Guitarist-bandleader Glenn Crytzer is a familiar name to the readers of The Syncopated Times, recording regularly and leading his New York-based bands. Last year’s Underneath
Bassist Jen Hodge has been a leader in the trad jazz scene of Western Canada and the North West for a decade or more. She
There have been a countless number of Christmas jazz albums since the 1950s. Probably my favorite of them all is ’Tis The Season To Be
Charlie Halloran is one of the most in demand and reliable trombone players in the tight knit network of young trad jazz players in New
Welcoming Christmas in Jazz and Blues music is a tradition as old as the music itself. By the mid-1920s seasonal music was available on record,
The Southside Aces have been serving up hot New Orleans jazz in Minneapolis since the early 2000’s. They were mentored by Charlie Devore and Bill
Runnin’ Wild at Réveillon From Christmas to Twelfth Night, the final week of December and the first week of January are among the most festive
Blue Engine Records has digitally released Jazz for Kids, the latest album from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Childhood classics such
This year I saw a covert “holiday” laced commercial in August. The commercial might have been about hemorrhoid cream. I really don’t remember. I do
There’s something about Christmas that brings out the best in people. That spirit permeates even when you recreate Christmas in August by shuffling most of
Glenn Crytzer has done it again! In 2018 we were so impressed by his double album, Ain’t it Grand, that we reviewed it, twice, put
“After Midnight has its roots buried deep in the Benny Goodman Sextet tradition. Same instrumentation – clarinet, vibraphone, piano, guitar, bass and drums – and
Since the advent of the internet, it seems that every season is Silly Season. That oasis of frivolity used to be limited to the late
If you know we’ve recycled this card from two years ago THANK YOU! That means you’ve stuck around : )
Irving Berlin may have done as much to murder Christmas music as he did to nurture it. Just as Brahms was afraid to follow in
Ray Greene, Featuring Dow Brain Tell me the Story of Christmas Underground Records (2018) Ray Greene is a multi-instrumentalist and sought after vocalist. He’s currently the
Set forth below is most of the twenty-second “Texas Shout” column. It first appeared in the October 1991 issue of the West Coast Rag, (now Syncopated
My brain delights in unraveling when it should be sleeping. Rarely are these sessions productive. Occasionally, the brain spin cycle leads to an epiphany. No
During the season in which I write this, it is almost impossible to avoid Charles Dickens’ inky thumbprint on our culture. There is a pervasive
There’s plenty of great music to help us celebrate Christmas, but my all-time favorite holiday album has to be Leon Redbone’s Christmas Island. Leon burst
Christmas With Champian is the seventh recording for this accomplished New York City based pianist/vocalist. She is supported by bassist David Williams, drummer Fukushi Tainaka,
It’s the most wonderful time of the year With the kids jingle belling And everyone telling you be of good cheer It’s the most wonderful
From Elvis to Ella, from Crosby to Sinatra, from Nat King Cole to Dean Martin, each of these American artists created Christmas albums worth spinning
Pianist-vocalist Champian Fulton’s new release, Christmas with Champian is a Jazz Christmas album that actually swings. Champian here offers us a charming program of her
