Django Reinhardt

HEY, DUKE, WILL UBIQUITOUS?GUITARIST ROBILLARD HAS MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE

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Recordings

Voodoo Gurus

Hanoi Rocks/New York Dolls alum heads awesome rock hyphenate

Free for All

Give it away, give it away, give it away now

John Jorgenson

Keep your hands on the guitar while the clarinet is in motion

Oh-la-la!

Funky and grotesque, The Triplets of Belleville will animate your world

Tony Furtado

The banjo great visits the Valley

They Like It Rough

And so does our brave writer, who dove headfirst into a never-ending series of fascinating world- music compilations

Nouveau Swing

Hot Club of Cowtown and others revive the rebel spirit of Django Reinhardt

Paperback Writers

Latest music books struggle to demystify pop culture's greatest enigmas

Sax Relief

Gumbo rewrites the tax code with the latest batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases

Forbidden Fruit

The kiddies should be lining up as we slap a parental advisory on the latest batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases

Eccentricities

While they may not top the Billboard charts, this month's batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases is definitely worth hearing

Alive and Kicking

Despite being entombed in the recent PBS series, Gumbo shows why jazz is very much alive and well with a fine batch of new releases

Critical Mass 2000

Our panel of writers offer up their takes on the top discs of Y2K

Write or Wrong

Our quarterly roundup of music books lets us get lost with Chet Baker, nasty with Bill Monroe and saved by Al Green, while Ted Nugent teaches us that happiness really is a warm gun

Bop the Question

Drawing insight from the month's best in jazz, blues and heritage, Gumbo answers readers' nagging queries

Hey, Joe!

Gumbo lines up the most wanted in jazz, blues and heritage

Fourth Coming

Gumbo celebrates Independence Day and Satchmo's birth with the latest in jazz, blues and heritage

Upbeat

A load of the latest in heritage as Smokin' Joe gets nasty, Bill Frisell goes to Ghost Town, Greg Osby returns to form and everyone else gets the Gumbo once-over

Drunken Master

Woody Allen's latest casts Sean Penn as a brilliant schmuck

Night & Day

September 17 - 23, 1998

Kings of Pastry Is the Cream Puff of Docs

September 17 - 23, 1998

Local Rapper Mr. Miranda Exercises His Right to Remain Old School

September 17 - 23, 1998

Ask a Mexican on Holiday Shopping

September 17 - 23, 1998