You’ve heard the saying “Those who can, do, those who can’t, teach”. That doesn’t seem to be the case when it comes to saxophonist Paul Haar. He can, he does, and he teaches it. I was at a wedding at Joslyn a few years back, and there was a jazz quartet playing. I recognized players […]
Read More Five Questions with Paul HaarDuring the late 80’s my husband and I were sitting-in at Kilgore’s most weeks, trying to learn how to play jazz. The legendary Omaha sandwich shop was owned by trumpeter/lawyer Chuck Kilgore. He hosted a jam session on Tuesday nights at the little storefront, located where the Shelterbelt Theater is today at 33rd & California. I met a […]
Read More Five Questions with Mark SullivanWith Nicholas Payton, things are black and white. Read his blog. He is in your face, and, it seems, that’s right where he wants to be. The New Orleans born, GRAMMY® – winning trumpeter/composer/pianist/ loves to start, and end, a rukus. For instance, just play any of the videos on his site. Just when he has a […]
Read More Five Questions with Nicholas PaytonJohnny Depp played The Libertine. Jordan Elsberry IS The Libertine. Yeah, pretty much. (See that movie!) You know of Jordan if you live in Omaha. You’ve seen him if you’ve been to House of Loom, or Side Door, or J Coco, or the Old Market. The thing you may not know about the man-bun wearing […]
Read More Five Questions with Jordan ElsberryThis past Sunday night I played a gig with Dereck Higgins. It was a groovy thing. His happy countenance lit the whole scene. As a bass player, he is more of a rocker than a blues/jazz man. This is surprising to some who know that he comes from deep jazz roots. His late father, Red […]
Read More Five Questions plus one with Dereck Higgins *updatedBuck Bowen is an enigma. I hate to say that because I THINK that he loves to THINK that people THINK he is a puzzle. But, I don’t know. And I know him. I’ve known him for 11+ years. I know it’s been that long, because I met him around the time we moved into […]
Read More Five Questions with Buck BowenDenver Dalley is one of our own who has actually ‘made it.’ Having collaborated with the great Conor Oberst back in the day with the band Desaparecidos, (DD wrote the music, Oberst, lyrics) which released one album on Saddle Creek before breaking up in 2003, Dalley has successfully moved to other projects; Statistics, an electronic-tinged […]
Read More Five Questions with Denver Dalley *updatedMaybe you’ve seen her play, but you didn’t even know it. If you’ve been to see Rod Stewart, or Josh Groban, or Mannheim Steamroller, there she was. At 21 years old, today, she’s lived a musical lifetime. Kaitlyn Maria Filippini is a ‘fiddle’ player, as she says, a violinist with chops of gold. Kaitlyn is […]
Read More Five Questions plus one with Kaitlyn Maria Filippini on Her 21st BirthdayOne cool dude from High School. Peter Buffett I was at Peter Buffett’s house once. We were trying out for a high school talent show with a great song that I loved, “School Boy Crush” by Average White Band. I never understood why that act didn’t make it. I think it was because we were […]
Read More Five Questions with Peter BuffettRude Jude and Lord Sear from Sirius XM’s All Out Show I love Satellite radio. I almost worked for XM when they were at the beginning of their run, but opted not to be the Program Director for their “Sex and Relationships Channel” (Playboy) because my parents are both still alive and have their hearing. […]
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