So he changed it from Johnny Veliotes to Johnny Otis. Otis arrived in Los Angeles in 1943 as the drummer in Harlan Leonard's band. When the orchestra's engagement at the Club Alabam [pictured in 1946] on Central Avenue ended, Otis formed his own bands...

It was wild. Hamp used to ride on the bus with all the guys while his wife rode in their Cadillac with the dancer Curley Hamner. [Pictured above: Anthony Ortega soloing in Lionel Hampton's band, courtesy of Anthony Ortega] JW: Was Clifford Brown with...

Anthony played saxophone on a range of well-known recordings during jazz's golden decade, including sessions led by Gigi Gryce, Art Farmer, Quincy Jones, Sonny Stitt, Dinah Washington, Billy Taylor, Nat Pierce, Maynard Ferguson and others. Anthony also...

During the years in which Art Farmer (1928-1999) played trumpet as his main horn, his muted work was a pleasure to hear. After he switched to flugelhorn in the early 1960s, his playing took on greater lyricism and depth, but because there were no flugelh

Carter has solid credentials as a straight-ahead guitarist who has worked or recorded with such modern jazz greats as Art Farmer, Lee Konitz, Steve Kuhn, Mike Longo and Junior Cook, among many others. Similarly, the Trumbull resident has brought his...