SHERMAN OAKS – Kenny Kotwitz sipped his drink and slipped back into an accordion memory 50 years in the making. He was just a teenager from Milwaukee, playing squeezebox in a combo and getting work ...

When the Jazz Arts Group Big Band takes the stage this afternoon to play music from Lawrence Welk's TV show, the tunes will be a blast from the past, not only for the audience but also the players.

Even though he was born in North Dakota, residents of both Dakotas take justifiable pride in the success of Lawrence Welk. Welk’s longtime second-in-command, Myron Floren, was from Roslyn. Those ...