New Orleans Drummer Barry “Kid” Martyn has died
Joe Bebco
August 19, 2023
British born drummer Barry “Kid” Martyn died on July 17th, he was 82. He first heard New Orleans jazz on Alistair Cooke’s Letter from America
Tonny Bennett
Joe Bebco
August 19, 2023
Tony Bennett (August 3rd, 1926 – July 21st, 2023) was the last of the original crooners. Younger than Frank Sinatra and others with whom he
Tom Artin has died at 84
Joe Bebco
August 19, 2023
Trombonist Tom Artin died on July 27th, he was 84. He began playing in junior high school under the direction of composer John Harbison, in
Ryoichi Kawai
Joe Bebco
August 19, 2023
Clarinetist Ryoichi Kawai (1940 – August 2023) founded The New Orleans Rascals in 1961 as an extension of the Original Dixieland Jazz Club of Osaka
Remembering Earl Scheelar (1929-2023)
David Radlauer
July 31, 2023
Bay Area bandleader, clarinetist and cornet player, Earl Scheelar (1929-2023) died peacefully on July 28, 2023. Few have shown greater leadership keeping Classic Jazz alive,
