Email Author Jon Solomon

2008 Stories by Jon Solomon

• Blondie’s Firehouse

  published February 21, 2008

  True story. When I was in college, a girl asked me to kill her. Right after sex. I'd known her for about three hours (we'd met at an open-mike... More >>

• Ari Hoenig Avoids Mediocrity

  published February 14, 2008

  Last April, when jazz drummer Ari Hoenig returned to New York after playing a gig in Denver, he was greeted by an e-mail from a woman who wrote... More >>

• Flair Lounge

  published February 14, 2008

  When I check out a club for the first time, I like to keep a low profile. I'll just slide into the place, grab a seat at the bar, order a beer... More >>

• The Russian Dragon Band

  published February 7, 2008

  Art Lande isn't afraid to take chances when it comes to playing piano. The guy's a true musical explorer, and some of his most adventurous... More >>

• Aqua

  published February 7, 2008

  Since it opened two years ago, Aqua (925 Lincoln Street) has gone through a few transformations — some inspired by the market (see... More >>

• Red Holloway Takes Center Stage

  published February 7, 2008

  Red Holloway's storied career had auspicious beginnings. While playing in DuSable High School's big band in Chicago in the mid-1940s, Holloway... More >>

• Bolder Boulder

  published January 31, 2008

  When some bark-eating Boulderites discovered that the Nitro Club (1124 Lawry Lane), a full-on nudie joint, had opened in the... More >>

• Open Bar

  published January 24, 2008

  The shots that rang out in LoDo last November, killing one and injuring six, had a lasting effect on Hush (1403 Larimer Street), the... More >>

• Big Easy Blowout

  published January 24, 2008

  Normally, when a bunch of Crescent City all-stars such as Russell Batiste from the Funky Meters and Papa Mali and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of... More >>

• George Inai

  published January 24, 2008

  George Inai is like "a Model T built by Toyota in a Mexican factory." At least that's the closest the singer-songwriter says he has come to... More >>

• Getting Jazzed

  published January 17, 2008

  Jerry González was nineteen years old when he started playing with Dizzy Gillespie's band. Not a bad gig for a guy just out of high... More >>

• Split Lip Rayfield

  published January 17, 2008

  When Split Lip Rayfield played at the Bluebird Theater in September 2006, it was hard to tell that guitarist Kirk Rundstrom had just a few... More >>

• Pro Choice

  published January 17, 2008

  While living in New York a few years ago, I started keeping track of what I played on the jukebox in the three bars I frequented. I'm not... More >>

• Donald Harrison Quartet

  published January 17, 2008

  Art Blakey had a knack for finding young jazz talents and grooming them in his Jazz Messengers group. He helped jump-start the careers of Wayne... More >>

• Ingrid Michaelson

  published January 10, 2008

  Ingrid Michaelson hasn't been getting much sleep lately. The singer has been caught up in a whirlwind of activity that all started over a year... More >>

• Jesus, Saved

  published January 10, 2008

  On a cold Sunday night, five teenagers are hanging out on the sidewalk in front of the club at 1531 Champa Street. Inside, on the stage near... More >>

• The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

  published January 3, 2008

  While Reverend Peyton is a big dude with a booming voice, his band really isn't that big in numbers. There's the Rev himself, who plays a mean... More >>

• Any Port in a Storm

  published January 3, 2008

  I hate to say it, but most of what I know about wine I learned from Sideways. I saw the film several times a week when it played in... More >>