Alphonso Johnson News Today

And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Reaction to the tragic shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, by a Police Officer prompted a media frenzy, to be sure. Outraged protest and thousands of hours of opinion by pundits and politicians pointing just how difficult it is for Americans Still to deal with issues of racial inequality. A recent pugh survey found that only 37 of white americans believe Michael Browns death raised important issues about race,...

Thank you very much. I was thrilled to join this group of esteemed colleagues on an issue that is near and dear to my heart. Some of you may know i have spent about 24 years in the senate trying to help ensure that americans had stable and affordable and decent housing. I will tell you the last 16 months, i have learned from my fellow commissioners a lot more in than i learned in the 24 years, plus what we heard from the people who came out for hearings. We know that millions of americans contin...

A Lincoln man was sentenced to 132 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

Popwell played a red 1962 Fender Precision, with an added Telecaster pickup near the bridge

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Guy Pratt came to the instrument in the funky 1970s when bass, thanks to improvements in audio and recording technology...

In 1975, Jaco Pastorius replaced Alphonso Johnson in Weather Report, but for drummer Chester Thompson, playing with Jaco was “like oil and water”

Jazz is Dead have confirmed the band’s first 2024 live dates, termed the Right Outside This Lazy Summer Home Tour. The instrumental Grateful Dead cover

Grateful Dead tribute act Jazz Is Dead announced their June 2024 “Right Outside This Lazy Summer Home Tour” dates.

Please don’t murder me if you think this review of the acclaimed jam-fusion band Jazz Is Dead runs hard to the gushy side. But even after all these years – more than 50 years of concert-going – I’m still a pretty impressionable guy (It’s true. . .) and it was only my first time seeing them.  So there was a lot to take in.