I heard George Russell's rendition of "Manhattan" for the first time when I was at a friend's house in the mid-'60s. I thought Jon Hendricks' opening patter was just about the hippest thing I'd ever heard, so my friend&#...

Saturday morning jazz: 1) Ted Nash: "Still Evolved" 2) Enrico Pieranunzi: "K3" 3) Pete La Roca: "Basra" 4) Louis Smith: "Brill's Blues" 5) David "Fathead" Newman: "As Time Goes By" 6) Richie Cole and Art Pepper: "Things We Did Last Summer" 7) Harold...

Guy Clark will be live at 11:30 a.m. Saturday on Austin's KUT radio.

A copy of Kent Records' collection of Mary Love's soul tunes called "Then and Now" is at the top of my Christmas wish list.

Friday morning soul: 1) Barbara and the Browns: "If I Can't Run to You I'll Crawl" 2) Curtis Mayfield: "The Makings of You" 3) Renaldo Domino: "Let Me Come Within" 4) Sam and Dave: "You Don't Know What You Mean to Me" 5) Kim Weston: "Lift Every Voice...

Blueswoman E.G. Kight steams up just about every song she records. That's certainly true on her latest album, "It's Hot in Here," which was released last year. The funky title track and "I Want You Just Cause I Want You" might make you break out in a...