Jo Ann Weiss Sawitz Bass, the matriarch of the landmark Joe’s Stone Crab, died Saturday in hospice at her Miami Beach home across the street from her family’s restaurant. She was 94. Bass helped lead ...

Back in Miami’s bass music heyday, music video director Dario L. Jaramillo was making a killing creating, producing, directing and editing music videos for Joey Boy Records and Warner Bros. artists. I ...

Amos Larkins II invented Miami Bass production. As an in-house artist/producer/engineer for Henry Stone and Morris Levy’s Sunnyview Records label, he came up with regional and international hits on a ...

Jo Ann Weiss Switz Bass, the matriarch of the iconic Florida restaurant Joe’s Stone Crab, has died at 94. Bass began working at her family's restaurant at age 13 and continued until she was about 88.

For decades, she oversaw a money-gushing South Florida restaurant that has drawn celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Muhammad Ali and Madonna. By Alex Williams Jo Ann Bass, the matriarch of Joe’s Stone ...