The temptation for a jazz trumpeter to shed the name "Louis" for something less associated with an established star on the instrument is understandable; so is the urge to reach for the royalty rung in a genre populated with Dukes, Counts and even other Kings. Louis "King" Garcia was best known as a sideman in bands led by the Dorsey Brothers,... [+] Read More

This artist had enough going on in his career for two people, which was in a sense how he wound up organizing things. A certain amount of chaos has resulted from Edward Lisbona's efforts to keep his work as a pianist and orchestra leader seperate from his songwriting catalog, mostly because once he assumed the identity of Edward "Piano" Miller... [+] Read More