Jacob Adams • Equanimity
Scott Yanow
November 27, 2021
In 2014, pianist Jacob Adams ran across a book of rags (Eight Ragtime Pieces For Piano) by veteran Larry Porter that instantly intrigued him. Porter’s
Victorian Gardens Ragtime
Scott Yanow
November 27, 2021
A beloved patron of ragtime who not only attends ragtime festivals but hosts many of the pianists at his home in Sutter Creek, California, Arlo
Dixie Daisies • Hotsy Totsy Town
Scott Yanow
November 27, 2021
During the swing era in the 1930s, it became a common practice for the best big bands, for variety’s sake and to the delight of
George Wein and the Newport All-Stars
Scott Yanow
November 27, 2021
George Wein (1925-2021) will always be best remembered for being the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and many other significant annual jazz events, but
Big Boy Goudie On The West Coast Vol. 1 & 2
Scott Yanow
November 27, 2021
Big Boy Goudie’s life and career were fully explored in a definitive article by David Radlauer that appeared in three issues of the Syncopated Times