• Baytown Symphony Orchestra to feature Woody Witt
  by Tianna Hall
  2011/10/10: On October 16th, 2011 Baytown Symphony Orchestra will present "An Afternoon of Saxophone" at Lee College.
• Review/Memoir/Thank You Note: Thunder Soul
  by Kelly Dean
  2011/09/25: A straight movie review doesn't cut it. This documentary hits very close to home. 21.42 miles to be exact.
• Thundersoul Opens!
  by JazzHouston Administrator
  2011/09/23: Nationally released documentary about Conrad Johnson and the Kashmere High School Big Band makes it release today.
• Bobby "Chuy" Navarro has passed away
  by Tianna Hall
  2011/09/14: Bobby "Chuy" Navarro passed yesterday from liver complications.
• The Red Cat Cafe Reopens
  by JazzHouston Administrator
  2011/09/13: The legendary cafe celebrates its new downtown digs with a jazz festival and a busy weekend lineup.
• Kemah Jazz Fest 2011
  by JazzHouston Administrator
  2011/09/06: The annual boardwalk event features a lineup of local union musicians and students with this year's special guest, Everette Harp.

Houston, Texas is the nation's fourth largest city and home to a renowned jazz community. Among the better known names hailing from this Gulf Coast metropolis are The Crusaders, Hubert & Ronnie Laws, Kirk Whalum, Everette Harp, Jason Moran, Robert Glasper, Eric Harland, Mike Moreno, Chris Dave, Helen Sung, Kendrick Scott, Shelly Berg, G.T. Hogan, Don Wilkerson, Arnett Cobb, Jimmy Ford, Herman Matthews, Barrie Lee Hall, Jr. (longtime Duke Ellington member), Frank Lacy, and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. Resident luminaries include (but are not limited to) Joe Sample, Bobby Lyle, Mark Simmons (Al Jarreau, George Duke), Andre Hayward (Monk Competition winner), Chris Walker, Marsha Frazier, Paul English, David Caceres, Sebastian Whittaker, Larry Slezak, Kyle Turner, Dennis Dotson, Joe Locascio, Woody Witt, and Pamela York (Great American Piano Competition winner).

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