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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance offers us one of American film’s great moments. U.S. Senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) has gained his position of
The 31st Annual San Diego Jazz Party was held at The Hilton San Diego/Del Mar from February 22nd through the 24th. And what a party
While Corona, Queens, resident Louis Armstrong has had his home (rightly) made into a national shrine and public monies and private donors lavishly fund the
In a One Day University lecture, University of Maryland professor of music Anna Celenza identified three musical masterpieces that changed America. Stating that “music does
It’s a special time for festival goers when they are introduced to a band they haven’t heard before that suddenly gets everyone excited, fills the
Jim Martinez is a man of many talents who wears many hats. He is a versatile pianist and organist, a Steinway artist, recording artist, concert
The 3rd annual New York Hot Jazz Camp, which took place during the first week in April, culminated in the Gotham Jazz Festival from noon
For the past four years, Pete and Will Anderson have devoted the month of April to a cross-country tour of concert and school performances. Their
It was about 15 years ago that I first began to hear rave reports about a young Canadian trumpet player who was taking the Dixieland
After 32 years of service, John Edward Haase has stepped down as Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and
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What a Wonderful World August 16 will mark the 50th anniversary of Louis Armstrong recording “What a Wonderful World,” which became his best-loved song. The
Despite inclement weather, attendance at the 2017 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was announced as 425,000, the same as 2016, but under the record
Justin Kauflin As a child, Justin Kauflin learned classical music on the violin and piano. By the age of 6, he was performing in concerts,
This is the second book of juvenile fiction by author Mick Carlon. His previous book, Riding on Duke’s Train was about a young African-American boy
It seems like all the good news this past month has come from Chicago. First, the Chicago Cubs broke a 107-year losing streak to win
The New York Review of Books decided to reprint this classic 1946 hip work about the jazz world, especially New York and Harlem, by Mezz
Bria Skonberg now has a manager – DSW Entertainment – which she says will help to further her ambitious career. Her April schedule took her
ERNIE SANTOSUOSSO, 93, on Oct.19 in Norwell, Mass. Considered the dean of Boston jazz critics, he penned some 3,550 reviews and interviews for The Boston
Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade on television, Butch Miles recalled “it was hard to believe but I marched in the Macy’s parade with the Charleston
Lynn Redmile is an event photographer with years of experience catching jazz musicians in action. Visit Lynn’s website for more of her work: www.lynnredmile.com Bria
Jeff Barnhart: Well, Hal, you’ve done it again. I’ve been grooving on the selections you chose to share the music and story of Edmond Souchon: banjoist,
Given saxophonist Charlie Parker’s renown, you might think his career was extremely well documented, In fact, although he was already a known quantity by about
“If I had the wings of an angel,” goes the old song. I would have needed wings to enjoy all the music at the 2024
