Jazz saxophonist and flutist Greg Abate, a veteran of the Ray Charles band, will appear in Charleston at Forte Jazz Lounge, 477 King St., Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7 and 8. Abate will perform at 7 p.m ...

Even though the holidays are here, it doesn’t stop. Say you suddenly need a place to meet a De Laurentiis type, and the pitch getting thrown around could really use a smooth-jazz background and a ...

These days, James King plays saxophone in the pop band Fitz and the Tantrums, but he used to play zydeco in one of our fine Vegas lounges. During King’s struggling years, he took a job in a zydeco ...

It’s not that classically-trained Jose Hernadez didn’t care for the oboe. It served him well. It just didn’t pay the bills. “I couldn’t make enough money as an oboist,” Hernandez said. Ah, but the ...