Lou “Fatha” Thimes Sr. will lie in state 4-8 p.m. Monday, June 23 at St. Luke Memorial Baptist Church, 3623 Finney. The visitation will take place from 8-10 a.m. Tuesday, June 24, at New Sunny ...

Obviously Fatha knows best, for through all his ups and downs, he has never tried to alter his style to serve fashion. Hines’s playing today, save for a heightened sense of surprise, is ...

“He served his country, even when his country didn’t serve him,” said Pastor Traci Blackmon of Lou “Fatha” Thimes Sr. “And when he left the military, he continued to serve his ...

Retired radio personality Lou "Fatha" Thimes, center, watches over employees Versebie Williams (left) and Russell Turner as they fill an order at his new restaurant in St. Louis on Oct. 7, 2011.

April 23: Jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines, a giant of the swing era who started the careers of some of music's most illustrious performers, died in Oakland. He was 77.

Earl "Fatha" Hines, considered by many to be the father of modern jazz piano, was born in Duquesne, Pa., in 1903. He will receive a historical marker from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museums ...

A look at one of the entries that fooled solvers in last week’s puzzles. By Deb Amlen Earl “Fatha” Hines (1903-1983) was an American jazz bandleader, composer and pianist. He is considered ...

Politics Bob DeLeo reportedly apologized to Joe Kennedy after photo with ‘tell ya fatha’ shirt The Massachusetts House speaker apparently didn't know what it meant.

Never within the idiom has the instrument sounded quite as percussive as when Fatha was cutting loose, accenting off-beats, pitting silence against Washington Examiner ...