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Marjorie Eliot’s Parlor Shows
February 17, 2025 What to Expect from a Jazz Tour: Reviews and Insider Tips What to Expect from a Jazz Tour: Reviews and Insider Tips We are delighted to share this wonderful article about our great friend and Harlem jazz hostess, Marjorie Eliot’s Parlor Entertainment home concerts. But first, a personal anecdote: In the late […]
Harlem Apartment Jazz Concerts
January 24, 2025 Marjorie Eliot’s Harlem Apartment Jazz Concerts – Going Strong in its 3rd Decade 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Meet Gordon Polatnick
Meet Gordon Polatnick Meet Gordon Polatnick Meet Gordon Polatnick Meet Gordon Polatnick Meet Gordon Polatnick February 11, 2020 Meet Gordon Polatnick, Article by Jacqueline Bischof – 2008 Meet Gordon Polatnick, Article by Jacqueline Bischof – 2008 “Living the Jazz Life”by Jacqueline BischofAutumn 2008 It’s 11.30 on a Friday night in early Fall, and Dennis Davis is […]
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. […]