As a performer on the original radio version of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet before his age was even in double figures, Ricky Nelson
Tag: Lionel Hampton

In July 1948, Lionel Hampton’s Orchestra was on tour across America. Traveling with them was a young 25-year-old guitarist who was beginning to make a

“I’m the bop writer!” boasts a character in The Subterraneans, Jack Kerouac’s 1958 semi-autobiographical novella set in the jazz districts of New York. The book,