He stated: “I’d rather go in and just be Jaco. I improvise all the time. Hopefully, I think, I never play the same thing ...

Percussionist, composer and bandleader Brian Kirk studied classical percussion and toured with the Pointer Sisters and singer Jimmy Scott, before founding the jazz program at Seattle Central College.

For decades, this snazzy, jazzy ensemble has been on the stage for countless occasions in the Twin Cities. Now piano maestro Sanford Moore and his four vocalists have their own occasion to celebrate — ...