List Of Famous Jazz Musicians

Hill Country

Texas barbecue, with a side of din
Hill Country serves up meat worth the mess
By Tom Sietsema
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Washington has seen its share of New York designs swagger into town over the years, Hill Country Barbecue Market being one of the most recent examples. The big barn of a tribute to Texas-style barbecue comes with more of a connection to this market than most: Founder Marc Glosserman, who opened the original in Chelsea four years ago, is a native of Bethesda.

If you've never tasted Texas-style barbecue, you might like to know that beef trumps pork, sauce is frowned upon, and rubs are the rule (black pepper, cayenne and kosher salt, in the case of Hill Country).

If you're a newbie to Hill Country, which takes its name from the rolling countryside of central Texas, prepare to dine a little differently. At the door, you're given a card that is stamped at the meat, side dish and dessert counters in the rear of the 13,000-square-foot restaurant. "The meal ticket serves as your menu and check," someone is likely to explain. "It's like a cafeteria." Customers fetch their own sides and meats, which are sold by weight and bundled in butcher paper; servers, some of whom must squat down to hear you in the din, retrieve drinks and desserts. The drill involves lines and ropes and a little confusion the first trip.

Having already previewed much of the menu - much of it infused with the smoke of the oak-stoked pit - as you're guided to a knotty wood table in the dining room, your first stop is likely to be the meat counter. There, big slabs of glistening meat - brisket, shoulder, ribs, prime rib and more - dare carnivores not to drool as they await their cuts. Get the Pitmaster Combo ($24) if you can't choose between the pork or the beef spare rib. Both are part of the package, along with chicken (white or dark meat) and some lean brisket (although I prefer the fattier, more melting "moist" brisket).

There are a hundred burger specialists begging for your attention these days, but if the daily-changing chalkboard at Hill Country lists a steak burger, consider at least sharing one with your mates. Made with ground short ribs and rib-eye, the thick and juicy half-pounders are bulked up with pickles, fried onions, a swirl of chipotle mayonnaise and a juicy slab of twice-smoked bacon. Hill Country ships in its sausages from Kreuz Market, the legendary barbecue joint in Lockhart, Tex., that serves as Glosserman's role model. The signature link is red, coarse and snappy.

Famous Jazz Musicians | LoveToKnow

If you're new to jazz but want to start to explore the genre, a list of famous jazz musicians is a great place to start. Although fame and talent don't always go hand-in-hand in pop music, jazz is a different beast. Many of the genre's biggest stars are also among its most talented and influential musicians. Jazz's best known names are the perfect ambassadors to introduce the genre to newbies.

If you're looking for some jazz music to sample, consider starting with the catalog of these jazz superstars:

Louis Armstrong - also known by the nicknames Satchmo and Pop - is perhaps jazz's best known performer. Armstrong's most popular song, Wonderful World , is ironically his least "jazz" tune, but if you dig deeper into his catalog, you discover a treasure trove of jazz classics that showcase Armstrong's trumpet and skat singing abilities.

Armstrong was incredibly influential on the genre. Before his emergence on the scene, jazz was the forte of bands. Armstrong blazed a trail of solo jazz performances that opened doors for many of the greats who came after him.

Though popular, Armstrong was also a polarizing figure in the African-American community, where some urged him to be vocal about civil rights issues. Armstrong was steadfastly non-political throughout his career, however, he did privately contribute time and money to the Civil Rights Movement. To many people, Wonderful World is actually a plea for equal rights.