Letters to the Editor

In Praise of Nathan Tokunaga To the Editor: Lew Shaw’s profile of Nathan Tokunaga in your October issue diligently covered all his accomplishments. But I

Focus on Arbors To the Editor: Thank you for featuring Arbors Records above the fold (“Rachel Domber and Arbors: A Great Jazz Legacy Continues,” TST,

To the Editor: I enjoyed the “Profiles in Jazz” article on Lil Hardin Armstrong by Scott Yanow which appeared in the June 2024 issue of

To the Editor: The Feb 4, 1927 recording of “Singin’ the Blues” by Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke is one of the most important and

You Call That a Monitor? Here’s a Monitor!  To the Editor: Thanks for your good works. On large monitors: I am using the 55″ 1080P

In response to the list of Armstrong’s rivals in Lew Shaw’s column (“Jazz Jottings,” February 2024), I think Jabbo Smith could (and in fact, did)

The End of the Ragtime Revival? To the Editor: I am writing in reference to “Max Morath and the 1941-2023 Ragtime Revival,” published in the

To the Editor: Thanks for being the keeper of the traditional jazz flame. I enjoy each issue, and your columns especially. In looking through the

I had the opportunity to hear Kid Ory and his band when they performed at a joint on San Francisco’s Embarcadero in the late ’60s,

Finding Steph and Paolo  To the Editor: I am enclosing rny check for a two-year subscription to The Syncopated Times. I just thought I would

More About Charlie Barnet  To the Editor: Scott’s article about Charlie Barnet in the July issue of Sync Times reminded me of “Porky” Cohen’s stories

Praise for TST To the Editor: One of the smartest things I ever did in the past year is to subscribe to The Syncopated Times!

Congratulations! To the Editor: Congratulations on your Jazz Hero award, well-deserved. Keep up the good work and keep swinging. Nancy Wyndham Mendenhall PA To the

Remembering Tom Shea  To the Editor: What a pleasure to read the article by Brandon Byrne about Tom Shea. Tom was an integral part of

To the Editor: As per your editorial [How Are You?, March 2022], both my wife and I are fine. Thanks for asking. I was a

You say “Paloma,” I say “Pomona” To the Editor: I’m among many to be saddened to hear that Chet Jaeger is no longer with us.

Ewell, Hoagy To the Editor: Great to see justice done to Don! Ewell was a jewel. Fellow keyboard giant and friend Dick Wellstood introduced me

– “Academic?” – To the Editor: Yes, on the one hand, the thorough Tribute to Donald Ashwander was a bit more than I needed to

Remembering Ralph Sutton To the Editor: What a great surprise and delight to see the photo and read the article by Jeff Barnhart about Jeff,

Memories of Don Marquis To the Editor: So very sorry to hear about Don Marquis. I knew him fairly well in New Orleans, during the

Enough With the Politics!  To the Editor: Here is my answer to Charles Suhor’s answer to esteemed editor Andy Senior’s “Problem Attic” article in the

How to Get Kids Involved in Music To the Editor: Here is my answer to Larry Melton’s article in the June issue. To make it

We received a number of informed replies to Ed Berlin’s article about Gus Haenschen’s relationship to Scott Joplin in the May issue. In the interest

Cheers for Terry Waldo!  To the Editor: I enjoyed the recent article about Terry Waldo by Larry Melton and Neal Siegal published in the April