Arnett Cobb

He played with swingster Jay McShann and then joined Dizzy Gillespie's big band in the late 1940s, later becoming a featured soloist in the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. Read More

James Burgess "Jimmy" Harrison Sr., a jazz musician and longtime music educator, died Tuesday at a Houston hospice from Alzheimer's disease. Read More

Though he never achieved huge success on the charts and his name has been somewhat forgotten by the masses, Calvin Boze was a Founding Father who recorded in the jump R&B style. Read More

In the previous two songs, Illinois Jacquet and Arnett Cobb have laid out the basic language of the Texas Tenor. Read More

Cobb Electric Membership Corporation (Cobb EMC ( News - Alert ) ), a not-for-profit electric membership cooperative, recently deployed Oracle ( News - Alert ) Utilities Data Management and Oracle Smart Grid Gateway to support its smart grid initiatives. Read More

Awards this morning at an Awards Ceremony held at the Cobb Energy Centre. Read More

Some jazz contemporaries were perfect for each other but never recorded. Read More

Barrie Lee Hall Jr., a Houston jazz composer, arranger and trumpet master who spent almost four decades with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, died Monday from complications of diabetes. Read More

Barrie Lee Hall Jr., whom Duke Ellington plucked out of Texas Southern University to join his orchestra and later became its leader, passed away Monday at age 61. Read More

Houston-based trumpeter Barrie Lee Hall Jr., who led the Duke Ellington Orchestra, died of complications with diabetes on Jan. 24. Read More