Bob Jacobson July 26, 2023August 22, 2023 2 Comments Jazz Mandolin, Leo Hickman

Leo Hickman -Jazz Mandolin

Leo Hickman is one lucky mandolin player, lucky because he has found in Michael Joseph Harris’s Django Jazz Jam Session a very welcoming place in which to hone his jazz chops. Unlike many sessions, where jammers may be allowed to play as few as one or two tunes per night, Hickman is able to play on as many tunes as he wants. | Read more>> Read More

Artist Profiles

Bob Jacobson February 4, 2023December 30, 2023 0 Comments

Baltimore Jazz Photographer Jeffrey Kliman Honored by University of Pittsburgh

Baltimore-based jazz photographer Jeffrey Kliman says he is “aglow” and “a happy camper.” That’s because in October, University of Pittsburgh’s Hillman Library celebrated its newly purchased archive of Kliman’s work — over 52,000 negatives, 3,000 slides, 2,300 prints and proofs, and 1,000 contact sheets — primarily black and white images of jazz musicians, taken from 1986 to 2014. | Read more>> Read More

Uncategorized

Bob Jacobson December 17, 2022December 12, 2022 1 Comment

RIP Baltimore Guitarist James Podgurski

Over Memorial Day weekend (May 30th), the Baltimore jazz community lost one of its best, most versatile musicians, guitarist and vocalist Jim Podgurski. He died at age seventy six. Podgurski had come full circle. He grew up in Dundalk and had bought a home there just over one year ago. | Read more>> Read More

CD Reviews

Bob Jacobson August 2, 2022July 27, 2022 0 Comments

Vocalist Tony Z’s New Album: Standing Ovations

Vocalist Tony Ziesat explains that his latest album, with pianist Stef Scaggiari, is titled Standing Ovations! because its nine songs “have struck a resonant chord in audiences during my live performances over the years.” Many of those performances took place at Germano’s, the Little Italy restaurant which often featured jazz and which, like so many others, did not survive the Covid pandemic. | Read more>> Read More

Memorial

Bob Jacobson April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 2 Comments

Mitch Mirkin, Writer, Composer – 1966-2022

[Photo courtesy of David Stuck] On March 18, 2022, the Baltimore jazz scene lost one of its most distinctive voices. Mitch Mirkin died of a heart attack while bicycling near his home in Pikesville. Mitch’s role in the local scene was unique. | Read more>> Read More

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Leo Hickman -Jazz Mandolin

Baltimore Jazz Photographer Jeffrey Kliman Honored by University of Pittsburgh

RIP Baltimore Guitarist James Podgurski

Vocalist Tony Z’s New Album: Standing Ovations

Mitch Mirkin, Writer, Composer – 1966-2022

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