This isn't the first time I've received a press release that referred to an artist as "legendary." It's an adjective I've employed myself, to describe Smokey Robinson and other members of the pop music pantheon, but I can honestly say it's not a word I use lightly. A promoter who makes such a claim had better have facts to back it up. I'm happy to report that's the case with Bobby Shew, a jazz trumpeter who played in the Tommy Dorsey band and, a few years later, with drummer Buddy Rich himself.

Read Christian Carvajal's full feature on Bobby Shew and Rich Wetzel in the Music & Culture section.

BOBBY SHEW WITH RICH WETZEL'S GROOVIN' HIGHER ORCHESTRA, 7:39 p.m. Monday, April 13, Tacoma Community College, 6501 S. 19th St., Tacoma, $10-$15, 800.838.3006