Last month, one of the great explorers and producers of American vernacular music, Chris Strachwitz, passed away. He was 91 years old. He was the founder and co-owner (with Tom Diamant) of Arhoolie Records which since its first release in 1960, Texas Sharecropper And Songster by Texan bluesman Mance Lipscomb, has put out an astonishing 44,000 records.
Little Rock s Jazz in the Park series marks its 10-year anniversary with a performance by Little Rock band SynRG, 6 p.m. April 5 in the River Market Pavilion in Little Rock.