Alex Pangman Brings Lost Classics to Swinging Life
Brian Sheridan
June 30, 2023
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In the Ragtime Years when a great personality celebrity died, word would quickly spread through the entertainment districts, Variety shows might be interrupted to report
The May 21st meeting of the Arizona Classic Jazz Society celebrated Cheryl Thurston’s birthday. The talented and multi-instrumentalist is well known in the Society and
While some of the more cynical observers of the music world may claim that traditional jazz is a dying art form, there’s plenty of evidence
Noel Kaletsky, born in New Haven CT in 1937, passed away on May 30, 2023. Anyone who heard him will never forget the excitement that
Prologue I was in high school—still a freshman, I think—when I first heard the iconic recording of “Sing, Sing, Sing” by Benny Goodman’s band. Goodman
In the realm of studying ragtime history, importance is often given to the banjo, and rightfully so. Some of the best sources of authentic ragtime
Jeff Barnhart: Hal, last month we began exploring the music of the Dixieland Jug Blowers, concluding with the first side from their June 6, 1927,
If Louis Armstrong and his manager Joe Glaser had decided to put out a personal ad for a trombonist in 1952, it might have read
For the fourth month in a row, I’ve set out to write about one topic or story for this column only to have some event
For the last three years, I have been self-confined due to the Covid pandemic. Only frequent visits to the doctors’ offices 10 miles away and
William C. “Buster” Bailey was born July 19, 1902, in Memphis, Tennessee. Bailey learned the rudiments of clarinet while a student in the city’s public
As I write this on the longest day of the year, I feel like I’ve just lived through the longest week of the year. We’re
The genius to be acknowledged as the third great “classic” ragtime composer is Joseph Lamb. Unlike Joplin and Scott, Lamb was white and from an
As a teenager I owned a cassette copy of Sidewalk Blues, a 1995 album of the now-defunct jazz group Elite Syncopation. I loved that recording,
DIXIELAND TRAD JAZZ CRUISE (Roundtrip Seattle to Alaska) July 9-16 Rocky Mountain Rhythm and Swing, an all-star trad jazz group. Several shows from Cowboy Country
Supper at Six, a rare short film featuring singing sisters Ethel and Dorothea Ponce, is set to be screened for the first time since its
For 14 years retired public school music teacher Dr. Ed Cannava has led the Denver Jazz Club Youth All-Stars, a traditional and classic jazz focused
Like most jazz musicians, I would guess, some bands that I played with experienced off-the-wall encounters that left us shaking our heads—or wringing our hands!
Jazz, Sex, and Birds It is well known that Lu Watters’ Yerba Buena Jazz band, in the 1940s, became a phenomenally successful ensemble as America’s
Vol.8, No.7 July 2023
Alex Pangman Brings Lost Classics to Swinging Life, by Brian R. Sheridan
Mr. Ragtime: Remembering Max Morath, by Larry Melton
Gene Krupa and the Solo Sailor, by Dan Barrett
Musicians and Friends Pay Tribute to Noel Kaletsky, by Jeff Barnhart & Art Hovey
Jazz Birthday of the Month: Buster Bailey, illustration by Joe Busam
Static from my Attic, by Andy Senior
My Inspirations: Noel Kaletsky: A Legacy of Laughs and Love, by Jeff Barnhart
Ragtime Vignettes: Hen Cackle Rag, by Brandon Byrne
Quarter Notes: Back in My Own Backyard!, by Shelly Gallichio
Jacob Silberberg: The Banjoists’ Best Friend, by R.S. Baker
Festival Roundup, compiled by Joe Bebco
Rudiments of Ragtime: Joseph Lamb (1887-1960), by Larry Melton
Profiles in Jazz: Trummy Young, by Scott Yanow
Blowing off the Dust: Memories from the Joplin Fest, by Larry Melton
It Wasn’t Just the Music, by Phil Crumley
Ain’t Cha Got Music: Clifford Hayes: Jugless in Chicago, by Jeff Barnhart & Hal Smith
Final Chorus, compiled by Joe Bebco
Rare Ponce Sisters Film Supper At Six to Be Shown, by David McCain
Max Morath, Beloved Ragtimer and Broadcaster, Dies at 96, by Andy Senior
A New Generation Learns and Performs Jazz in Cincinnati, by Garry Berman
Denver Youth All Stars to Jam “One Last Time”, by Joe Bebco
Weird Gigs I Have Known: The Stranger Side of Jazz, by Bert Thompson
The Tunesmith by Gary May, book review by Andy Senior
Doyle’s Discs, CD reviews by Dave Doyle
Nights at the Turntable, CD reviews by Scott Yanow
Jazz à la Creole by Caroline Vézina, book review by Joe Bebco
