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 […]
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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 […]
Harlem’s Tree of Hope
June 13, 2017 Harlem’s Tree of Hope Harlem’s Tree of Hope https://youtu.be/2SodAuFrcgs A vintage photo of a group of people walking down the Blvd of Dreams in front of the Lafayette by the Tree of Hope Hi, folks, this is Gordon Polatnick, of Big Apple Jazz Tours. There are a few things that I’m […]
Big Apple Jazz Blog is on it’s way.
May 10, 2017 Big Apple Jazz Blog is on it’s way. Big Apple Jazz Blog is on it’s way. How do you like the new site? Big Apple Jazz Tours is proud to announce we are celebrating our 20th year in business with a website face lift. We want to thank David and Kristin […]