Arts
John Scofield changes styles with 'A Go Go'
By Eric Cross | May 4, 1998Guitarist John Scofield grew up in the 1960s and 1970s listening to and loving the swinging grooves of James Brown, Booker T.
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Clarinetist Don Byron gives a humorous, rousing concert
By Eric Cross | January 12, 1998The Hopkins Center audience got what they paid for Saturday night with Byron's eclectric mix of swing and jazz
Arts
Jazz artist brings swing to Hop
By Eric Cross | January 9, 1998Is it good planning or merely coincidence that Don Byron's concert of early swing music fits nicely with this year's Winter Carnival theme harkening back to the "Roaring Twenties?" In either case it seems to make more sense than rain in January. Don Byron is a virtuoso clarinetist and talented composer with open ears, an open mind and a unique conception of music.