PREVIEW: SUPPORT THE ART OF COOL MUSIC FESTIVAL! by LARRY RENI THOMAS
Chapel Hill, NC—I am a very fortunate jazz junkie because my father was a serious Count Basie fan, who also enjoyed listening to Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck and other jazz giants. When he came home from delivering the mail, in Wilmington, North Carolina, he …