
Dave Stryker- Eight Track Christmas
A hard working guitarist on the New York City scene Dave Stryker has released over thirty albums since arriving in the city in 1980. In

Dutch College Swing Band • A Happy Dixie Christmas
Some of our readers have laser focused tastes in early jazz. You know who you are. For those particular moldy figs it can be hard

The Jen Hodge All Stars- Christmas Treats
Bassist Jen Hodge has been a leader in the trad jazz scene of Western Canada and the North West for a decade or more. She

Grand St. Stompers • Christmas Stomp
A good Christmas album is one that your family can enjoy year after year, becoming recognizable in a few notes. It can fade into the

Jazz and the Jazz Age by Daniel Hardie
Jazz and the Jazz Age: Searching for Meaning in a Word is Daniel Hardie’s sixth book about early jazz in 20 years. His previous titles,

The Unique Quartette • Celebrated, 1895-1896 (LP)
Unlike many of the white groups that frequented the recording labs of the 1890s the Unique Quartette was not just a studio group, they had
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