An Interview with Daisy Castro
At 21 Daisy Castro has already had an interesting and varied career in music. She began to learn classical violin at age six and was
At 21 Daisy Castro has already had an interesting and varied career in music. She began to learn classical violin at age six and was
The Harlem-based Bandleader Ruminates on Music, Performance, and Style William Shakespeare once famously asked “What’s in a name?” That line from Romeo and Juliet could
I first heard Turk Murphy’s band back in my sportswriting days when I was in Cleveland, Ohio, to cover a college football game in 1949.
With the cleverest band name I’ve ever heard, The Night Blooming Jazzmen have entertained and impressed traditional jazz fans since 1975. The band was originally
This column’s title includes the word “travels.” This installment is no different, but this time the travels weren’t mine. Neville Dickie, the renowned British stride
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In my essay about the decline of jazz festivals (“What is to be Done?” March 2018) I wrote “None of the early legends of jazz
It was about 15 years ago that I first began to hear rave reports about a young Canadian trumpet player who was taking the Dixieland
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When New York City pianist-singer Bobby Short died in 2005, Steve Ross, the “crown prince of cabaret” as the New York Times dubbed him, became
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At a time when most people are just beginning to hit their stride, Sam Post already has a long list of accomplishments to his name
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It’s Trivia Night down at the local pub, and the question is: “Who was the official banjoist for the New York Yankees?” Or the question
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Children often change their minds about what they want to be when they grow up as often as they change their socks. As teens, they
It was a jazz critic from Great Britain writing for the BBC in 2013 who anointed Ken Peplowski with superstar status when he declared that
For an evening of nostalgia, good music, and light humor, be sure to catch Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester if they happen to pass
Muriel Anderson, a remarkable musician, is in the top echelon of international guitarists, and perhaps one of the most versatile. Her insatiable musical curiosity and
A bibliography of Howard Alden’s career provides some interesting benchmarks that delineate the impressive accomplishments of a musician who has been called “the most impressive