George Benson is a very good ping pong player. I discovered this while covering the Free Jazz Festival in Sao Paulo Brazil. I could hear the ball bouncing and saw a crowd gathered around the table in the lobby of the Maksoud Plaza Hotel. After the guitarist dispatched two opponents and started to walk away, […]
Bobby McFerrin sings for the Challenge
SAN FRANCISCO — Being added to the Playboy Jazz Festival roster at the Hollywood Bowl last year was a big step for Bobby McFerrin. As he recalls it. “Yeah it was Chick. and Herbie, and Dizzy you know. Stanley Clarke was there, and Buddy Rich. And Bobby McFerrin from San Francisco.” McFerrin has been living […]