Milwaukee Magazine

Remembering Milwaukee’s Godfather of Jazz, Manty Ellis

Manty Ellis, the beloved guitarist dubbed the godfather of Milwaukee jazz, has gone silent, but those who he played alongside ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Godfather of Milwaukee jazz, Manty Ellis, dies at 93

Grover Edwin "Manty" Ellis, who was born in Milwaukee's Bronzeville in 1933 and known by many as the godfather of Milwaukee Jazz, died at 93 on Thursday, July 9, according to the Milwaukee Jazz ...
Variety

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Whip It Good at the Hollywood Bowl, Returning After 59 Years for a Great Sugar Rush of a Show: Concert Review

The Hollywood Bowl was by no means a lonely bowl Sunday night, as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass returned to pack the storied venue for the first time in 59 years. The Brass’s Cahuenga Pass comeback ...
National Basketball Association

Keon Ellis to sign two-year deal with Nets

The 26-year-old shooting guard averaged 8.3 points and shot 49.1% from the field in 29 games with the Cavs last season. From NBA.com News Services Keon Ellis, who went undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft, ...

Herb Alpert on the question in his head and the sadness in his horn

Ahead of a show Sunday night at the Hollywood Bowl, the 91-year-old trumpeter looks back at his decades-long career.
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THA BLUE HERB "STILLING STILL DREAMING"

Let's talk about music. I am a guitarist in a rock band, but I love hip-hop. This first album by THA BLUE HERB, "STILLING STILL DREAMING," might be the one I could call my favorite hip-hop album of ...
WBEZ

Bob Dylan taps popular Chicago guitarist Joel Paterson for his band after sudden departures

Chicagoans who attend the Bob Dylan concert next Wednesday on Northerly Island will recognize a familiar face: local guitarist Joel Paterson, who on Tuesday joined the music legend’s band. Paterson, ...
ESPN

Sources: Keon Ellis agrees to 2-year, $18M deal with Nets

Free agent guard Keon Ellis has agreed to a two-year, $18 million deal with the Brooklyn Nets, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania. The deal contains a mutual option that guarantees the entire contract ...
Rolling Stone

Bob Dylan Hired a New Guitar Player, but Big Questions Linger

Bob Dylan‘s June 29 show at the Moody Amphitheater in Austin was supposed to just be a standard stop on a long tour that’s scheduled to run through the end of the year. But after guitarist Doug Lancio ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Bob Dylan Recruits Joel Paterson as Sole Guitarist in Austin: Here’s What You Need to Know

Bob Dylan shook things up on Monday when he debuted a new touring lineup during his concert at Austin, Texas' Moody Amphitheater. Chicago-based jazz and blues guitarist Joel Paterson entered the fold, ...
Jambands

Bob Dylan Taps Joel Paterson As New Guitarist

Bob Dylan continues to switch up his band. As previously reported, jazz guitarist Julian Lage has been playing with the group ever since a performance at the Santa Barbara Bowl on June 17. Lage ...