Alto sax is a passion for Tom Kelley, and when it almost got him to the Grammy Foundation Jazz Ensemble last year, he resolved to get there this year. "I looked up the group and I listened to a lot of ...

Charles McPherson meets me at the door of the home he shares with his wife and daughter in Talmadge Park and he invites me in. He’s wearing black slacks and a purple pullover and stocking feet. “We ...