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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 […]

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’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 […]