Subject: George Benson

• MINGUS AMONG US

  BORN IN NAGALES, BASSIST CHARLES MINGUS SPENT HIS LIFE EXTENDING THE FRONTIERS OF JAZZ. NOW HIS HOMETOWN IS THROWING HIM A 71ST BIRTHDAY PARTY.

  April 21, 1993

• COOKING WITH DAVETHE LONGTIME VALLEY JAZZMAN WANTS TO STIR UP THE SCENE ANY WAY HE CAN

  January 12, 1995

• Pic Hits for the week

  January 23, 1997

• Mambo King

  After half a century of percussive brilliance, Tito Puente still wants the moon and stars

  June 18, 1998

• Ahmad's Blues

  Long hailed by his peers, Ahmad Jamal at last has the critics firmly in his corner

  January 14, 1999

• Roll Over, Paul Oakenfold, And Tell DJ Tiesto the News

  Top 10 DJ Mixes of 2006

  January 4, 2007

• The Shop Keeper

  September 28, 2006

• Little Cat Feat

  New fun for your pussy

  May 19, 2005

• Louie Vega

  As the DJ matures, so does his music

  March 25, 2004

• Sax Relief

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

  September 13, 2001

• Forbidden Fruit

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

  July 12, 2001

• Bop the Question

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

  November 2, 2000

• A Wright Lunatic

  Will the mysterious John Wright emerge like the Great Bumpkin this Halloween?

  October 26, 2000

• Fourth Coming

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

  June 29, 2000

• Maim That Toon!

  Titan A.E., made in Phoenix, brings new blood to movie animation

  June 15, 2000

• Smooth Operators

  Haikus and lows abound in this month's jazz and heritage releases

  May 18, 2000

• JAZZSCAM

  IT'S SWEET, IT'S SIMLE AND IT SELLS. BUT IT AIN'T JAZZ.

  June 30, 1993

• DJ Dossier: Rob Wegner

  While he doesn't dress in monk-like robes (like Qui-Gon Jinn) or offer advice in backwards fashion (à la Yoda), Rob Wegner is most definitely served as a Jedi Master to DJs across the PHX for most of the last decade. He's taught many a Padawan how to spin up a song in that time, including MCB and J. Alan over at Axis/Radius, Dirty Pretty's Jon Amaral, and Adrian Diaz at Sandbar). In 2001, Wegner launched a class dedicated to the ins and outs of the DJ biz over at Scottsdale Community College,

  August 28, 2009