He's dressed -- and ready -- to impress

The fast track that trumpeter Igmar Thomas is riding requires a flexible wardrobe. Leading his young, hip-hop-and-soul-injected jazz band J4DA in its weekly Wednesday - night gig at Wally's Jazz Cafe last week, Thomas, 24, resembled a rapper in his jeans, baggy white T-shirt, and long-billed San Diego Padres baseball cap. A few days earlier, when he'd played weekend dates ... (Full article: 672 words)

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