It was distinctly embarrassing (but not altogether surprising) for me to discover the editorial glitches in the June 2024 issue of The Syncopated Times. I’d
The Syncopated Times could use some new subscribers right now, and we’re offering a free CD to every reader who orders a new print subscription
As I write this, it is five days since my second eye surgery. In the plus column, this is the first time in nearly fifty
In the March issue of The Syncopated Times I devoted a portion of this space to discussing the immediate delight I experienced on installing a
The International Society of Antique Phonograph Enthusiasts (ISAPE) has issued new guidelines for playing records on vintage machines. Society chair Dr. Marta Meeling, PhD, DDS,
Of all that which I consider worthy, perhaps the most remarkable is when someone does exactly what they promise they’re going to do. I weep
You Call That a Monitor? Here’s a Monitor! To the Editor: Thanks for your good works. On large monitors: I am using the 55″ 1080P
This week I felt it entirely necessary to buy myself a huge computer monitor—though not the largest one that was available. As my eyesight sinks
Wham Re-Bop-Boom-Bam: The Swing Jazz of Eddie Durham premiered February 1st on many public television stations nationwide. The 60-minute documentary has been receiving considerable praise
This is my Eighth Anniversary Issue of The Syncopated Times, and I suppose I should be eating cake or something. I find myself preoccupied with
It’s a new year, and I am required by law to be optimistic. Never mind that each previous year has, in its own way, been
Stéphane Grappelli was born on January 26, 1908, in Paris. Grappelli’s mother died when he was five, leaving his father to raise him. Grappelli began
Multi-award-winning instrumentalist /vocalist/bandleader Cynthia Sayer has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Steve Martin Banjo Prize for Excellence in Four-String Banjo. The award was made public
On Friday, November 10, Colin Hancock received a GRAMMY nomination as producer of Archeophone’s The Moaniest Moan of them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren
It’s never not a chaotic month. I spent much of November arranging to have this paper mailed from a new post office. The Syracuse newspaper
It has come to our attention that we have grossly mischaracterized the 2023 Central Pennsylvania Ragtime & American Music Festival in our review of the
As happens every year in this latitude, Autumn is a time of less sunlight and more shadow, and a chilliness that reminds us to bring
Jim Syoen informs us that Jimmy LaRocca, New Orleans trumpeter and son of Original Dixieland Band cornetist Nick LaRocca, has died at the age of
Just how ignorant do you have to be to get kicked out of a club you started? That’s a rhetorical question which was nonetheless answered
I enjoyed an unexpected vacation during the month of August—or I should say I enjoyed those aspects of it that were enjoyable. This brief sabbatical
Ted Weems was born Wilfred Theodore Wemyes on September 26, 1901, in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Weems’ start in music came when he won a violin in
Benny Carter was born Bennett Lester Carter on August 8, 1907, in New York City. Benny’s mother taught him the basics of music on the
Even though the Long Intermission is finally over (or we’ve just decided to go on with our lives after three years of hiding behind masks
There was long an impression, fostered by such elegiac biopics as Rhapsody in Blue and Till the Clouds Roll By, that the creation of popular
