Chinatown Plaza’s Year of the Dragon celebration, Tool’s return to the Strip and Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. top this week’s lineup of things to do in Las Vegas.
The PLNU Honors Program will host Examining the Great American Songbook, featuring jazz trumpet player and educator Dr. John Reynolds, for a night of jazz and cultural reflection. The event will feature live music from the John Reynolds Jazz Quintet with selections from the Great American Songbook and will also include a presentation from Dr. Karl Martin on the social and cultural implications of the music included in the songbook. "The 'Great American Songbook' is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century that have stood the test of time in their life and legacy. Often referred to as 'American Standards,' the songs published during the Golden Age of this genre include those popular and enduring tunes from the 1920s to the 1960s that were created for Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musical film." (thesongbook.org)Dr. John Reynolds is an educator, clinician, and tru