December 17, 2022 Bob Jacobson

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

August 2, 2022 Bob Jacobson

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

April 10, 2022 Bob Jacobson

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

February 6, 2022 Bob Jacobson

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

Member Profile

February 10, 2021 Bob Jacobson

Member Profile – Maurice St. Pierre

Music lover, scholar, father of drummer Mark St. Pierre –By Bob Jacobson “I play no instrument,” says Maurice St. Pierre, BJA member since 2013, yet music has clearly played a major role in his life. As a youth in British Guiana (which gained independence as Guyana in 1966), he saw a wide range of American artists – Johnny Mathis, Louis Armstrong, Chubby Checker, Cab Calloway, Marian Anderson – and calypsonians from the Caribbean, notably The Mighty Sparrow. | Read more>> Read More

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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

Member Profile – Maurice St. Pierre

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