Asked how he sees his multiple roles as a maker of music, historian, writer and educator, John Clark responded, “I love all kinds of music,
A chilly weekend in early November did not keep an encouraging number of traditional jazz fans from attending the 32nd annual Arizona Classic Jazz Festival
In the summer of 1982, Mike Cox, a banjo player from England living in Canada, met with the manager of Vancouver’s thriving, six-nights-a-week Hot Jazz
Back in the 1920s and ’30s, the place to go dancing in Western Massachusetts was Cook’s Butterfly Ballroom in my home town of Springfield, Massachusetts.
After 52 years of playing and promoting traditional jazz around the world, the curtain finally came down on the Natural Gas Jazz Band at a
Best-selling author T. J. English’s latest book Dangerous Rhythms delves into the interconnected worlds of jazz and organized crime in 20th century America. Through English’s
Music has been the driving force in Herb Gardner’s life and has carried over to his entire family. Growing up in Massachusetts, Herb took piano
If Dick Gibson is considered the Father of Jazz Parties, then Al White Jr. deserved to be his Number 1 son. Gibson was a successful
Pat Yankee, who passed away in late May at age 94, loved an audience, whether it was singing with her own band or for Turk
The jazz community lost a true legend with the passing of vocalist-bandleader Pat Yankee on Memorial Day, May 30, at the age of 94. The
Ed Metz Jr. has had a multitude of varied experiences since he was given a set of drum sticks by the drummer in his father’s
Ted Lewis was born Theodore Leopold Friedman on June 6, 1890, in Circleville, Ohio. He learned piccolo as a member of the Circleville Boys’ Band
On reading Joe Bebco’s excellent “Festival Roundup,” the casual reader might ask “What’s the difference between a Jazz Festival and a Jazz Party?” To a
Of all the instrumentalists, I have to admit being partial to the virtuosos of the keyboard. I guess I was influenced by a teenage recollection
Russell “Big Chief” Moore was a jazz trombonist who was born on an Indian reservation in Arizona and who went on to play with Oscar
Carol and Jeff Loehr aren’t sure what number to assign to the 2022 Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival, scheduled to return to the Sawtooth
We asked a random group of musicians what they did with their time during the 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic and how they survived
Vince Giordano’s life has been dedicated to the performance and preservation of the music of the 1920s and ’30s. He has been described as “a
Called “one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to ever make landfall in the United States,” Hurricane Ida did a number on three historic landmarks in
We are a bit late catching up on the happy news, but congratulations to Bria Skonberg and her husband Matthew Papper on the arrival of
Vince Giordano and his Grammy Award-winning Nighthawks Orchestra have found a new home for their bi-weekly tributes to the hot jazz of the 1920s and
Jim Fitzgerald was happiest when he was on the bandstand playing for an appreciative audience. Speaking of that special connection between musician and listener, he
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks were together for the first time in 15 months on June 10 for a recording session at The Power Station
2021 marks the 80th anniversary of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, which debuted as the Artistry in Rhythm band on Memorial Day of 1941 at the
