Jazz Heroes from Coast to Coast
Andy Senior
June 1, 2017
There were a total of 20 individuals and groups from 13 states and the District of Columbia who were named 2017 Jazz Heroes for their
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There were a total of 20 individuals and groups from 13 states and the District of Columbia who were named 2017 Jazz Heroes for their
Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute will launch NYO (National Youth Orchestra) Jazz, a four-week intensive summer program for young American jazz instrumentalists (ages 16-19), in
Second Line Syracuse Mardi Gras may be over, but we can still celebrate the good-time music of old New Orleans. Second Line Syracuse, an eight-piece
Earl McKee, the Singing Cowboy with the High Sierra Jazz Band, has been dealing with some serious health issues that have required major medical expenses.
The Riverboat Stompers featuring Jimmy Mazzy is one of the four trad jazz bands performing on JazzSea Cruises’ two-week tour of the Southern Caribbean on
How’d you like to watch an up-close-and-personal conversation with the late clarinetist Kenny Davern or the pianist Marian McPartland? How about listening to Bucky Pizzarelli
On February 26, 2017, the hundredth anniversary of the epochal Victor recording session by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the Original Cornell Syncopators recreated those
According to Festival President and Executive Director Dennis Ramsden, the Southern Oregon Music Festival is in immediate need of at least $50,000 by March 1st
The Jazz Education Award (JEA) was created in 2012 by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society (STJS) Jazz Education committee with financial support from the STJS
Drummer Hal Smith reports that he is on the mend following an automobile accident and is looking forward to getting back on the bandstand. He
Nat Hentoff told his readers early on: “I was introduced to jazz, and that’s become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.” Hentoff’s
On Sunday, February 26 at 7 PM, Dr. David Kosmyna will lead The Centennial Dixieland Jass Band (CDJB) an ensemble created to celebrate the 100th
Voters in the third annual JazzBuffalo Poll chose the Fredtown Stompers as the Queen City’s best traditional jazz group. More than 2,200 ballots were cast.
Back in the 1970s, early days of the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society when the musicians’ union was stronger, STJS Exec Director Bill Borcher Made a
In 2006, Dan Cohen, a New York social worker, was struck with a simple thought: If he ever ended up in a nursing home, he
Vince Giordano knows his way around a soundstage. The leader of New York City’s Grammy-winning band The Nighthawks lives in Brooklyn, but he’s also right
Bandleader Glenn Crytzer has just produced a compilation CD, That New Old Sound, featuring 17 of the hottest swing and vintage jazz bands working today.
For the past several years, the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society’s Teagarden Youth Trad Jazz Camp has had to turn away applicants, and so we have
Dean Norman contributes a Christmas song he composed with the late Sister Jean Huling several years ago. He writes: “A few years ago, about 2005,
Citing a loss in sponsor revenue and donations, the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society has issued an appeal to members and volunteers to raise $50,000 to
Ragtime scholar Dr. Edward A. Berlin (author of King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era and Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History) has established
To all of my dear friends and family who have asked about my adventure and me, in layman’s terms, this is as best I can
Peter Ford holds down the bottom for the Baby Soda Jazz Band playing a single-string box bass of his own creation. He started out on
