Born November 1st 1926 Badin North Carolina- Died November 9th 2024 Daytona Beach Florida Short careers and early deaths in jazz have always made good copy and have become the stuff of legend. Much less publicity and consideration goes to those players who have achieved long careers and lived into extreme old age. Maybe it’s an alto sax thing, I certainly hope so, but in this category Benny Carter, Marshall Allen (still going at 100 and releasing his first solo album!) and

Any drinker will tell you that a pub is only as good as it’s landlord. I think the same can be said of Jazz Clubs and festivals- they...