The Mayor's Loft

05/12/2020

Highly recommended.

More rare items from the legendary SAVORY COLLECTION, recorded off the air between 1936 and 1941. Guests drummer Kenny Washington and clarinetist Ken Peplows...

09/11/2019

Interesting story about one of Jimmy McPartland's cornets.

08/07/2019

RIP Bob, you will be missed.

Bob Wilber, a saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader who spearheaded a traditional jazz revival in the face of a postwar modernist boom, and kept the

11/09/2018

Nicely done!

Who knew 28 trombones could cover the Queen classic so gracefully?

08/20/2017

Check it out!

Documenting the 20th century in music. When Sir Tim Berners-Lee first put digital pen to pad on his world-altering creation – the World Wide Web – he did so with the aim, as stated on the world’s very first website, of kick-starting an initiative that would “give universal access to a large universe...

01/09/2017

Great video of Louis courtesy of Ricky Riccardi and the Louis Armstrong House Museum.

01/07/2017

Found this wonderful profile of Jack Cullen while listening to the Jazz Giants boxed set. Great stuff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOxbWjB4rNw

I did this doc on Jack Cullen in late 1982, aired in January 1983. He was recording his show in a small strip-mall in Burnaby, BC Canada and didn't want the ...

01/06/2017

Kudos to Vince.

A documentary profiles a New York musician who’s been keeping vintage big-band jazz alive and well for 40 years, in concert venues and onscreen.

12/22/2016

A worthwhile cause.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED==> Unexpected challenges caused by a  series of business and professional cul de sacs during the Summer and Fall of 2016 have created a domino effect  impacting my financial ability to continue to store and preserve my exceptional Performing Arts and History Archive housed in...

12/09/2016

New 21st Century 78s coming soon!

Well .. we're getting close folks. While the pressing company is busy plating the second set of cuts we released the labels . Now we wait for the new test pressings.

12/06/2016

Here, here for HRCAP!

Historical Recording Coalition for Access and Preservation (HRCAP). United States copyright law has placed historical sound recordings at significant risk of loss and made it difficult for students, scholars and the general public to hear and appreciate the vast majority of music and spoken word rec...