Overture: Cotton Field; River Is Wide; Rumba for the River Trilogy (Father’s Melody/Memphis Creek/Dragon Dance); Unknown Stars; A Pilot’s Day on the Mississippi River; River Workers; Oya.

In 1997, Patrick Lillard ("Spider Stewart") (Bass) and Fadi El-Assad ("Freddy Castro") (Lead Guitar), formed The Riverboat Gamblers with Mike Wiebe ("Rookie Sensation") (vocals). Lillard's original ...

The improvisational music that results has a syncopated ... shuts down Storyville, scattering jazz musicians, who join riverboat bands or move to cities such as Memphis, Chicago, St.

Hsu was awarded a master’s degree in Jazz Performance from New York University and was mentored by legendary musicians, including Victor Venegas, Andy González, Cecil McBee, and John A. Schaeffer. Hsu ...

(KFVS) - Soulful sounds of jazz were in Cairo on Monday with the help of the city’s annual River Festival. Harold S. Jones is the man behind this vibrant celebration of music. Jones told us he ...