By Dan OuelletteWhen Azar Lawrence teaches his music classes at UCLA, he has a lot to offer his students who have only listened to and read about jazz titans like McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones who were members of John Coltrane’s classic quartet. The L
When it comes to larger-than-life show-biz greats, few can match the storied life and career of Thomas Waller, the pianist, composer and performer lovingly known as “Fats.”