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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 […]

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 […]