
Tuesdays at Mona’s
I’m in the advantageous position of being retired and living not all that far from New York City, that hotbed of trad jazz (and, I
I’m in the advantageous position of being retired and living not all that far from New York City, that hotbed of trad jazz (and, I
I’ve attended the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival in Davenport, Iowa five times, starting in 2001. This year’s installment was perhaps the best ever—top-notch bands
I had heard good things about America’s Classic Jazz Festival in Lacey, WA, but living on the other side of the country, I had never
Sometimes too much of a good thing is, well, too much. That was the case at this year’s Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival in Sedalia, Missouri.
The first-ever New York Hot Jazz Camp is now in the books. It was conceived, organized, and overseen by my good friends Molly Ryan and