150 or more new articles are added to the website every month, but in the “News” section we keep to the news, no more than two or three items a month. Looking at the full issue from the current month is the best way to get an idea of our breadth. It can be found in our menu or by clicking on the cover image from the issue that is somewhere on your screen.
Most of our major stories are under either Features or Artist Profiles. Many other articles are penned by our columnists, and will be found under the name of their column in our menu.
The most recent new material added to the site can be found here, but that doesn’t include new entries in the Red Hot Jazz Archive, or other new-to-us material backdated to when it ran elsewhere.
Frank Vignola On March 30, 2017, musician Frank Vignola—one of the world’s best Django Reinhardt-style guitarists—broke multiple bones after an all-terrain vehicle accident threw his
Thanks to a Record Store Day promotion Ella Fitzgerald is back at the top of Billboard’s Jazz album chart. Her 1956 recording, Ella at Zardi’s,
April 30th is International Jazz Day. Events are being held in 200 countries this year and the host city is St. Petersburg, Russia. A concert
The Shake ‘Em Up Jazz Band is an all-female supergroup made up of some of the most sought-after young stars of the New Orleans Traditional
On March 1, Andrew Greene, director of the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra, announced the acquisition of the Johnny Maddox Orchestra Collection. The orchestra, based in
There have been a wave of tuba theft stories circling the internet. It all started when an a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, while
Reedman Ken Peplowski is a virtuosic clarinet and sax player who has notably enlivened his jazz gigs with his wry humor. But what Ken has
Back in November, those of us interested in all things ragtime were excited to learn of Bryan Wright’s Grammy nomination in the Best Liner Notes
The syndicated weekly radio show Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired is partnering with the Patchogue Theatre, 71 E. Main St., in Patchogue, N.Y., on the south
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role
When it comes to creating famous quotes that are destined to be repeated generation after generation, Brian Holland says his father was no Mark Twain.
An overdue update on my project to raise money for Puerto Rico hurricane relief. As you may recall, in addition to a GoFundMe page (thanks
The Greatest Jazz Story Never Told, a new documentary film produced by MCG Jazz in Pittsburgh, features the talents of international Jazz Masters George Benson,
For more than three decades, the Saratoga Jazz Festival has presented some of the best jazz musicians in the world at its gorgeous performance space
The traditional jazz society in Sacramento lives to see another day! It’s just in a different format. The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society officially went out
In 2012, Gary Church wrote a 135-page book which he titled The Autobiography of a Nobody: The Life and Times of a Sideman. Hardly an
Jazz fans from all over the country will converge on Madison one more time to hear non-stop jazz at the 30th—and final—Capital City Jazz Fest
Following the announcement of the cancellation of the 2018 Sacramento Music Festival, the decision by the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society
Take heed and spread the word: Jazz Pensacola’s 2018 Student Jazz Competition is seeking entrants. The finals of this year’s competition will be 7 p.m.
The New Wonders, a septet led by cornetist Mike Davis (featured on the cover of our November 2017 issue), have unofficially released their first self-titled
Renowned pop and jazz vocalist Keely Smith, died on December 16, 2017, in Palm Springs, California. Her passing at age 89 was due to “apparent
Updates: Olympia’s American Classic Jazz Festival Announces 2019 Return, & Olympia Jazz Festival Names New Director, Will Host Bert Barr Tribute and Last Uptown Lowdown Concert
When I signed up for the Jazz Fest at Sea cruise (January 2-14 out of Miami) as a paying and playing passenger on a Big
On the cover of the October issue of The Syncopated Times, we published a reminder for musicians and other readers that they had six weeks
