I don’t find anything especially remarkable about coincidences, except that they seem to happen all the time. Mostly, they occur, are briefly noted, and then
Edward Otha South was born in Louisiana, Missouri, on November 27, 1904. His family relocated to Chicago while Eddie was a child, and there his
When I think of some of the acts that are chosen to perform at certain jazz festivals, I cannot help but hear the persistent voice
Catherine Annette Hanshaw was born October 18, 1901, in New York City. Born into a relatively well-to-do family, she sang at hotels owned by her
Related: Affordable Care Act 2018 Deadline Clarification for Musicians (and Others) Jazz musicians, whose occupation requires that they spend much of their time in traveling, are
—Andy Senior (July 20, 1994) Road Raisins—Oh, how I love ’em! Road Raisins—I gotta have ’em! I pick ’em up in the road— I’m not
At its 2017 Foo Foo Festival event, Jazz Pensacola will present An Evening of New Orleans Jazz 6:30 until 9 pm, Monday, November 13, at Phineas
This is The Festival Roundup as printed in our October 2017 issue, the most recent monthly roundup can be found under “events” in our menu.
The Leader Evan Christopher, who was featured on the cover of the August issue of The Syncopated Times, brought the annual Jazz-n-Caz event in Cazenovia,
In looking back to The Syncopated Times of December 2016, it unfavorably impressed a few readers when I assumed and seemed (to them) to luxuriate
Owing to the transmission over the internet of my radio program, RADIOLA!, I’ve found friends and listeners far outside my own bailiwick of upstate New
This is The Festival Roundup as printed in our September 2017 issue, the most recent roundup can be found under “Events” in our menu. VAIL
Anderson Meade “Lux” Lewis was born on September 4, 1905 in Chicago, Illinois. Meade took some lessons on violin at the behest of his father,
On Dancing Bears, Sarcasm, and the Imperfect Reliability of Electronic Mail At certain times I begin to loathe the internet, resent my computer, and nurse
With the cancellation of the scheduled January 2018 JazzSea cruise last month, there has been some panic and confusion among the customers of the other
A few weeks ago, while looking up something else entirely, I happened to find a photo online of Leslie Johnson, who for 35 years published
The Blue Ridge Ragtime Festival, a first-time festival hosted by the Academy Center of the Arts, will be held October 5-8, 2017, in Lynchburg, Virginia.
James Andrew Rushing was born in Oklahoma City on August 26, 1901. Born into a musical family, he studied music theory at Oklahoma City’s Douglass
Ray Heitger, leader of the Toledo-based Cakewalkin’ Jass Band, announces that the band is about to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. Says Heitger, “We played our
BIX BEIDERBECKE MEMORIAL JAZZ FESTIVAL (Davenport, IA) – Aug. 3-5 The 2017 Bix Festival has a new location: the Rhythm City Casino Resort in north
When I was about ten years old, I became the proud possessor of an Edison Diamond Disc phonograph. This was under the objection of my
On July 8, 2017, Annie and the Hedonists appeared at Arrowhead Park in Inlet, New York. The group is a vocal and instrumental quartet consisting
It occurred to me as I was microwaving my (very) late breakfast of a bean, cheese, and jalapeño burrito, that much offense is taken these
I probably don’t state this often enough, but I am most happy when a subscriber, having finished reading an issue of The Syncopated Times, passes
