October 28, 2024 Harlem’s Tree of Hope: 90th Anniversary: November 4th 1934 Harlem’s Tree of Hope: 90th Anniversary: November 4th 1934 Big Apple Jazz Tours takes visitors to see where the Tree of Hope stump was placed and explains what happened to it. Visit
October 21, 2024 “Bebopping…” The 1st blog blast from the past. “Bebopping…” The 1st blog blast from the past. Marcus Persiani, Avi Cohen, Patience Higgins, Wayne Escoffery – St. Nick’s Pub jam session Having just discovered this vintage blog post from the “smoking-in-clubs-days” on
September 26, 2024 2024 Big Apple Jazz Scene: Harlem Jazz Clubs: Minton’s Playhouse and Beyond 2024 Big Apple Jazz Scene: Harlem Jazz Clubs: Minton’s Playhouse and Beyond NAMA – New Amsterdam Musical Association – photo by Gordon Polatnick Happy Autumn Friends: The Good News
February 27, 2023 Jazzy Fun with ChatGPT and the Duke Ellington Memorial Jazzy Fun with ChatGPT and the Duke Ellington Memorial I was wondering if ChatGPT, the latest Artificial Intelligence phenomenon, would be a useful tool for blogging about jazz subjects that I’m interested in, so
May 11, 2022 What kind of jazz fan are you? What kind of jazz fan are you? This blog post was taken down (by the guy who wrote it) for being too ornery. Tour Time6:30 pm Group sizeAt least 1 Harlem Juke Joint Tour
November 5, 2021 The “No Tour For Me” Option: Jazz Club Consultation The “No Tour For Me” Option: Jazz Club Consultation Harlem Jazz Crawl and Harlem Joint Tour guide, Gordon Polatnick. When I started leading jazz tours in New York City
October 7, 2021 COVID Current List of Open Manhattan Jazz Clubs – OCT. 2021 COVID Current List of Open Manhattan Jazz Clubs – OCT. 2021 The light at the end of the tunnel report – We are finding it difficult to pull together jazz tours
December 29, 2020 Still Life: NYC Jazz Clubs – COVID – Survival Score Card Still Life: NYC Jazz Clubs – COVID – Survival Score Card As we head into the 9th month of pandemic deprivation, we are not confident that jazz life
December 23, 2020 Bill Saxton – Harlem’s Saxa Claus – Streaming Holiday Cheer Bill Saxton – Harlem’s Saxa Claus – Streaming Holiday Cheer I met Bill Saxton at St. Nick’s Pub one Friday night in 1997 during one of his weekly gigs. Over the