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At the Jazz Band Ball
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What Happens in a Performer’s Brain While Playing Music? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/a...
What Happens in a Performer’s Brain While Playing Music?
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February 15, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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I knew I saw this somewhere before. Funny that it’s almost exactly what’s actually happening now.
February 15, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Happy Valentine's Day 💘 Nobody quite does this song like Chet Baker. Live in Ann Arbor, 1954. "No smoking please."
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My Funny Valentine (Live At Masonic Temple, Ann Arbor, MI.,1954 / Remastered 2000)
YouTube video by Chet Baker - Topic
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February 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Will Pam Bondi Go to Prison?
TBR Sunday Read
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February 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Harlem Jazz, 1920s-40s
Audio walking tour of Prohibition era Harlem, map courtesy of illustrator E. Simms Campbell: A Night-Club Map of Harlem, 1932.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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January 22, 2026: Calendar listings and interview with members of Africa-->West Percussion Trio. JANUARY 24 – SATURDAY: 7:30 pm – Cleveland Jazz Orchestra & The Musical Theater Project. Star Du...
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January 23, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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My review of last night's MLK Celebration (Jan 11) at The Cleveland Orchestra. It made you want to join in the singing, even if you weren't the best person to do it.
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Cleveland Orchestra’s MLK Celebration Concert lifted spirits with affirming reflection (Review)
By the end of the January 11 program, the crowd was "standing and singing along in confident unison."
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January 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Transcript - Jazz in 1926
Words and music cues from the January 2 show.
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January 10, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Time To Remember 1926
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Time To Remember 1926
(Reel 1 & 2)
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January 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
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January 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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Jazz in 1926
A hundred years from today
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January 8, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Jazz in 1926
A hundred years from today
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January 6, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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On This Day In Jazz Age Music!
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On This Day In Jazz Age Music! | furlight | Substack
A Daily Newsletter Featuring Jazz Age Music from the 20's and 30's and More! Click to read "On This Day In Jazz Age Music!", by furlight, a Substack publication.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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DECEMBER 18TH
Happy Birthday Fletcher Henderson!
(December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952)

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#DECEMBER18 #DECEMBER18TH #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #Blues #Ragtime #78rpm #SuzySolidor #TinPanAlley #Recordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #Jazz #chanteuse
DECEMBER 18TH
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLETCHER HENDERSON!
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December 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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The Lute, 1943
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The Lute
December 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Cleveland Orchestra channels all things merry, bright in Holiday Concert at Severance (review)
Traditions "trade on familiarity" but the full house at Severance Music Center for the second of 12 Cleveland Orchestra Holiday Concerts warmed the cockles together like a heartfelt reunion.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Moten Swing (1932)
YouTube video by Tim Okasa
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December 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Holiday Jazz, 1920s-40s
Sleigh rides in July, swinging Santas, holidays in Harlem, 1920s-1940s.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Holiday Jazz, 1920s-40s
Sleigh rides in July, swinging Santas, holidays in Harlem, ca. 1920s-1940s.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Unusual Instruments
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Great 😊 Great 😊 Great 😊!!! Excellent theme for a show!! Listening now!! Thanks for bringing some much needed jazz JOY into this day!
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October 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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At the Jazz Band Ball
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My personal Substack. Click to read At the Jazz Band Ball, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The Empress | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Bessie Smith (1894-1937), the Empress of the Blues. Featuring: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, St. Louis Blues, Beale Street Mama, Cake Walkin' Babies From Home, Backwater Blues, After You'...
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June 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM