The Syncopated Times

07/11/2024

There have been a number of great jazz programs on TV over the years, a few can now be found on DVD and many more are on YouTube if you know what to look for. Garry Berman gave us a rundown of Jazz TV shows through the years to help your search.

Jazz fans in the 21st century enjoy jazz primarily by listening to recordings on LPs, CDs, music streaming services, and by attending live performances in

01/11/2024

Our November issue is live and New Orleans washboard player Defne Incirioglu is on the cover. Michael McQuad is profiled, as are historic figures Blue Lu Barker, Ruth Etting, Eddie Durham, Lionel Hampton, and Doc Souchon. We also cover both recent amazing sets from Archeophone as well as the latest albums from several young bands.

Vol.9, No.11 November 2024

25/10/2024

I was deeply saddened to hear today of the passing of physician, musician, and humanitarian Eli Newberger today. The first major story I wrote for The American Rag nine years ago was about Eli and his Hot Six. I was honored to be his friend and will miss him terribly. Much love and condolences to Carolyn Newberger, to whom Eli was married for 62 years.

Jazz tuba virtuoso Dr. Eli Newberger experienced his jazz epiphany in the sixth grade when the excellent Davis Dixie Band (of A. B. Davis High School in Mount

11/10/2024

Joe will be reviewing two Christmas Jazz albums released last December in the November issue, and new Christmas albums in December. If you have a Christmas album in the works please let us know now. The December issue goes to press a week before Thanksgiving and your Deceember release will be too late for coverage unless we know about it ahead of time. Pitch [email protected]

08/10/2024

Don't miss it if you can possibly make it. Eddie Durham was the best!

01/10/2024

I think it’s safe to say that most of us jazz enthusiasts are viewed by the youth of today as amusing yet hopelessly insulated from any moral harm the music

01/10/2024

Centennial is quite possibly the most important, well-conceived and created reissue of recent times. Not only is it a masterful, quality product, but it

01/10/2024

Our October issue is online featuring Nathan Tokunaga, Lauren Sansaricq & Charlie Judkins, Lionel Hampton, J***y Wiggs, Sant Andreu Jazz Band, the EarRegulars, and more!

The print edition did not come out to our standard, but the problem with some color photographs has been corrected and the November issue should be beautiful! This was the second full color issue and we will chalk it up to growing pains.

We feel worst about 17 year old Nathan on our cover, his hard copies won't be what they could have been. Please give his article a share. If he lives as long as his interviewer, 98 year old Lew Shaw, he will carry the jazz clarinet tradition well into the 22nd century!

Vol.9, No.10 October 2024

01/09/2024

Lots of festival coverage this month. Burning Man may be flaming out but the West Coast Ragtime Fest is looking better than ever!

Vol.9, No.9 September 2024

01/09/2024

Just received our copy of the Syncopated Times, I’m feeling very grateful to be featured in this article. Big thanks to Michael Steinman!

16/08/2024

What I needed to hear tonight: This Taipei band's 2024 cover of one of my all-time favorites (originally recorded in 1926 by the Dixieland Jug Blowers).

from the album Jug Band Millionaire

08/08/2024

Our Jazz Birthday post for Irving Berlin has his birthdate as May 23, 1888. A reader just wrote to say that Berlin was born May 11, 1888, and that we should correct the error. Who was right?

Irving Berlin was born Israel Beilin on May 23, 1888, in Tyumen, Siberia. Israel’s family emigrated to the United States when he was five years old. At Ellis

01/08/2024

Our August issue is online. We are also redoubling our fundraising efforts as becoming a nonprofit is taking us longer than anticipated. Please find the link to our GoFundMe in the first comment under this post.

Vol.9, No.8 August 2024

01/07/2024

Our July issue is online. Arthur Vint is on the cover, A deep dive into Porter Brown, complete with lost home recordings, is worth a gander. Three festivals are reviewed and more previewed. Ramona Baker takes us down to Five Points and the Bowery, profiles in jazz takes us to Europe with African Americans who spent their careers there, we interview the author of a new book on Early Jazz, and say goodbye to Palm Court.

Vol.9, No.7 July 2024

24/06/2024

"Why do I need a print subscription to The Syncopated Times?"

As shown in the article below (published in the June 28, 2024 issue of The Week), much of the information scraped by AI bots from our website and others goes through a hallucinatory blender and comes out as an Information Smoothie. Facts that pop up online are changed or made up entirely. Information in The Syncopated Times is edited and fact-checked by our long-time editor Andy Senior before going to press or being posted on our website. Our writing is entirely created by humans you can write to and harangue if they get something wrong. In a world of faceless, black-box, unaccountable journalism, we're practically Colonial Williamsburg. When you deal with us, you're dealing with human beings--so please be kind.

01/06/2024

Our June issue returns to the roots. Craig Klein is on the cover and a number of the album reviews focus on current New Orleans groups you should be following.

Vol.9, No.6 June 2024

21/05/2024

It would seem that Daily Kos has us on their radar. How about that!

The late, great� stride pianist and organist Fats Waller’s birthday is May 21. Often overlooked is his prodigious record as a songwriter during the heyday of Tin Pan Alley​​ — a period in ...

03/05/2024

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