Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Justin Varnes began studying music at 10 – on the trumpet. His father – an avid jazz listener – exposed him to Stan Kenton, Nat “King” Cole, and Erroll Garner. After ...

Justin Varnes Orchestra The Jazz Corner Classical meets Jazz Hilton Head Island,SC October 20, 2019 As a precursor to the two main pieces of music in this Sunday lunchtime program, the Justin Varnes ...

For Mother's Day luncheon, The Jazz Corner presented another in their "Classical meets Jazz" series of concerts, "Rhapsody in Blue." The opening clarinet trill, a scale, then the slowly extruded ...

The special relationship between jazz drummers and bass players could never have been more obvious than on two consecutive weekends at The Jazz Corner in September 2018. Holding down the rhythm and ...

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Jazz legend Miles Davis was only a teenager when he picked up the trumpet. The same is true for Justin Varnes. Varnes was still in high school, playing in his school band, when on Sept. 28, 1991, he ...

Every Christmas is the Nutcracker Season for ballet aficionados. The legendary composing and arranging skills of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn also make it Nutcracker Season for jazz aficionados.

All three musicians have impressive enough resumes: Bob Reynolds plays sax in John Mayer's band. Justin Varnes played drums with Phoebe Snow for six years and now performs regularly with Kevin Bales ...

Somebody had to go first. So why shouldn’t it be Eddie Owen, an Atlanta music venue luminary, to take those initial, cautious steps? On Monday night, the owner of Eddie Owen Presents at the Red Clay ...

MILAN, Italy - Four Warrior in Transition Soldiers stationed in Vicenza, Italy, experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity June 25 when they met guitarist Steve Van Zandt, who is on tour with Bruce ...