Bob Jacobson July 26, 2023August 22, 2023 2 Comments Jazz Mandolin, Leo Hickman

Leo Hickman -Jazz Mandolin

Leo Hickman is one lucky mandolin player, lucky because he has found in Michael Joseph Harris’s Django Jazz Jam Session a very welcoming place in which to hone his jazz chops. Unlike many sessions, where jammers may be allowed to play as few as one or two tunes per night, Hickman is able to play on as many tunes as he wants. | Read more>> Read More

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Bob Jacobson December 17, 2022December 12, 2022 1 Comment

RIP Baltimore Guitarist James Podgurski

Over Memorial Day weekend (May 30th), the Baltimore jazz community lost one of its best, most versatile musicians, guitarist and vocalist Jim Podgurski. He died at age seventy six. Podgurski had come full circle. He grew up in Dundalk and had bought a home there just over one year ago. | Read more>> Read More

CD Reviews

Bob Jacobson August 2, 2022July 27, 2022 0 Comments

Vocalist Tony Z’s New Album: Standing Ovations

Vocalist Tony Ziesat explains that his latest album, with pianist Stef Scaggiari, is titled Standing Ovations! because its nine songs “have struck a resonant chord in audiences during my live performances over the years.” Many of those performances took place at Germano’s, the Little Italy restaurant which often featured jazz and which, like so many others, did not survive the Covid pandemic. | Read more>> Read More

Memorial

Bob Jacobson April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 2 Comments

Mitch Mirkin, Writer, Composer – 1966-2022

[Photo courtesy of David Stuck] On March 18, 2022, the Baltimore jazz scene lost one of its most distinctive voices. Mitch Mirkin died of a heart attack while bicycling near his home in Pikesville. Mitch’s role in the local scene was unique. | Read more>> Read More

Events

Bob Jacobson February 6, 2022February 6, 2022 0 Comments

Flutist Andrea Brachfeld with Worthy Brothers Feb. 18

For the past several years bassist and saxophonist Eric Worthy has been one of the most active jam session players in town. Aside from using jam sessions to “practice and play around with things I’m working on that would be too risky for a ‘real’ performance,” as Worthy expresses it, jam sessions have also been a valuable tool for him to meet future band mates. | Read more>> Read More

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Leo Hickman -Jazz Mandolin

RIP Baltimore Guitarist James Podgurski

Vocalist Tony Z’s New Album: Standing Ovations

Mitch Mirkin, Writer, Composer – 1966-2022

Flutist Andrea Brachfeld with Worthy Brothers Feb. 18

Baltimore Django Jazz Jam (Trad)

The Session w/ Clarence Ward III

Nightly Jazz

Piano Jazz at Tagliata

Jazz N’ Slam Jazz Alliance Workshop