drawn from the memoirs of Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith and Langston Hughes. The Jim Cullum Jr. Jazz Band and the Hot Club ...

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