![The Secret Six Jazz Band](https://syncopatedtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-Secret-Six-Jazz-Band.jpg.webp)
The Secret Six
The Secret Six is a pandemic inspired ensemble featuring core members of the Smoking Times Jazz Club, one of my favorite New Orleans bands, as
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Cait and the Critters • I Love Being Here With You
I’ve been waiting patiently for Cait and the Critters to release another full length album. Cait Jones is one of many talented young bandleaders in
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Shaymus Hanlin • Just Us, Just We
At 19 years old Shaymus Hanlin is one of the younger musicians you are likely to see on stage at West Coast jazz festivals this
![King Oliver Project](https://syncopatedtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/King-Oliver-Project-768x768.jpg.webp)
The King Oliver Project
In October 2019 a group of top tier traditional jazz musicians decided to learn from King Oliver‘s iconic Creole jazz Band recordings by playing them
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Chris Hopkins Meets the Jazz Kangaroos
Chris Hopkins leads the fine Echoes of Swing group, which we profiled several years ago when they released a double album tribute to Bix. An
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Hal Smith’s Jazzologists • Black Cat On The Fence
Remote recording albums may stick around post Covid-19. Younger musicians have been jamming with each other online for years. In the studio playing in separate