Leading his own group this week at SMOKE Jazz Club is trumpeter Jon Faddis. His exciting, hard-swinging quartet swings into Smoke Wed thru Sunday w pianist David Hazeltine, bassist Todd Coolman, and drummer Dion Parson. Long celebrated for his incredible musicality and technical prowess, Faddis is in the pantheon of great trumpeters in jazz history. Mentored by Dizzy Gillespie early in his career, Faddis absorbed the styles of many of the greats, forging his own distinctive style and having a si

François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi was a Congolese musician. He was a major figure in 20th-century Congolese music, and African music in general, principally as the leader for over 30 years of TPOK Jazz, the most popular and significant African band of its time. He is referred to as Franco Luambo or simply Franco. | In History

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