Nov 20th, 2008 · Only a few days after the release of the album Smokin Sax and before a date to promote it, saxophonist Johnny Griffin died at age 80 at his chateau in Availles-Limouzine, France. Hear his final U.S. homecoming at the Village Vanguard recorded live by JazzSet
Sep 24th, 2008 · Bassist Charlie Haden is known as a great jazz musician, but his lineage is all country: Growing up, he performed alongside his brothers and sister in the Haden Family Band, a country group led by parents, Carl and Virginia.
Sep 11th, 2008 · Returning to a childhood home as a grown-up is always loaded with emotion. These three books about homecoming are guaranteed to make even the most stoic readers nostalgic for the too-tight embrace of family.
Aug 19th, 2008 · Michael Phelps's Facebook fan club is second in membership to Barack Obama's. Now, his hometown of Baltimore has to figure out how to welcome the swimmer home in a style befitting his fame. After the last Olympics, the city threw a "Phelps-tival," giving him a parade, the key to the city and a street named after him. One suggestion: How about changing the name of his neighborhood — Fell's Point — to Phelps Point?
May 15th, 2008 · "Return of the Prodigal Son," like the parable from which it draws its name, is a homecoming story. Eight years have passed since Brian Blade Fellowship's last release, and during that time, Blade himself has been more prodigious than prodigal.
Apr 8th, 2008 · Omar Giron lived in the United States for so long that when he returned to El Salvador -- the country he left 20 years ago -- it was anything but a homecoming. And perhaps nothing marks him more as an outsider than his daily battle against dust.
Nov 6th, 2007 · Staff Sgt. Lillian Clamens' husband and three children expected her home last month, just in time for Halloween. Instead, the family had to bury the 35-year-old Army reservist. She was killed in Baghdad when insurgents attacked her unit with rockets.
Nov 4th, 2007 · The Army's most battle-tested brigade is returning to Fort Drum in New York. Some members of the 10th Mountain Division's Second Brigade have done three tours in Iraq.