Maybe it's some mysterious cosmological force that, outside the movies, only allows storybook endings to happen around Super Bowl Sunday. However, this particular story had nothing to do with the undefeated New England Patriots allowing the 11th-hour touchdown pass that gave the underdog New York Gi
To hear Conrad Johnson's Kashmere Stage Band of the 1960s and '70s was to behold an amalgamation of jazz, funk, R&B and rock styles with an element of style and showmanship that would befit a professional outfit, let alone a bunch of high school kids from Houston's Kashmere Gardens.
Conrad O. Johnson, one of Houston's greatest jazz educators, spent his final hours prior to his death Sunday at age 92 working to ensure his students' legacy and giving them a final thumbs up for a job well done.
A month ago, a group of Johnson's former students began rehearsals for a concert to benefit a music education and scholarship foundation in his name. The alumni band will perform at 2:15 p.m. today at Kashmere High School.
HOUSTON -- It has been 30 years since a few dozen teenagers first took to the stage at Kashmere High School under the direction of a Houston legend. They honored him on Friday -- two days before his unexpected death, KPRC Local 2, Your Education Station, reported.
HOUSTON -- Music filled the room at the "home-going celebration" for Conrad O. Johnson, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday. It wasn't a typical memorial service. It was a jam session for the legendary musician.
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