Tenor saxophone player with Tacoma's Bellarmine Prep jazz band, Sidney Mbugua shares his favorite jazz with KNKX listeners.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1954, he came along at the time when the kind of jazz he loved-the small-group swing of such great stylists as Illinois Jacquet and Eddie Lockjaw Davis-was out of ...

These include Ruby Braff, Jimmy Rowles, Tommy Flanagan, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Roy Eldridge, Gerry Mulligan, Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet and Jo Jones. Accompanied by his favourite Scandinavian ...

(His 1942 recording “Flying Home,” featured a pulsating saxophone solo by Illinois Jacquet that set the driving tone for later rock records.) Hampton, who played piano and drums, also gave the ...

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Native American poet Mark Turcotte was introduced on Tuesday by Governor JB Pritzker as our state’s latest official poet.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker railed against the “Looney Toon Republican Congress” and included jabs at both President Donald ...

He also wrote in a New York Times Op-Ed on Monday saying "they got it all wrong." "Let's start with the biggest mistake," Neiman wrote in the Op-Ed. "The office said it calculated its reciprocal ...

Warren’s Jaxson Davis and Young’s Destiny Jackson are the 2025 Mr. and Ms. Basketball of Illinois. The historic nature of ...

Top247 offensive lineman Kai Pritchard returned to Illinois for his official visit with a clear vision of what he wanted to experience. The Toms River (N.J.) Donovan Catholic standout had made an ...

Gabe Jacas and his Illinois football teammates thrilled the home fans last Saturday with a 21-7 win against Michigan at ...