The Syncopated Times began to publish in February 2016. We were preceded by The American Rag, and before that The West Coast Rag, a legacy going back to the 1980s. As time goes by we will post individual stories from our archives and eventually whole issues. We have full issues back to 2007 and some feature articles going back to 2000. If you have any print issues of either The American Rag or West Coast Rag please let us know! We would like to share these 30 years of jazz history with the world. Joe.Syncopatedtimes@gmail.com
From the March and April 2011 issues of The American Rag. By David Gannett with Tom Hook and Bob Leary. How’s your ancient jazz history?
Bucky Pizzarelli died on April 1st, 2020, he was 94. Lew Shaw interviewed him for this profile when both men were 88. Read our obituary
This profile was published in our predecessor, The American Rag, in October 2010. Ted Shafer died August 7, 2019, read our obituary, written by Bert
Connie Jones died in his sleep on February 13, 2019. The following profile ran in the April 2015 edition of our predecessor The American Rag, it
This Story, which was first published in the April 2008 issue of our predecessor paper The American Rag, provides an in-depth ten year history of
Even 11 years ago can seem like history. In these four pages from our The American Rag archive, you can see an extensive profile of Dan
Lynn Redmile is an event photographer with years of experience catching jazz musicians in action. Visit Lynn’s website for more of her work: www.lynnredmile.com Bria
Those zanies are at it again. We’re talking the Ophir Prison Marching Band and Temperance Society LMTD, a collection of 80 or so musicians that’s
