Jack Amblin on Playing ‘Stadium Jazz’ with PMJ
Dave Doyle
December 31, 2022
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Vol.8, No.1 January 2023
Jack Amblin on Playing “Stadium Jazz” with PMJ, by Dave Doyle
Jimmie Lunceford Plays a “Colored Dance”: Summer 1941, by Henry Blackburn
A Conversation with Guitarist Al Casey, by Mike Lipskin
Anatomy of a Song: Paul Whiteman’s “When”, by Albert Haim
The Story of Duke Ellington, Part 3: 1939-1951, by Scott Yanow
Organized Crime Nurtured Early Jazz—and Then Some, by Russ Tarby
West Coast Ragtime Fest: A Ragtimer’s In-Depth Review, by Fred Hoeptner
Seven Days of Jazz at Sea, by Frank Farbenbloom
Mike Durham’s International Classic Jazz Party 2022, by Russ Shor
2022 Giants of Jazz Concert Honors Rufus Reid, by Schaen Fox
Nights at the Turntable, CD reviews by Scott Yanow
Doyle’s Discs, CD reviews by Dave Doyle
Off the Beaten Tracks, CD reviews by Joe Bebco
Jazz Birthday of the Month: Al Bowlly, illustration by Joe Busam
Static from my Attic, by Andy Senior
Final Chorus, compiled by Joe Bebco
My Inspirations: How to Pass the Torch of Syncopation, by Jeff Barnhart
Ragtime Vignettes: Echoes from the Snowball Club, by Brandon Byrne
Quarter Notes: Classic Jazz in Chandler. AZ!, by Shelly Gallichio
Okeh: Breakthroughs and Changes in 1923, by R.S. Baker
Festival Roundup, compiled by Joe Bebco
Jazz Travels: 2022 West Coast Ragtime Festival, by Bill Hoffman
Profiles in Jazz: Jimmy Dorsey, by Scott Yanow
Blowing off the Dust: SIU-C’s 1972 Treemonisha, by Larry Melton
Ain’t Cha Got Music: Kid Ory, Part 1, by Jeff Barnhart & Hal Smith
New Year’s Evolution, by Randi Cee
Rudiments of Ragtime: Installment One, by Larry Melton
The Syncopated Times Celebrates Seven Years of Publication
Ken Peplowski’s Bouncing Again!, by Schaen Fox
The North Carolina Jazz Festival: A Brief History, by Richard Schmetterer
