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Marjorie Eliot’s Harlem Apartment Jazz Concerts – Going Strong in its 3rd Decade

Marjorie Eliot, Bob Cunningham, and Gerald Hayes from back in the day at Parlor Entertainment – 555 Edgecombe, Apt. #3F   We wanted to tip our hat to Marjorie Eliot who started Parlor Entertainment over 3 decades ago and by all accounts hasn’t missed a Sunday since the beginning.  In fact, the Covid lock-down period…

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January 24, 2025

The Jazz Streets of NYC During Lockdown 2020 – A video document

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 New York City quieter than it had ever been, I ventured out briefly to see for myself what was happening on 125th Street, one of the busiest boulevards in Harlem….

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October 16, 2020