Reviewer: former "Tonight Show" band leader hasn't lost a step.

Twenty years have passed since Doc Severinsen ended his 30-year stint on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson." Judging by the average age in the intimate Cabaret Jazz at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, most - if not all - of the near-capacity audience fondly remember the show and its charismatic trumpet player and band leader.

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Entertainment options continue to grow at the downtown gathering.

Food trucks and music, yoga and art. It must be First Friday.

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Tickets are now on sale for a jazz concert series at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts.

Jazz Roots: A Larry Rosen Jazz Series will feature four shows focusing on the story of jazz and how it developed. It is considered one of the premier concert series.

The concert series package allows people to buy tickets for all four Jazz Roots shows and to reserve the same seats for each show. Package prices start at $110.

Titles in the Jazz Roots series:

Brazil meets Funk

• Featuring Sergio Mendes & Candy Dulfer
• November 9, 2012 – 7:30 p.m.

Vocalese

• Featuring Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices and special guest Jon Hendricks
• January 17, 2013 – 7:30 p.m.

A Tribute to Ella, Joe & Basie