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Baltimore Jazz Conference, April 22, 2023 BJA celebrated National Record Store Day with the Vinyl Roadshow of the 2023 Baltimore Jazz Conference. This session featured Jackie Oldham, BJA member and music enthusiast; Doc Manning, former radio host and DJ on WEAA; and Rudy Wagoner, owner of Mr. | Read more>> Read More

By Seth Kibel, with an introduction by Bob Jacobson Seth Kibel is one of the mid-Atlantic’s best-known woodwind players — a triple threat on clarinet, saxes and flute — and master of genres including jazz, klezmer and R&B.  He has won numerous awards from the Washington Area Music Association. | Read more>> Read More

Phil Dorsey, of TheBocX.com, gave a talk at the Oct. 16, 2021 jazz conference put on the the Baltimore Jazz Alliance. This article is a condensation of that talk:   You got your latest and greatest down, as perfect as you can get it, (it can always be better) and yes, recorded!  | Read more>> Read More

Near the intersection of Pennsylvania and Lafayette Avenues in West Baltimore, there stands an ornamental replica of the marquee of the storied Royal Theater.  A short distance away stands the statue by Black sculptor James Earl Reid (1942-2021) of Baltimore’s hometown jazz diva  Billie Holiday in a full-throated pose, a half-block away from the Royal Theater’s original location.  | Read more>> Read More