Calkins: Central's jazz band is playing Lincoln Center. And it's thanks to y'all.

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Calkins: Central’s jazz band is playing Lincoln Center. And it’s thanks to y’all.

Updated: May 07, 2025 5:54 AM CT

Ollie Liddell, the director of bands at Central High, wasn’t sure how his jazz band would get to the Essentially Ellington contest at Lincoln Center. Then Memphians came through for him.

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Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.

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