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Portraits in Jazz: Butch Saulog’s flow and order
Inside the ultimate cave: Listening to jazz is a daily ritual. —PHOTOS COURTESY OF BUTCH SAULOG
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July 25, 2025July 25, 2025Music

Portraits in Jazz: Butch Saulog’s flow and order

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(Seventeenth of a series) For the record, I informed this month’s Portraits in Jazz subject of my intention to borrow the first lines from a 1983 Dave Frishberg song, “My Attorney Bernie,” as the title of this piece for two rather in-your-face reasons: First, because Butch Saulog’s given name is “Bernard” (usually shortened to “Bernie”),...

Portraits in Jazz: Keeping up with Colby de la Calzada
“You learn something from everybody you play with.” — PHOTOS COURTESY OF COLBY DE LA CALZADA
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June 24, 2025June 24, 2025Music

Portraits in Jazz: Keeping up with Colby de la Calzada

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(Sixteenth of a series) Age is a wonderful thing when it happens to people who embrace it as fully as they have lived their lives. Some even laugh about the exigencies of aging, admitting that the attendant forgetfulness has compelled them to keep the good ole’ CV in ship-shape.  Colby de la Calzada—bassist, composer, arranger,...