October 16, 2020 The Jazz Streets of NYC During Lockdown 2020 – A video document The Jazz Streets of NYC During Lockdown 2020 – A video document https://youtu.be/JsNaAPsEmBg Showmans, Harlem’s last Hammond B-3 organ lounge. Closed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic During the months following the “stay at home” orders that kept […]
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Loving Tribute to the Harlem Underground Jazz Scene
October 9, 2020 Loving Tribute to the Harlem Underground Jazz Scene Loving Tribute to the Harlem Underground Jazz Scene https://youtu.be/3_6YkRWUaik We wanted to share this video of photos and clips from our time on the Harlem jazz scene. It covers the underground clubs and magnificent players we’ve been enjoying during our over 20 […]
Meet Gordon Polatnick
Meet Gordon Polatnick Meet Gordon Polatnick Meet Gordon Polatnick Meet Gordon Polatnick Meet Gordon Polatnick February 11, 2020 Meet Gordon Polatnick, Article by Jacqueline Bischof – 2008 Meet Gordon Polatnick, Article by Jacqueline Bischof – 2008 “Living the Jazz Life”by Jacqueline BischofAutumn 2008 It’s 11.30 on a Friday night in early Fall, and Dennis Davis is […]
Resurrection of our old NYC Jazz Club Bible
December 2, 2019 Resurrection of our old NYC Jazz Club Bible Resurrection of our old NYC Jazz Club Bible Some of our long-time visitors -we’ve been around since the turn of the century- have been missing our big list of NYC jazz clubs, and the content we used to include about each club. […]
The Friday Billie Holiday Celebration Continues
June 8, 2018 The Friday Billie Holiday Celebration Continues The Friday Billie Holiday Celebration Continues Then on June 22nd, the triumphant return of Emily Braden and Tommy Campbell to the series – this time together!! Harlem Jazz Singers Showcase and Jam My Airbnb concert series continues tonight with Irene Blackman’s […]
Harlem Jazz After St. Nick’s Fire
March 23, 2018 The Harlem Jazz Scene – a retrospective on the day after St. Nick’s Pub fire The Harlem Jazz Scene – a retrospective on the day after St. Nick’s Pub fire We woke up to the devastating news of a deadly fire last night in Harlem on the set of a Edward […]
NYC Jazz Tour Story 2018
May 15, 2018 We got Melanie Charles! June 5th at Zinc Bar – RUN don’t walk to catch this show. We got Melanie Charles! June 5th at Zinc Bar – RUN don’t walk to catch this show. Since February 2018, I have been producing jazz vocalist concerts in Harlem’s clandestine little sometimes club, Gin […]
The Billie Holiday Zone – Harlem Singers’ Series
March 7, 2018 The Billie Holiday Zone – Harlem Singers’ Series The Billie Holiday Zone – Harlem Singers’ Series Fridays will never be the same. There’s no place like Harlem and there’s no other vocalist series like this one in the clandestine Gin Fizz – a speakeasy hidden in plain sight. Tickets in cooperation […]
Billie Holiday Kick
November 20, 2017 Billie Holiday Kick Billie Holiday Kick Is Billie Holiday Street Next? In the current climate of social and political upheaval and the potential for national soul searching, there is no better representative of America’s promise outpacing America’s flaws than Billie Holiday. I’m about to set off on a year-long Billie Holiday […]
Cheap NYC Jazz Clubs
June 22, 2017 Cheap NYC Jazz Clubs Cheap NYC Jazz Clubs New York City: Affordable Live Jazz Clubs In Manhattan(Where you can hear the greats from Greenwich Village to Harlem) By Gordon Polatnick I started Big Apple Jazz Tours with the understanding that jazz is at its best when musicians and audiences are sharing an intimate, interactive […]