Al Sears

Backgrounder: Al Sears - Swing's the Thing (1960)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 1, 2025

Al Sears was one of those versatile tenor saxophonists who could slide between jazz and R&B in the 1950s. Born in 1910, he landed his first major professional job as the replacement for Johnny Hodges in Chick Webb's group in 1928. In the 1940s, he played with Andy Kirk (1941-42), Lionel Hampton (1943-44) and Duke Ellington (1944), replacing Ben Webster. To teens in the 1950s, he was known as Big Al Sears, recording R&B on a series of independent labels ...
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The Eagles Tour for "Long Road out of Eden" Comes to the Sears Centre

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2009

The Eagles are on a Long Road Out of Eden tour.

The latest disc from the legendary quartet was a huge success. But, the band knows a full Sears Centre won't be because of this CD alone.

So, hunker down (the Sears Centre Web site lists the performance time as 8 p.m. to midnight) for a lot of “Long Road" stuff, with enough classics (do we really need to say “Hotel California," “Life in the Fast Lane," etc.?) to satisfy ...
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