The Guardian

Ken Peplowski obituary

Jazz musician whose virtuosic abilities with the clarinet and tenor saxophone straddled traditional and modern jazz The principal claim to jazz fame of Ken Peplowski, who has died suddenly aged 66, ...
PBS

Violinist Allison Taylor | CHASING CRESCENDOS

From the careful preparation of her reeds to long rehearsals, bassoonist Eleni Katz shares a glimpse of her musical journey. Born to a family of artists in Wisconsin, she began playing clarinet until ...
The Guardian

‘We watched 9/11 from the rooftop, blasting the music out’: how The Disintegration Loops became a requiem for the attacks

It is an epic piece of music that literally falls apart – and it perfectly captured the end-of-days chaos after the tragedy. Composer William Basinski and musician Anohni recall its febrile birth in ...
Palo Alto Weekly

Young jazz musician forges a path playing traditional jazz from the Peninsula to New York

Nathan Tokunaga, who graduated from Belmont’s Carlmont High School this year, recently received the YoungArts Award. Past recipients include musicians Jon Batiste and Terence Blanchard. Courtesy High ...
Jazz

Leon Roppolo

Leon Roppolo was a prominent early jazz clarinetist, best known for his playing with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.The New Orleans Rhythm Kings were one of the hottest jazz bands of the early 1920s, ...