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Jazz at Tio Leo's

Holly Hofmann's jazz series continues this month at Tio Leo's Restaurant and Lounge at 5302 Napa St. at Morena Blvd. Jazz at Tio Leo's is happening every Sunday evening from 5-7pm and features Southern California's finest jazz musicians in a quiet, spacious setting with full bar and Mexican cuisine. There is also plenty of free parking. See this month's schedule below:

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The Fourth of May Isn't Just a Day to Celebrate "Star Wars"; 5.4 is Also a Day to Celebrate Dave Brubeck

By Matt Silver

There are some things in life you don’t want to perceive being made—laws and sausages chief among them. On the other hand, there are the yoga studio idealists whose wisdom suggests the opposite, that the process is everything, that life’s beauty resides in the journey, and that once you realize that, the destination becomes almost beside the point.

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Today's Birthdays

Born on this day, May 18th

  • Kai Winding (Trombone) was born in Aarhus, Denmark, 1922–1983.
  • Big Joe Turner (Vocals-Lead) was born in Kansas City, MO in 1911.
  • Dick McPartland (Guitar, Banjo) was born in Chicago, IL, 1905–1957.
  • Jim McNeely (Piano, Arranger) was born in Chicago, IL in 1949.
  • Lou Bennett (Organ, Band Leader) was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1926.
  • Pops Foster (Bass) was born , 1892–1969.
  • Lou Hooper (Piano) was born , 1894–1977.
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On This Day

May 18th in Jazz History…

  • Bix Beiderbecke joins the Casa Loma orchestra for a date at the Metropolitan Hotel in Boston in 1931.
  • In 1950 in Hollywood the Stan Kenton orchestra record "Art Pepper".
  • Chick Webb's Savoy orchestra recorded "Stompin' at the Savoy" for Columbia records in 1934 in New York.
  • "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" by Sonny Stitt in 1959 in Paris.
  • On a sad note, the great drummer Elvin Jones died on this day in 2004, of organ failure, in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 76.
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