December 16, 2024 Insider’s Guide to Harlem’s Jazz Club Scene -2025 Insider’s Guide to Harlem’s Jazz Club Scene -2025 NAMA – New Amsterdam Musical Association – photo by Gordon PolatnickExclusive Big Apple Jazz’s Insider’s Guide to Harlem Jazz by Gordon Polatnick The longest standing jazz venues in Harlem are at the opposite ends of the […]
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Harlem Jazz Club Survey 2024
September 26, 2024 2024 Big Apple Jazz Scene: Harlem Jazz Clubs: Minton’s Playhouse and Beyond 2024 Big Apple Jazz Scene: Harlem Jazz Clubs: Minton’s Playhouse and Beyond NAMA – New Amsterdam Musical Association – photo by Gordon Polatnick Happy Autumn Friends: The Good News First: This has been a bounce-back year in the storied […]
Harlem Jazz Tour Recap
February 27, 2023 Jazzy Fun with ChatGPT and the Duke Ellington Memorial Jazzy Fun with ChatGPT and the Duke Ellington Memorial I was wondering if ChatGPT, the latest Artificial Intelligence phenomenon, would be a useful tool for blogging about jazz subjects that I’m interested in, so I started a chat about Billie Holiday and I found […]
Harlem Beat of the Streets
November 16, 2020 Harlem Beat of the Streets Harlem Beat of the Streets As the winter of 2020 sets in, Big Apple Jazz is offering private tours during the day with a “Harlem Beat of the Streets” theme. After owning a Harlem jazz cafe, and decades of experience as […]
WSJ – The Alhambra Ballroom in Harlem
November 12, 2020 WSJ – The Alhambra Ballroom in Harlem WSJ – The Alhambra Ballroom in Harlem If you’re a hopeless romantic pining for a sepia toned, 100 year ago version of New York City you will marvel at how well-preserved Harlem still appears to be. If coming from the […]
Harlem Jazz Clubs During COVID
October 26, 2020 Live Jazz In Harlem Clubs during COVID-19 in Autumn 2020 Live Jazz In Harlem Clubs during COVID-19 in Autumn 2020 Everyone is asking the same question and dealing with the same conundrum: Is indoor jazz clubbing out of the question during COVID in NYC, and if not, how does it work? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]