May 11, 2022 What kind of jazz fan are you? What kind of jazz fan are you? This blog post was taken down (by the guy who wrote it) for being too ornery. Tour Time6:30 pm Group sizeAt least 1 Harlem Juke Joint Tour Your Harlem jazz tour guide customizes the best itinerary for […]
Category: NYC Jazz
Manhattan Jazz Clubs Open Oct 2021
October 7, 2021 COVID Current List of Open Manhattan Jazz Clubs – OCT. 2021 COVID Current List of Open Manhattan Jazz Clubs – OCT. 2021 The light at the end of the tunnel report – We are finding it difficult to pull together jazz tours that can get to three clubs a night within 4-5-hours […]
NYC Jazz Clubs: COVID Survival
December 29, 2020 Still Life: NYC Jazz Clubs – COVID – Survival Score Card Still Life: NYC Jazz Clubs – COVID – Survival Score Card As we head into the 9th month of pandemic deprivation, we are not confident that jazz life will ever resemble pre-COVID status. All music venues struggle […]
Bill Saxton’s Holiday Jazz Stream
December 23, 2020 Bill Saxton – Harlem’s Saxa Claus – Streaming Holiday Cheer Bill Saxton – Harlem’s Saxa Claus – Streaming Holiday Cheer I met Bill Saxton at St. Nick’s Pub one Friday night in 1997 during one of his weekly gigs. Over the years we have remained friendly, our lives intersecting significantly in […]
Church of Coltrane Jazz Legacy
December 23, 2020 The Church of Saint John Coltrane – A Blast from the Past The Church of Saint John Coltrane – A Blast from the Past The Jazz Churchby Gordon PolatnickOriginally published in the Haight Ashbury Free Press circa 1995 Sometimes I think I’m the only one who understands what true religion […]
Jazz Streets of NYC in Lockdown
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]