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News: For Sale

Historical New York Jazz Museum Newsletter Collection (1969-1977) - For Sale

April 21, 2022

Hot Notes Newsletter published by the New York Hot Jazz Society (the precursor of the New York Jazz Museum) from July 1969 through October 1972 and by the New York Jazz Museum from November 1972 through September 1977 is now for sale. 105 issues. 8 ¼ x 13. Usually four pages each. Very good condition. The ...

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Article: Interview

Sid Mark: An Interview With The Legendary Philadelphia Disc Jockey

by Victor L. Schermer
June 6, 2007

Sid Mark is a Philadelphia institution. For the last fifty years (!), he has hosted the popular radio show, The Sounds of Sinatra exclusively devoted to the man and his music. (The show currently airs on WPHT 1210 AM: “Friday with Frank": Fridays 6pm-8pm ET; “Saturday with Sinatra": Saturdays 8pm-10pm ET; “Sunday with Sinatra": Sundays 8am-1pm ...

News: Recording

San Francisco Bay Area Guitarist/Composer George Cotsirilos Deepens His Explorations With New Quartet Date 'Refuge,' Due May 20 On Oa2 Records

April 20, 2022

George Cotsirilos pushes into new frontiers with the May 20 release of Refuge (OA2). The guitarist and composer’s follow-up to his acclaimed 2018 album Mostly in Blue again features his quartet—pianist Keith Saunders, bassist Robb Fisher, and drummer Ron Marabuto—but repositions them both in pursuit of new challenges and, if anything, even more “in blue.” Cotsirilos ...

News: Event

Third Thursdays with Dave Bryant And Friends: A Monthly Harmolodic Jazz Series Starting In April 2022

April 19, 2022

Keyboardist and composer Dave Bryant has many friends. Many who also happen to be notable local, national, and international jazz artists, who have collaborated with Cambridge-based Bryant on different projects over a span of decades. Those connections began to grow in the early 1980's, within a year after Bryant completed his formal undergrad studies at Berklee. ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From Catherine Russell Plus Jazz Birthday Celebrations For Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Dorothy Donegan & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 18, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from vocalists Catherine Russell, Katriona Taylor and pianist Lisa Hilton with birthday shoutouts to Dorothy Donegan (100!), Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Barbara Lea and Marilyn Maye (going strong at 94) among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of pandemic ...

News: Recording

Heidi Martin Releases The Stunning New Album 'Gifts & Sacrifices' On April 29th

April 18, 2022

Thu, April 21 The Heidi Martin Ensemble The Kennedy Center Washington, DC April 29, 2022 marks the release of Gifts & Sacrifices, the new album from American vocalist and composer Heidi Martin. Born in Washington, D.C., Heidi’s development as a professional artist began by studying with elders of jazz such as Grady Tate ...

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Article: First Time I Saw

Lullaby of Birdland

by Rob Mariani
November 17, 2006

This month, instead of writing about a jazz personality, I decided to write about a room. A jazz room which sadly no longer exists but that had a personality as unique as the great musicians who played there. I'm talking about a club called Birdland—the original Birdland on Broadway near 56th Street in Manhattan's Times Square ...

Article: Live Review

Larkin Poe At the Pulaski Technical College Center For The Performing Arts

by C. Michael Bailey
April 17, 2022

Larkin Poe University of Arkansas' Pulaski Technical College North Little Rock, AR April 8, 2021 In a live performance two years in the making, the sister duo, Larkin Poe. finally appeared on the stage of the University of Arkansas— Pulaski Technical College Center for the Performing Arts. The band was originally ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Azar Lawrence & Sasha Dobson

by Joe Dimino
April 17, 2022

From a mighty big voice in the jazz world today, we begin the 747th Episode of Neon Jazz. That was the talented and soulful singer Sasha Dobson with a song off her 2022 album Girl Talk. We follow that up with a song from her Puss N Boots band with Norah Jones. We continue to look ...

News: Recording

ARCeology: The Music Of MSM Schmidt With The ARC Trio & The John Daversa Big Band Releases June 10th

April 17, 2022

For the past several years, former Yellowjackets bassist and prolific producer Jimmy Haslip has enjoyed an ongoing working relationship with the Bremen, Germany-based jazz fusion keyboardist and composer Michael Schmidt (aka MSM Schmidt). While Haslip played on Schmidt’s 2007 album Transit and 2009’s Destination, he ended up co-producing 2012’s Evolution, 2015’s Utopia and 2017’s Life. They ...